Inherent Vice

[Joseph Tracy]

Good stuff, Dave. Please let us know if any of this works. I'm  
waiting for alternate forms of appeal from the crazies on the list.  
Perhaps a more sci-fi approach. Alternate forms of universal   
consciousness making their particular planetary appeal to the dear  
and only mildly Penguid ( in an endearing and  metaphorically sublime  
sense)   folk at  Penguin Publishers: I for one am forwarding the  
following to the  Publishers at Penguin as well as the P-listers in  
hopes of inspiring a viral publishing revolution .

  Dear Penguin
In these uncertain times  it is certainly understood among the  
literary illuminati and publishitty  that it is more important than  
the average shoe-wearing person imagines to keep one's options open  
as regard the extra- terrestrial  question.  Penguin has always been  
one web ahead on this one. Actually, having personally received clear  
and emphatic messages from epi-central Pomona, pirate,  gold tooth ,  
dog star radio concerning the future future of Inherent Vice, a fully  
digitized expression of the  vision of the  fully digitally literate  
and beloved, when not hated, author, and these are the "beings" who  
really know,  I feel it is nothing short of critical to the future of  
the planet as one small note from a kind singular yellow canary in  
the mine of  virtual hope, that all of us, with only a few noteworthy  
exceptions,   implore, beg and demand the immediate release of  IV,  
or IV-drugs, or IV-feeding-tubes -for-Gods-sake to every vein and  
capillary of the P-List. Do it now, before it's too late, and may  
heaven help us all if you don't.  By the way,  for Penguin the future  
as regards IV early release to P-listers  can be summarized in a  
single hypenated word. Ka-ching.

Yours respectfully and with all 7 tongues in all 3  cheeks
the one, or so pynchon-l at waste.org



On Jul 7, 2009, at 11:50 AM, Dave Monroe wrote:

> Uh, that ZIP's 53203-0141 in full.  Did I mention that I've a sleep
> disorder as well, and am writing to you whilst killing time before
> undergoing Testing @ the nearby hospital?  Just so you know ...
>
> My friend, Henry Musikar, by the way, may have written you as well on
> behalf of a far needier friend.  Even if I'm not bookworthy, his
> friend definitely is.  Though if you find yrself with TWO copies to
> spare ...
>
> Thanks again for yr kind consideration.  A bunch!
>
> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 8:55 AM, Dave  
> Monroe<against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Oops, sorry, got interrupted there.  Thanks!
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 8:50 AM, Dave  
>> Monroe<against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Dear Penguin people--
>>>
>>> Yes, I know, I have please noted that y'all "do not send review  
>>> copies
>>> to individual consumers."  However, allow me to note that (a) I  
>>> am, in
>>> fact, eminently dividual, even though I would prefer to remain as
>>> intact as possible, and (b) if you GIVE me a complimentary copy of
>>> Thomas Pynchon's forthcoming (from Penguin!) novel, InherentVvice, I
>>> will precisely NOT be a consumer, per se, but rather the extremely
>>> grateful recipient of a free book.
>>>
>>> It's not that I mind waiting a month and shelling out full price,  
>>> but
>>> having gone through hell and apparently NOT quite back again  
>>> since the
>>> publication of at LEAST Against the Day, and currently being both
>>> homeless AND cash/credit/barter/trade/will-to-live poor.
>>>
>>> Dave Monroe
>>> P.O. Box 510813
>>> Milwaukee, WI  5320
>>>
>>