get over the blurb already

[richard baillie]

what are the chances of the book being on a par with or better than GR?

less than 1 in 10 unfortunately

so, although the blurb seems fairly intriguing, chances are that the end
product will be a disappointment

that said, better to travel in hope etc





On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 23:11:45 +1000, jbor at bigpond.com said:
> N.B. also -- "(For the record, Penguin Press's publicity chief disavows 
> all knowledge of the blurb .... )"
> 
> I'm not buying that "parody" argument either. As a blurb, it's 
> ordinary. Bad, in fact. The comparison with the M&D flap blurb nailed 
> it.
> 
> But at least now it looks like it's a fake bad blurb -- to go into the 
> Hoaxers' Scrapbook alongside the fake bad MySpace log, the fake bad 
> photo, the fake bad interview, the fake bad Unabomber rumour, and the 
> fake bad crop of letters to the editor (if only we could write Vineland 
> off as a fake bad book, eh? ... just joking, retract your claws). So 
> the issue becomes whether it's an accurate bad blurb. That's still a 
> very real possibility, but it will also raise a whole bunch of other 
> questions.
> 
> Does it occur to anyone else that someone out there really has it in 
> for TRP, and is intent on doing as much damage to his reputation as 
> possible with all this crap?
> 
> best
> 
> On 20/07/2006, at 2:53 PM, Erik T. Burns wrote:
> 
> > http://www.slate.com/id/2146152/?nav=ais
> >
> > "...the scholars and nuts who compulsively post to the pynchon-l
> > mailing list..."
> >
> > etb
> >
> 
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