The Return Of Thomas Pynchon
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.
June 20th, 2006 at 4:04 am
[…] From Scott comes this rumor that Pynchon has a new book out in December from Viking, set in 1897 Chicago. There is nothing currently listed at the Amazon site, nor on the Penguin site, but the Wikipedia Pynchon entry notes: It has been rumored that Pynchon’s next book will be about the life and loves of Sofia Kovalevskaya, whom he allegedly studied in Germany. The former German minister of culture Michael Naumann has stated that he assisted Pynchon in his research about “a Russian mathematician [who] studied for David Hilbert in Göttingen”. Information from Penguin Press (Viking) places the new novel’s publication date as December 2006. […]
July 9th, 2006 at 11:11 am
This german person (Naumann) does love attention but has a reputation because of his career in media and politics. He is a well known german public figure, so this might ad to his credits. Beyond that, I pitty TP for having choosen such a guy to colaborate with.
I can-t wait for this next book. It-s about time…
July 31st, 2006 at 1:18 pm
[…] I’m wondering if this is a desperate effort to hijack Technorati. Will weblogs be shut out or ignored, even as they break news stories such as Thomas Pynchon’s new book, the Zoo Press literary scandal, Rupert Thomson’s film adaptations or call John Freeman on flummery? […]