AtDDtA1: Copyright, Dedication

[Dave Monroe]

Copyright page
The copyright page states that Against the Day is published by Viking
Penguin, but on the title page and elsewhere we can read that the book
is published by Penguin Press. The copyright pages of other books from
Penguin Press state "Penguin Press" as the publisher, as could be
expected, and it seems likely that the substitution of "Penguin Press"
with "Viking" is one of many typographical errors in the book (see
errata). I have confirmed from inside Penguin Press that this is a
copyediting mistake. Here is a direct e-mail answer about the Viking
Penguin listing: "this was a copyediting mistake that will be
corrected. There was never a Viking contract for this book."

Dedication
Most of Pynchon's novels contain dedications-- Mason & Dixon ("For
Melanie, and for Jackson") , Vineland ("For my mother and father"),
and Gravity's Rainbow ("For Richard Fariña")-- but not so Against the
Day, as published. Advance reading copies of the book did contain the
words "Dedication TK" in italics, but this is simply publisher-speak
for "dedication to come." It is unknown whether Pynchon ever
considered inclusion of a dedication or whether the publisher simply
left the page open just in case, but the ultimate lack of a dedication
may suggest that Pynchon feels he's thanked everyone he needs to
thank.

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