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

[KENNETH HOUGHTON]

It's a great joke, but Gryphon is right down the block from me, and I've never 
known them to sell =new= books, let alone 29-days-from-pub-date ones...

ken

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Subject: Re: TP supposedly to sign M&D copies tonite -- NYC
Author:  "David Andignac" <davida at caps.com> at dbnaccip
Date:    4/1/97 10:45 AM


This is apparently the April Fool's joke of choice for the literary set.

David A.

> 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 
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Dave
> 
> 
> Dave Mills
> dcmills at sure.net
> http://www.sure.net/~dcmills
> Los Angeles, CA