There’s a new Thomas Pynchon novel coming out in December! His first in almost 10 years. I can’t wait. No announced title yet. The news has apparently been floating around since last month, but Amazon posted the above listing for it a few days ago, along with a news release. There’s a book description that may or may not be true; it was posted on the book’s Amazon page but now it’s gone.

I’m not sure how I feel about Pynchon. I don’t get into the childish bathroom humor or the pointless songs, but his plots are wild, even though half the time you have no idea what’s going on. I’ve read Mason & Dixon and Gravity’s Rainbow. I liked M&D better. I’ll definitely have to read the new one, just because.

(Also found: Pynchonoid, a blog about Pynchon.)