breaking it down

[a.t. hunley]

The tone of the blurb seems similar to that of the description at the
beginning of M&D which, I've long-assumed, was written by the man himself.
Can anyone confirm that?  Also, can anyone remember how long [if] the M&D
description was released before the book's publication?

ath

On 7/17/06, Rcfchess at aol.com <Rcfchess at aol.com> wrote:
>
>  In a message dated 07/17/2006 9:49:51 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> ghetta_outta at hotmail.com writes:
>
> The whole description is very tougue-in-cheek, and a bit self-disparaging,
>
> which fits just right for Pynchon's voice.  He's always playing with
> people's expectations, and does make EVERYTHING into a joke of sorts.
>
>  I think it's possible - my take, anyway - that Amazon approached him for
> a blurb to get people pre-ordering, & he came up w. this as a way of getting
> them off his back, giving them enough of what they wanted and at the same
> time showing that he was only half-heartedly into the selling of it, as
> opposed to just writing it & letting it sell itself. And then, after they
> posted it on the website, some high muckety-muck at Amazon prob. looked at
> it & said it wasn't serious enough, so they took it down. Sound like a
> possibility, folks?!
>
> RF
>
> PS - I'm still anxiously awaiting the rest of y'all to come up w. possible
> stupid titles like I did, so we can all be proven wrong together...I don't
> want to be the only one...
>



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But you must pay attention to your nonsense."
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