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[Anonymous No.15376773]

He doesn't have much time left, does he lads?

[Anonymous No.15376827]

>>15376773
He or Pynchon first ?
Wanna bet ?

[Anonymous No.15376854]

>>15376773
Probably too late for another great novel now. The Road will be his last notable work.

[Anonymous No.15376914]

>>15376854
He might still have the equivalent of a Billy Budd in him.

Wouldn't that be a treat if he did.

[Anonymous No.15376922]

>>15376773
The Passenger will not be published before he dies. That’s the whole publisher scheme.

[Anonymous No.15377211]

He's a pariah, just like all other genre fiction "writers." If you ever publish a piece (and I do mean piece) of genre fiction, it's pretty much the kiss of death as far as real writers are concerned. You're consigned to the kiddie table from then on, and will forever dwell in that ghetto. Hacks simply aren't invited to the parties. What serious artiste would ever address an envelope to a name like King or Steel or Brown? Well, I do have one story. I once attended a cocktail party in the French Riviera hosted by a indomitable poetess. Several of the big name novelists were in attendance, including many of my fellow Oxford alumni. The mood was merry until a certain hack (in)famous for writing horse stories decided to gatecrash the villa. He was no doubt emboldened by a recent prize he won for (wait until you hear this) a post-apocalyptic survival horror novel. Sorry, just let me catch my breath. The moment this lost soul stepped under the veranda the entire party went dead silent and everyone turned to look at him with a single united look of disgust. The poetess, ever the angel, swooped in an engaged the poor fraud in his level of conversation. The talentless nobody was already sopping drunk, of course. No doubt he'd needed courage to even approach the door, and so decided to "party rock" from a flask in his tiny rundown rental car outside. She graciously asked him if he was working on a new horse novel, and he replied (and I'll remember these words until the day I die), "No, a crime screenplay." The entire villa erupted in laughter and the sad little nothing was so mortified he simply slunk away. Only then did we return to our shimmering conversations about the craft. Who do these people think they are, really?

[Anonymous No.15377319]

He’s in his 80s so no
I wonder if he’s working on another novel

[Anonymous No.15377329]

>>15376773
Probably not. Honestly a shame that so many great authors are soon on their way out. First dropped Roth, and it won’t be much time before Pynchon, McCarthy, DeLillo, among others, will soon be gone.

[Anonymous No.15377346]

>>15376827
Sure, how much?

[Anonymous No.15377372]

He’s been working on The Passenger for a while (I hope he has, at least), I hope his intention isn’t to release it posthumously.

[Anonymous No.15377381]

>>15377211
Haven't read this one before