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...somehow hypnotic quality of even the book’s mangiest sections, it’s clear that Pynchon retains a deep affection for the genre even now. Similarly, his novels have always dabbled heavily in references to the pulp novel’s cultural siblings??rock music and monster movies—so, despite the seeming retreat into genre fiction, he maintains a continuity of style, if his substantive fingerprints are still conspicuously absent.Unfortunately, the rigid pacing and logical arc of the conventional detective story don’t quite jive with Pynchon’s classic...
...text message via a Facebook wall post: “WTF tailgate closing at KICKOFF?!?!” “Sometimes I kind of see where she’s coming from,” Fish said. But some Harvard students said they do not agree with their siblings?? assessments of Harvard’s lack of social life. “I thoroughly disagree,” said Phoebe H. Johnson-Black ’10, whose brother, Harvey A. Johnson-Black, is a freshman at Yale. “Harvey and I had a little...
...Faust consulted a group of Harvard students who could help acquaint her with the rudiments of Chinese culture: what to expect, how to act, etc. While this was undoubtedly informative, FM came up with a couple more tips we thought she should know. 1) Don’t mention siblings??that’s just rubbing it in. 2) You can tell a lot from toasting: a person of lower status touches the rim of their glass below the rim of a higher-status counterpart. 3) Chinese people will look up to you (you will be taller than...
...arrived near the end of intersession, armed with a folder of the necessary documents. Having collated the dozen-or-so pieces of paper, I should have been sure of a victorious infiltration. But what if I had forgotten one of my siblings?? middle names on form DS-158? What if my serious-faced photo fell just short of the requisite two-by-two inches...
...attempt at a pop hit, and may prevent the albums more tasteful listeners from hearing the disc all the way through. Despite that blip, though, “Free at Last” is a strong album, worthy of attention, praise, and repeated listenings. It, along with its juggernaut siblings??Jay-Z’s “American Gangster” and Kanye West’s “Graduation”—may just prove to make 2007 the year of the Roc. —Staff writer Ruben L. Davis...