'Spook Country,' a novel by William Gibson

[Robert Mahnke]

I asked after it tonight at my local bookseller, but they didn't have it
yet.  I bought Pattern Recognition the day after one of my sons was born and
read it in the hospital, and if the bookstore gets it in soon enough I
expect to do the same with Spook Country....

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On Behalf
Of Brent Edwards
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 8:10 PM
To: Pynchon Liste
Cc: Henry
Subject: Re: 'Spook Country,' a novel by William Gibson

I will be, as soon as my copy arrives. The release date listed by Amazon 
is next Tuesday, August 7.

Nice review, though. Thanks for the link. I must admit I too found 
'Pattern Recognition' more than a little Pynchonesque and have similar 
hopes for 'Spook Country'. I feel that Gibson is one of a very few 
contemporary authors who continues to raise his own bar. His prose, and 
more importantly the depth of his ideas, seems to improve with each new 
work even though he's been at it for almost 25 years now.

Regards,

Brent


Henry wrote:
> Is anyone reading "Spook Country?" 
> 
>
http://www.calendarlive.com/books/la-bk-park5aug05,0,2223272.story?coll=cl-b
> ooks-features 
> 'Spook Country,' a novel by William Gibson
> 
> Both of these appealing heroines -- curious, charismatic and essentially
> chaste -- share DNA with Oedipa Maas in Thomas Pynchon's "The Crying of
Lot
> 49," ...
> 
> Henry M
> http://www.urdomain.us/kcuf.htm 
> 
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