Oprah's next Book Selection

[Bryan Snyder]

I am reminded of the Opera singer/writer who asked TP if she could do a 
opera based of GR and TP responded by saying the only musical instrument she 
was permitted to use was a banjo... and she took that as a polite no.

Here's a question - I'm really certain Franzen tried to get her to take back 
her choice of The Corrections, and either the publishing house or he himself 
changed his mind.

The question is:  How much say does the author really have??

B

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ya Sam" <takoitov at hotmail.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 3:54 PM
Subject: RE: Oprah's next Book Selection


>>>Oprah deserves a lot of credit (particularly being a TV personality) for 
>>>getting a lot of non-readers to read.
>
> Of course she does. But why put that ugly sticker on the cover? Surely she 
> can encourage people to read books... by simply encouranging them to do it 
> on TV or in any other media, why should she MARK the damn thing? I'm not 
> sure about the assholery of Franzen, and I still haven't read The 
> Corrections. I don't think Pynchon would welcome the idea if any of his 
> books got chosen.
>
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