More on the blurb brouhaha

[jbor at bigpond.com]

http://www.nysun.com/article/36573

http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blog/2006/07/pynchon_on_the_1.html
(N.B. the speculations on the title there)

http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blog/index.rdf
(scroll down)

http://thephoenix.com/wordup/
(some doozies there, e.g., "the internerd's crazy Pynchon cult")

http://www.gawker.com/news/amazon/thomas-pynchon-viral-mastermind 
-188695.php

http://freecelebritynews.com/a-new-day-for-thomas-pynchon-fans/

And that Associated Press story is literally everywhere:

http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=49568

Sure smacks of a marketing strategy to me.

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