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From: (Paul DiFilippo)
Friends—I beg your indulgence in advance for what follows. I wouldn't be doing this if I weren't proud and if I didn't feel there might be a certain kindly level of interest on the list in the matter. About twelve years ago, I decided that what the world really needed was a thematic "sequel" to GRAVITY'S RAINBOW, and that I should write it. What a folly and delusion of grandeur this proved to be! For the past decade-plus, I've struggled to get the resulting manuscript into print, revising and enlarging my original conception into something approaching—just barely— the magnificence of GR. But now—thanks to joint efforts of small press mavens Andy Watson (Cambrian Publishing) and Brian Clark (Permeable Press) my novel CIPHERS exists. (I actually held a copy this week, an incontrovertible reality which I awaited before announcing the project to you all.) I wanted to announce this so that you could all hector your neighborhood librarians (small-town or otherwise) to buy a copy. I dare not plead with any individual actually to purchase one for their own enjoyment, lest I suffer LINELAND-magnitude assaults <grin>. Thanks again for your comradeship and support! From: (Paul DiFilippo)
Friends—please understand that CIPHERS is a "_thematic_ sequel"
only — no proprietary TRP characters used! Although an allusion
or three creeps in! By thematic sequel, I refer to the notion
of viewing the post-WWII world thru the same lens TRP employed
to depict his milieu, that's all. On the other hand, I cannot
conceive of anyone on the list reading CIPHERS and not saying,
"Hey, this guy is paying homage to GR." So, thems the parameters.
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