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This is the newly created Wiki for Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49. Besides using the Alphabetical Index and the page-by-page annotation, you can also take a look at The Crying of Lot 49 covers, read the reviews, or provide insights or observations.
And now ... The Movie ...
A shortfilm version of CL49 found on YouTube and created by
someone who goes by the handle "filibusterer"... Crying of Lot 49 Film
San Jose, California - August 14, 2007 - It turns out that the entire text of The Crying of Lot 49 is being broadcast in semaphore from the top of Adobe's Almaden Towers headquarters. San Jose Semaphore, by artist Ben Rubin, is a permanent public artwork commissioned by Adobe Systems Incorporated in collaboration with the City of San Jose’s Office of Cultural Affair’s Public Art Program. The code was recently cracked by two Silicon Valley tech workers, Mark Snesrud and Bob Mayo.
Santa Barbara, California - Nov 26, 2007 - Postal Horns
Moving South!
Vandals tagged the University of California, Santa Barbara campus
and parts of Isla Vista over Thanksgiving break, making use of a
symbol found in the 1966 Thomas Pynchon novel The Crying of Lot
49. The symbol, which resembles a trumpet, was spray-painted in
red at various locations, including South Hall, Manzanita Village
and the Daily Nexus advertising office.
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[edit] Page by Page Annotations
An alternate form of commentary on the text. The guiding principle of these annotations is to remain spoiler-free, so that readers can follow along without the fear that later parts of the book will be revealed.
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