Pynchon and Mason & Dixon Essay Collection

[The Great Quail]

Rich asks,

>Anyone know when the University of Delaware is going to publish 
>Pynchon and Mason and Dixon, a collection of 13 essays--it's not 
>listed on their web site

Yeah, I noticed that too -- it's weird! Maybe they were detain'd by 
the Learn'd Men of the R.S...?

Anyway, I just received a review copy, and it looks pretty good. 
Though I've only read the first piece, until I finish it and get some 
real commentary online, I've posted the jacket blurb and the list of 
eleven essays:

http://www.TheModernWord.com/pynchon/pynchon_criticism.html#Anchor-Pynchon-49575

The introduction is also very kind to the Pynchon online community, 
and Tim Ware is mentioned quite favorably. (You go, girl!) There's 
also a sample image of "typical Pynchon List mail," letters from the 
"Mason & Dixon" group reading, starring none other than SchwitterZ 
and Doug Millison! And no Jules Siegel in sight!

Speaking of new Pynchon books, has anyone read Brownlie's "Thomas 
Pynchon's Narratives?" And if they have, would that kind person wish 
to write up a small review for the Pynchon page that Larry Daw and I 
run?

Best,

--Quail

PS: I can't believe the lyrics of Rush's "The Trees" have entered the 
archives of the Pynchon List for the rest of eternity. Somewhere my 
seventeen-year old self is smiling happily....

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