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− | + | This is the newly created Wiki for [[Thomas Pynchon]]'s ''The Crying of Lot 49''. Besides using the Alphabetical Index and the page-by-page annotation, you can also take a look at [[The Crying of Lot 49 covers|''The Crying of Lot 49'' covers]], read the [[Reviews of The Crying of Lot 49|reviews]], or [[The Crying of Lot 49 Obs|provide insights or observations]]. | |
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+ | '''San Jose, California - August 14, 2007''' - It turns out that the entire text of ''The Crying of Lot 49'' is being broadcast in semaphore from the top of Adobe's Almaden Towers headquarters. [http://www.earstudio.com/sanjosesemaphore/ ''San Jose Semaphore''], by artist [http://www.kqed.org/arts/people/spark/profile.jsp?id=8563 Ben Rubin], is a permanent public artwork commissioned by Adobe Systems Incorporated in collaboration with the City of San Jose’s Office of Cultural Affair’s Public Art Program. The code was recently cracked by two Silicon Valley tech workers, Mark Snesrud and Bob Mayo. | ||
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+ | [http://www.mercurynews.com/search/ci_6620943?nclick_check=1/ Read more...] | ||
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+ | '''Santa Barbara, California - Nov 26, 2007 - Postal Horns Moving South!''' <br /> | ||
+ | Vandals tagged the University of California, Santa Barbara campus and parts of Isla Vista over Thanksgiving break, making use of a symbol found in the 1966 Thomas Pynchon novel ''The Crying of Lot 49''. The symbol, which resembles a trumpet, was spray-painted in red at various locations, including South Hall, Manzanita Village and the Daily Nexus advertising office. | ||
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+ | [http://www.dailynexus.com/article.php?a=15223 Read more...] and [http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/11/29/pynchon "Spray-Painting Pynchon"] | ||
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+ | ==How to Use this Wiki== | ||
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+ | The '''Spoiler-Free Annotations by Page''' allows the reader to look up and contribute allusions and references while reading the book, in a convenient and spoiler-free manner. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Apart from that, it's up to you. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Page by Page Annotations== | ||
+ | An alternate form of commentary on the text. The guiding principle of these annotations is to remain spoiler-free, so that readers can follow along without the fear that later parts of the book will be revealed. | ||
+ | {{CL49 PbP}} | ||
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+ | == Pynchon Wiki Help and Contributor Guidelines== | ||
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+ | * When creating a new page, if its information pertains to one (and only one) specific Pynchon novel, please categorize it with the appropriate identifier. For example, a page pertaining to ''The Crying of Lot 49'', should use the syntax <code><nowiki>[[Category:CL49]]</nowiki></code>. | ||
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+ | : [http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/pynchon_vineland.html The Modern Word: ''Vineland''] | ||
+ | : [http://z11.invisionfree.com/thefictionalwoods/index.php The Fictional Woods] - a Pynchon forum | ||
+ | * [http://pynchonoid.blogspot.com/ Pynchonoid Blog] | ||
+ | * [http://www.pynchon.pomona.edu/cl49/index.html Pomona ''Vineland'' page] | ||
+ | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vineland Wikipedia: ''Vineland''] | ||
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+ | We will be providing more support for using this wiki in the coming weeks. Feel free to contact us (admin at pynchonwiki dot com) with any questions. | ||
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Revision as of 21:17, 9 December 2007
Welcome to The Crying of Lot 49 WikiTo become a contributor/editor, Create an account.
This is the newly created Wiki for Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49. Besides using the Alphabetical Index and the page-by-page annotation, you can also take a look at The Crying of Lot 49 covers, read the reviews, or provide insights or observations.
San Jose, California - August 14, 2007 - It turns out that the entire text of The Crying of Lot 49 is being broadcast in semaphore from the top of Adobe's Almaden Towers headquarters. San Jose Semaphore, by artist Ben Rubin, is a permanent public artwork commissioned by Adobe Systems Incorporated in collaboration with the City of San Jose’s Office of Cultural Affair’s Public Art Program. The code was recently cracked by two Silicon Valley tech workers, Mark Snesrud and Bob Mayo.
Santa Barbara, California - Nov 26, 2007 - Postal Horns Moving South!
Vandals tagged the University of California, Santa Barbara campus and parts of Isla Vista over Thanksgiving break, making use of a symbol found in the 1966 Thomas Pynchon novel The Crying of Lot 49. The symbol, which resembles a trumpet, was spray-painted in red at various locations, including South Hall, Manzanita Village and the Daily Nexus advertising office.
Contents
How to Use this Wiki
The Spoiler-Free Annotations by Page allows the reader to look up and contribute allusions and references while reading the book, in a convenient and spoiler-free manner.
Apart from that, it's up to you.
Page by Page Annotations
An alternate form of commentary on the text. The guiding principle of these annotations is to remain spoiler-free, so that readers can follow along without the fear that later parts of the book will be revealed. Template:CL49 PbP
Pynchon Wiki Help and Contributor Guidelines
Click here for help with editing and creating pages.
We have a few conventions we ask that you follow:
- When creating a new page, first check to make sure a page/article about what you want to write about hasn't already been created, by checking the list of all Wiki pages on Pynchon Wiki. If a page already exists, please modify that one.
- When creating a new page, if its information pertains to one (and only one) specific Pynchon novel, please categorize it with the appropriate identifier. For example, a page pertaining to The Crying of Lot 49, should use the syntax
[[Category:CL49]]
.
- To open a discussion on an individual listing of the Alpha Index or Page by Page Annotations, give it a name that identifies the alpha listing (eg [[Discussion Subject|'''DISCUSSION''']]) and notice that the visible name will be "DISCUSSION" in bold and full caps, so it stands out a bit.
External Links
- The Modern Word: Vineland
- The Fictional Woods - a Pynchon forum
Featured Article
Stay tuned...
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We will be providing more support for using this wiki in the coming weeks. Feel free to contact us (admin at pynchonwiki dot com) with any questions.