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'''...every Keanu Reeves movie ever made, including, that night, Felix's personal favorite ''Johnny Mnemonic''.'''<br /> | '''...every Keanu Reeves movie ever made, including, that night, Felix's personal favorite ''Johnny Mnemonic''.'''<br /> | ||
| − | Notable films by Reeves up to this point, if I'm reading the time frame of the novel right, include ''Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Point Break, My Own Private Idaho, Dracula, Much Ado About Nothing, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Little Buddha, Speed,'' and, perhaps most significantly, ''The Matrix''. I'm not sure just what it means, but | + | Notable films by Reeves up to this point, if I'm reading the time frame of the novel right, include ''Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Point Break, My Own Private Idaho, Dracula, Much Ado About Nothing, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Little Buddha, Speed,'' and, perhaps most significantly, ''The Matrix''. I'm not sure just what it means, but Felix preferring ''Johnny Mnemonic'' over ''Speed'' and ''The Matrix'' is surely saying something important him. Or maybe Pynchon is simply giving a friendly shout-out to William Gibson, writer of ''Johnny Mnemonic'' and he wanted to namedrop a film that has some resonance (see below) with his own novel. |
'''Johnny Mnemonic'''<br /> | '''Johnny Mnemonic'''<br /> | ||
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chercher le garçon
has been the title of a French movie and pop album. Presumably it's a French saying?
It means quite literally to "look for the boy." In this case, however, it's chercher le geek, i.e. Get the geek.
le tout Montreal
All Montreal.
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...every Keanu Reeves movie ever made, including, that night, Felix's personal favorite Johnny Mnemonic.
Notable films by Reeves up to this point, if I'm reading the time frame of the novel right, include Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Point Break, My Own Private Idaho, Dracula, Much Ado About Nothing, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Little Buddha, Speed, and, perhaps most significantly, The Matrix. I'm not sure just what it means, but Felix preferring Johnny Mnemonic over Speed and The Matrix is surely saying something important him. Or maybe Pynchon is simply giving a friendly shout-out to William Gibson, writer of Johnny Mnemonic and he wanted to namedrop a film that has some resonance (see below) with his own novel.
Johnny Mnemonic
Film based on a short story by William Gibson, who also wrote the screenplay. The plot is pretty apropos to Bleeding Edge': "In 2021, Johnny (Keanu Reeves) is a "mnemonic courier" with a data storage device implanted in his brain, allowing him to discreetly carry information too sensitive to transfer across the Net, the virtual-reality equivalent of the Internet. " Wikipedia
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Ayn al-hammam
Arabic: "Where are the toilets?"
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Basil St. John in the life of Brenda Starr
Brenda Starr, Reporter was a comic strip about a glamorous, adventurous female reporter. It was created in 1940 by Dale Messick for the Chicago Tribune Syndicate. In the story, her love interest was Basil St. John. They were married, had a child, then divorced. See WIKI.
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chase around the world after black-orchid serum
Another allusion to Basil St. John (see previous page), who was obsessed with black-orchid serum.
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Windows on the World
A restaurant on the top floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center, which, of course, was destroyed on 9/11.
"Like going to Collegiate"
a private school in NYC which Pynchon's son attended.
| Chapter 1 pp. 1-7 |
Chapter 2 pp. 8-19 |
Chapter 3 pp. 20-29 |
Chapter 4 pp. 30-40 |
Chapter 5 pp. 41-52 |
| Chapter 6 pp. 53-67 |
Chapter 7 pp. 68-79 |
Chapter 8 pp. 80-86 |
Chapter 9 pp. 87-95 |
Chapter 10 pp. 96-111 |
| Chapter 11 pp. 112-120 |
Chapter 12 pp. 121-133 |
Chapter 13 pp. 134-144 |
Chapter 14 pp. 145-159 |
Chapter 15 pp. 160-171 |
| Chapter 16 pp. 172-184 |
Chapter 17 pp. 185-197 |
Chapter 18 pp. 198-210 |
Chapter 19 pp. 211-218 |
Chapter 20 pp. 219-229 |
| Chapter 21 pp. 230-238 |
Chapter 22 pp. 239-246 |
Chapter 23 pp. 247-255 |
Chapter 24 pp. 256-264 |
Chapter 25 pp. 265-273 |
| Chapter 26 pp. 274-287 |
Chapter 27 pp. 288-300 |
Chapter 28 pp. 301-313 |
Chapter 29 pp. 314-326 |
Chapter 30 pp. 327-337 |
| Chapter 31 pp. 338-346 |
Chapter 32 pp. 347-353 |
Chapter 33 pp. 354-364 |
Chapter 34 pp. 365-382 |
Chapter 35 pp. 383-394 |
| Chapter 36 pp. 395-407 |
Chapter 37 pp. 408-422 |
Chapter 38 pp. 423-438 |
Chapter 39 pp. 439-447 |
Chapter 40 pp. 448-462 |
| Chapter 41 pp. 463-477 |
