Black Is The New Blood

It has been removed from a lot of sites so far, so it may be gone by the time you read this.

View the trailer.

The Times reviews Murakami’s forthcoming Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman.

Thanks to Matt for this tip. Thomas Pynchon will return in December with a new book to be published by Penguin. Set in turn of the century (1897) Chicago it is said to be huge and very readable.

I can’t find any official info on this yet, but it looks like people are starting to talk this up in the blogosphere.

Update:

Ed has done some legwork on this and has confirmed that there willl be a new Pynchon book in December.

I think I coined a new word today….Milfy.

As in (as I said to a co-worker), “It’s real Milfy in here today.”

Thomas Pynchon’s niece is indeed a piece o’ ass., originally uploaded by Phanatic.

Ok most people won’t understand the joke in the title. Whatever. This is Tristan Taormino, who just so happens to be very much into porn, and, is very much the niece of TRP,

DublinMartello tower130-3023, originally uploaded by McManly.

Yes, this is where the first chapter of Ulysses takes place.

Rod, Meet Stevie.

via Swoon.