Today’s links of interest:
- New Pynchon Book?
Ed offers up a Pynchon reading list. We say go "V"! Skip Gravity’s Rainbow (we tried, we tried again, and again, and again) and head straight for "The Crying of Lot 49". And so forth. Trust us — we never steer you wrong. - Conversational Reading: Threepenny Review Blog
Scott Esposito contemplates the blog versus not-blog question. Interesting thoughts — not fully sure we agree. But, hey, that’s part of the fun of this Internet thing. - Thongs, implants and the death of real passion
Interesting long piece about the so-called raunch culture, third wave feminism, and self-expression. - HarperCollins Signs Books/Film Deal with Dreamworks
Almost not wortth noting, except we couldn’t bypass this critical aspect of the deal: "The agreement also includes activity books in the UK." Right. - Pete Doherty to publish personal diaries
"Memoirs will include frontman’s rise to fame, relationship with Moss…" Also, how to self-destruct in public without anyone doing anything to stop you. - Man sues over book about Truro killing
Lawsuits are rapidly becoming the new non-fiction must have. - First Book, Still Helping Gulf Region, Needs Help
For those seeking a mid-year donation idea… - More Publisher Support for Vocel
Torstar (Harlequin) and Random House put more muscle being cell phone applications. Because cell phones are our future. - Wrong ISBN-13 Codes Reported
Hello! Collector’s editions. Okay, fine, this is really just a case of overeager publishers. - The Reading Experience: Blessedly Impersonal
We have long had a blogger crush on Dan Green (hmm, all of our blogger crushes are on men named Dan…coincidence?), but this reminded us why our heart was captured.