another sighting of rumo[u]r of new Pynchon book...

[Joel Katz]

well, it is obvious that the proliferation of fake jeri ryan bukkake shots 
on the web has cut into the pynchon fan base, somewhat.





>
> > Just riffing on jbor's remark that "it is
> > quite surprising (or perhaps not) that Americans seem to be the least
> > well-informed about what Pynchon's up to.
>
>Trying to bait me, in other words. But it is surprising that all the news
>about the new novel -- that it is currently being edited, what it is about
>-- has come from outside America.
>
>And just to correct the false impression subscribers might have from your
>post, the status of that "Playboy Japan interview" is still highly dubious.
>But I guess if it does eventually turn out that Pynchon willingly gave an
>interview to a journalist from Playboy Japan (any hint of confirmation on
>that front yet, by the way?), it adds further to the insinuation regarding
>"the best kept secret in America" made in the French article which Erik
>generously posted to the list.
>
>best
>
> > Thanks to Erik for finding this and posting it to the list. Apart from 
>the
> > speculation in that New Yorker cartoon last week -- inferred from P's 
>Simpsons
> > appearances rather than from actual information, I'd guess -- it is 
>quite
> > surprising (or perhaps not) that Americans seem to be the least 
>well-informed
> > about what Pynchon's up to.
> >
> > best
> >
> > on 5/11/04 12:54 AM, Erik T. Burns wrote:
> >>
> >> "the best-kept secret in America"?
> >> from Le Nouvel Observateur's culture gossip column.
> >> etb
> >>
> >>
> >> Téléphone rouge
> >> 225 Words
> >> 04 November 2004
> >> Le Nouvel Observateur
> >> 145
> >> 2087
> >> French
> >> (c) 2004 Le Nouvel Observateur
> >>
> >> Téléphone rouge
> >>
> >> <snip> C'est le secret le mieux gardé d'Amérique: , l'auteur culte de
> >> «l'Arc-en-ciel de gravité», l'écrivain silencieux qui a toujours refusé 
>tout
> >> contact avec les journalistes, aurait entrepris la rédaction d'un 
>nouveau
> >> roman, selon Michael Naumann, directeur de « Die Zeit » et ancien
> >> collaborateur de l'éditeur de Pynchon, Henry Holt: l'action se 
>déroulerait à
> >> Gottingen au début du xxe siècle, et narrerait les aventures d'une 
>jeune
> >> mathématicienne russe. <snip>
> >>
> >>
>
>

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