Amazon info on new Pynchon

[rich]

I mean holy ficking shit--992 pages?

if it is that long, feel bad for the reviewers.

pynchon will be 70--one wonders what he has left. also a book of this length
would seem to suggest something he's been working on over the years

rich


On 7/11/06, Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Well, almost a thousand pages...
> Enough space not only for Chicago, Kovalevskaya and Hilbert with his
> space,
> but for virtually anything one can and can't imagine when it comes to
> Pynchon's limitless erudition and wild imagination. I hope this will be a
> good book... Anyways, Pynchon scholars may sigh with  relief, they have
> before them a bright future  of numerous essays, monographs, and
> conference
> papers to keep them occuppied for several decades (a slight nod to Joyce's
> comment on "Finnegan's Wake" here). Unfortunately I wasn't on the P-list
> when M&D was first released. At the time I'm afraid, I didn't know about
> Pynchon's existence. But I checked the archives of that period, and the
> explosion of enthusiasm among TRP's readers first 'collectively expecting'
> the appearance of the book and then plunging into group reading. I am
> extremely happy that I will have an opportunity to witness something
> similar
> this December. Hey, hibernating Pynchonites, start waking up!
>
>
>
> >From: bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net>
> >To: "Chris Crocker" <cwecrocker at hotmail.com>, pynchon-l at waste.org
> >Subject: Re: Amazon info on new Pynchon
> >Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 20:35:20 -0700
> >
> >I placed my pre-order.   (sigh)
> >Sounds like something I'll be reading over the holidays assuming the
> >publication date is about right.
> >
> >I have *never* ordered a book prior to its having a title!
> >
> >Bekah
> >
> >At 12:22 AM -0230 7/11/06, Chris Crocker wrote:
> >>Browsing Amazon for deals I thought I would check on the info for the
> >>upcoming Pynchon book
> >>
> >>
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/159420120X/qid=1152586225/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-9746624-9707028?s=books&v=glance&n=283155
> >>
> >>"Product Details
> >>
> >>    * Hardcover: 992 pages
> >>    * Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The (December 5, 2006)"
> >>
> >>Looks like it anothe big one - if these details have any substance.
> >>
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