Fw: TP supposedly to sign M&D copies tonite -- NYC

[davemarc]

From: davemarc <davemarc at panix.com>
To: dcmills at sure.net
Subject: Re: TP supposedly to sign M&D copies tonite -- NYC
Date: Tuesday, April 01, 1997 10:47 AM

> From: Dave Mills <dcmills at sure.net>
> Date: Tuesday, April 01, 1997 2:22 AM
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm new to the list, but a long time fan of Pynchon's work.
> 
> I found this notice on a NYC website and thought listers in the NYC 
> area might be interested:
> TUE, APR 1 
> 
>                  One Word: Pynchon
>                  With the publication of Thomas Pynchon's
>                  award-winning first novel V., he had the literary
>                  world waiting with bated breath for its follow-up --
>                  and Gravity's Rainbow delivered, winning about every
>                  award worth mentioning whose judges didn't find the
>                  book "turgid," "overwritten," "unreadable" and
>                  "obscene." But more than the abstruseness of his
>                  novels, the mystery of the reclusive Pynchon's
>                  personal life has piqued readers' interests.
>                  Especially when, in anticipation of this spring's
>                  release of his fourth novel, Mason and Dixon, it was
>                  revealed that Pynchon lives here in New York on the
>                  Upper West Side. Get your copy of Mason and Dixon
>                  early tonight -- Pynchon will be appearing at Gryphon
>                  Books signing advance copies.
> 
>                  - N. Flanders
> 
>                  (Gryphon Bookshop, 2246 Broadway at 80th,
>                  212.362.0706; 6pm, FREE )
> 
> It appears to be genuine.  Here's the URL for where I found the 
> notice:
> http://www.totalny.com/outabout/getout/buzz/caltext.shtml#one
> 
Looks to me like N. Flanders may be April Fool-foodiddly-oodlin'.  A guy at
Gryphon told me no such event will occur.  

Naysaying,

davemarc

(Looks like today's a good day for Daves to be a-postin'.)