nevver:

“Most letters from a parent contain a parent’s own lost dreams disguised as good advice.”
— Kurt Vonnegut

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martinlkennedy:

1985 art by Tim White for Neuromancer by William Gibson.

Lots of Pynchon news this month:

Thomas Pynchon to Publish New Book

[via New York Times]

bbook:

A Bunch Of Unverified Stuff Concerning Thomas Pynchon

Please let P.T. Direct Inherent Vice…

Wait, people think that Gaddis is early Pynchon?  Wha???

(via capturinggenius)

scribnerbooks:

The similarities between Jay-Z and Jay Gatsby, from pseudonyms to crappy early jobs to color obsessions.

Flannery O’Connor

[via WoodPig]

Here is my GoodReads review of Albert Brooks’ 2030:

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/490609023

I think the following might be considered Albert Brooks first published writing, it came with his Comedy LP from 1973, “Comedy Minus One.”

*(L) & (A) DENOTE LAUGHTER & APPLAUSE

ALBERT

Thank you…thank you…and good evening ladies and gentleman. I’m Albert.

YOU

And I’m You.

ALBERT

Wait a minute, how could you be me?

YOU

I didn’t say I was you. I said I was me. (L)*

ALBERT

No you didn’t. I said I was Albert and you said you were me.

YOU

You’ve got it all wrong. You said “I’m Albert” and I said “I’m You.” But I’m not talking about you, I’m talking about me. (L)

ALBERT

Now I’m confused.

YOU

Then stop calling yourself Albert. (L)

ALBERT

I think we should get on with this.

YOU

I agree. What are we going to do?

ALBERT

Well, if it’s alright with you I thought we would visit, The Auto Mechanic. (A) Thank you very much. Bernie, a little visiting music please…

Read the rest at http://www.howtofoldsoup.com/blog/albert-brooks-comedy-minus-one-script/

spx:

Dinosaur Comics creator’s Choose-your-own-adventure Hamlet beats all Kickstarter publishing records http://bit.ly/Yp5cyw

la-pitonisa-tropical:

«50 Watts» The Lost World, Austria (1926) via plakatkontor.de 

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