About this episode

The episode discusses Thomas Pynchon's latest novel 'Shadow Ticket' with guest TJ Martinson, exploring themes of pop culture and alternate history.

Happy (almost) New Year! We're closing out our Thomas Pynchon mini-revue with his latest novel, "Shadow Ticket". Along for the ride is friend of the pod, author TJ Martinson! Topics of discussion include Pynchon's relationship to pop culture, the use of alternate history in literature, and whether Pynchon offers us as readers an 'out' to our present circumstances. As always, we hope you enjoy the conversation! Check out TJ's books here !

People in this episode

Host: John Hagele

Guest: TJ Martinson

Topics covered

• Thomas Pynchon
• pop culture
• alternate history
• literature
• present circumstances

Keywords

• Thomas Pynchon
• Shadow Ticket
• TJ Martinson
• pop culture
• alternate history
• literature

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Shadow Ticket

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