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Episode · Stuff They Don't Want You To Know · 2025-03-28

Books mentioned on Listener Mail: The Piasa Bird, Bots and the Post Office | STUFF THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW

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Ben Bowlin discussed Gravity's rainbow by Thomas Pynchon.

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  1. Gravity's rainbow

    Thomas Pynchon · at 26:51 · mentioned 2 times

    Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon is an epic, complex postmodern novel set near the end of World War II, exploring themes of paranoia, rocketry, entropy, and government conspiracies.

    Discussed
    “it reminds me a little bit of um oh what was that excellent gravity's rainbow do you guys remember that one ... is that Thomas Pinon Yes yeah ... that novel has this thing about a secret conspiratorial Postal Service”
    Ben Bowlin Listener Mail: The Piasa Bird, Bots and the Post Office | STUFF THEY D… 2025-03-28 Listen at 26:51
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Passing Infinite jest
“it's like infinite Gest it's like one of those books that's just notoriously like a little bit of a log”
Speaker Listener Mail: The Piasa Bird, Bots and the Post Office | STUFF THEY D… 2025-03-28 Listen at 27:23
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