Thursday, August 27, 2009

Pynchon, "Inhereht Vice," Chapter 7

In which Doc Sportello investigates the history of The Golden Fang.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Pynchon, "Inherent Vice," Chapter 6

In which stewardesses (from Kahuna Airlines) frolick.

Monday, August 17, 2009

Pynchon, "Inherent Vice," Chapter 5

In which Doc Sportello impersonates a representative of the Modern Institute for Cognitive Repatterning and Overhaul (MICRO).

Friday, August 14, 2009

Pynchon, "Inherent Vice," Chapter 4

In which Droolin' Floyd Womack (not the football player) serenades Doc Sportello via KQAS.

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Ryan Amidon, "Slut," Say it With Bullets

In which the narrator is (fatally?) shot.

Pynchon, "Inherent Vice," Chapter 3

In which Doc Sportello visits Hippiephobia Central.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Pynchon, "Inherent Vice," Chapter 2

In which Mighty Mouse appears, announcing in his best Caruso tenor, "Here I come to save the day!"

Monday, August 10, 2009

Proust's "Swann's Way," Overture

In which the narrator is terrorized by dreams of his great-uncle pulling his curls.

Pynchon's "Inherent Vice," Chapter 1

In which Denis (Rhymes w/ penis) orders a Papaya, Marshmallow, Pork Rind, and Boysenberry Yogurt pizza.

What This Blog is About

One thing I loved about some 19th and 20th century novels was their use of one sentence summaries of chapters, often appearing in the Table of Contents, or at the beginning of the chapter. Lately I've been having fun creating inane chapter summaries as I read!

Imagine the possibilities for the inane and insane in a novel like, say, The World According to Garp.