New Book

[Matthew Ryan]

Fake, but an entertaining read, nonetheless:
 http://www.pynchon.pomona.edu/bio/adventures.html

 On 4/21/05, Ghetta Life <ghetta_outta at hotmail.com> wrote: 
> 
> Could you tell us more about this "fake B Schrapnel article?" Was this
> supposed to be Pynchon's description? And what is B Schrapnel?
> 
> From what I remember being reported, I think from a German radio interview
> w/ P a number of years ago, the new book is to be about a woman associated
> with a famous mathemetician. I completely forget the details...
> 
> Ghetta
> 
> >From: rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
> >
> >re: jbor's post about the new novel--the reference to book opening up
> >in a retirement home may have emerged from the fake B Schrapnel
> >article:
> >
> >"We drank and talked for another half hour, though, ate an order of
> >chips and salsa, and he added that his next novel will be, well,
> >"neo-gothic." Set in an American subtropical region that is over run
> >by retirees from the Midwest and New York, the book's themes are
> >greed, solipsism, and anti-environmentalism, with a dash of
> >Armageddon. Destruction, death and gore abound. The heroes are aliens
> >from a distant galaxy. These extraterrestrials are more plant than
> >animal, and therefore appalled at how life has evolved on earth. You
> >may guess the rest. I'm sure the novel will take four or five years to
> >draft and polish; and I'm hopeful it will acquire some alteration of
> >motifs and themes."
> >
> >rich
> >
> 
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