Pynchon galleys circulate

[rich]

She might've just meant that there was no way a work (and presumable
complex) that long could be judged by nov 15th but I agree it's a lame
excuse
Lethem is on the committee--wonder what his take on it is.

in any case, the nominee list is medicore--writing a 9/11 novel is pretty
lazy use of one's imagination and high fatigue factor from discerning
reading public. kalfus had a great idea and his new novel began well but up
and died quickly--the ending is quite moronic.

still wating for denis johnson's Tree of Smoke

rich


On 10/16/06, robinlandseadel at comcast.net <robinlandseadel at comcast.net>
wrote:
>
> Perhaps, but isn't there is that "No authorial Substitutes, no Professor
> Irwin Corey walk-ons" clause in the rules?
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Henry Winkler <henrywinklerjr at yahoo.com>
> > No. It sounded to me like Marianne W. was saying ATD was a big pile of
> crap. I
> > checked the NBA rules on this and they say that...
> >
> > D. Books scheduled for publication between December 1, 2005 and November
> 30,
> > 2006 are eligible.
> >
> > See for yourself. http://www.nationalbook.org/nbaentry.html
> >
> > Publication date on ATD is November 21, 2006 per Amazon. Wasn't it moved
> up from
> > Christmas for NBA eligibility in the first place? Anyway, Marianne W.
> has
> > written many a crap book in her own right (John Dollar).
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: "jbor at bigpond.com" <jbor at bigpond.com>
> > To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> > Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 10:56:29 PM
> > Subject: Re: Pynchon galleys circulate
> >
> >
> > The galley is actually opened to the inside front page, isn't it.
> >
> > Wasn't Marianne Wiggins comment re AtD that "it was patently obvious it
> > wasn't a contender" simply an acknowledgement that the novel's release
> > date etc meant it didn't meet the rules of the contest. That's the way
> > I read it anyway.
> >
> > best
> > rob j
> >
> > On 14/10/2006, at 6:37 AM, Dave Monroe wrote:
> >
> > > http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6214/3086/1600/Pynchon-2.jpg
> >
> >
>
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>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Henry Winkler <henrywinklerjr at yahoo.com>
> To: jbor at bigpond.com
> Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 04:51:13 +0000
> Subject: Re: Pynchon galleys circulate
>  No. It sounded to me like Marianne W. was saying ATD was a big pile of
> crap. I checked the NBA rules on this and they say that...
>
> D. Books scheduled for publication between December 1, 2005 and November
> 30, 2006 are eligible.
>
> See for yourself. http://www.nationalbook.org/nbaentry.html
>
> Publication date on ATD is November 21, 2006 per Amazon. Wasn't it moved
> up from Christmas for NBA eligibility in the first place? Anyway, Marianne
> W. has written many a crap book in her own right (John Dollar).
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: "jbor at bigpond.com" <jbor at bigpond.com>
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 10:56:29 PM
> Subject: Re: Pynchon galleys circulate
>
> The galley is actually opened to the inside front page, isn't it.
>
> Wasn't Marianne Wiggins comment re AtD that "it was patently obvious it
> wasn't a contender" simply an acknowledgement that the novel's release
> date etc meant it didn't meet the rules of the contest. That's the way
> I read it anyway.
>
> best
> rob j
>
> On 14/10/2006, at 6:37 AM, Dave Monroe wrote:
>
> > http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6214/3086/1600/Pynchon-2.jpg
>
>
>
>
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