Against the Day: Chapter 10
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02/07/25 • 146 min
Woo-hee! finally, we cover some real ground. Back on the Inconvenience, the Chums are bickering and splitting within themselves, while here on land our own crew are becoming "frazzled" in their own way. It seems such polarization can only be expected as we reach the end of Part One, but stay tuned through this analysis for the announcement of our thrilling conclusory episode of The Light Over the Ranges.
If you like what we're doing and want to support the show, please consider making a donation on Ko-Fi. Funds we receive will be used to upgrade equipment, pay hosting fees, and help make the show better.
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If you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media that relates to these chapters:
Quaternions (somewhat) explained: https://eater.net/quaternions
Civil War Draft Records article by Michael T. Meier: https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1994/winter/civil-war-draft-records.html
Spirits of the Land: A Tool for Social Education by Ólina Thorvarðardóttir: http://www.literature.at/viewer.alo?objid=14721&viewmode=fullscreen&scale=3.33&rotate=&page=35
Films/TV: The Knick (2014-2015)
Music: “Cat’s In the Cradle” - Harry Chapin, “Father and Son” - Cat Stevens
As always, thanks so much for listening!
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Show art by Brad Wetzel: @bradspersecond (on IG and Reddit) bradspersecond.com
Woo-hee! finally, we cover some real ground. Back on the Inconvenience, the Chums are bickering and splitting within themselves, while here on land our own crew are becoming "frazzled" in their own way. It seems such polarization can only be expected as we reach the end of Part One, but stay tuned through this analysis for the announcement of our thrilling conclusory episode of The Light Over the Ranges.
If you like what we're doing and want to support the show, please consider making a donation on Ko-Fi. Funds we receive will be used to upgrade equipment, pay hosting fees, and help make the show better.
https://ko-fi.com/mappingthezone
If you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media that relates to these chapters:
Quaternions (somewhat) explained: https://eater.net/quaternions
Civil War Draft Records article by Michael T. Meier: https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1994/winter/civil-war-draft-records.html
Spirits of the Land: A Tool for Social Education by Ólina Thorvarðardóttir: http://www.literature.at/viewer.alo?objid=14721&viewmode=fullscreen&scale=3.33&rotate=&page=35
Films/TV: The Knick (2014-2015)
Music: “Cat’s In the Cradle” - Harry Chapin, “Father and Son” - Cat Stevens
As always, thanks so much for listening!
Email: [email protected]
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mappingthezone.bsky.social
Twitter: https://twitter.com/pynchonpod
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mappingthezonepodcast/
Show art by Brad Wetzel: @bradspersecond (on IG and Reddit) bradspersecond.com
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Against the Day: Part One - The Light Over the Ranges (w/ Johan Harstad)
We've reached the end of The Light Over the Ranges, the first part of Against the Day! We were incredibly lucky to be joined by Johan Harstad, Norwegian author of Buzz Aldrin, What Happened To You In All the Confusion?, The Red Handler and, most recently, Under the Paving Stones, The Beach! We discuss our thoughts with everything that has happened in the story so far, the goofy, fun-natured boy-adventurers known as The Chums of Chance, the historical accuracy of Franz Ferdinand, some controversy around the Norwegian translation of Against the Day, and much more (so much more that there's a bonus epidsode in the works)!
Please check out Johan's work wherever you buy books and follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lacktr/
As always, thanks so much for listening!
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Show art by Brad Wetzel: @bradspersecond (on IG and Reddit) bradspersecond.com
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