Contemporary Fiction

[John Carvill]

> What I agree with is the earlier mentioned serendipitous encounter
with a great writer at the right time.

Surely no-one would argue with that? 

> So it's kinda cool to have a copy out of the very first print run of 
> Ulysses or the 1st edition of GR, before there is an agitation around
such 
> names.

That's right. And if I thought a 'new Pynchon' was going to emerge, and
I wanted to give myself the best chance of discovering him in an
unmediated way, fresh, or 'from scratch', then I would avoid this and
similar lists, online literary blogs and websites, books sections of
newspapers, and anywhere else where a new novel might get mentioned
before and/or after its release. 

Cheers
JC








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