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[Tore Rye Andersen]

Thanks for this insider info. The poor reviewers do indeed seem to've been 
working under unreasonable constraints with AtD. Penguin Press and Pynchon 
must certainly have known that the short deadlines would affect the quality 
of the reviews, and I can't imagine that Pynchon is entirely happy with the 
situation. Some may claim that "Rocketman is above all that shit", but 
still: If I'd spent god knows how many years writing a novel like AtD, I 
would certainly prefer it if the novel got a fair and well-considered 
treatment by the reviewers, and I suspect that Pynchon is human enough to be 
hurt - or at least annoyed - by the shallow and rushed thrashing he received 
from many quarters.


>From: "Mark Kohut" <mark.kohut at gmail.com>

>I work in publishing circles and learned this about ATD:. The galleys which
>reviewers get to read were much later to them than for any other Pynchon
>novel, it seems. Around a month or so before pub date and it is the longest
>novel as is known. Most galleys go to potential reviewers at least 3 months
>ahead of pub date, often more for "long lead' vehicles for important books.

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