All the Bloggs became great fans of The Simpsons this summer in Australia. Although we aren't in a totally Simpsons-free zone here in Japan, we're as good as. It is only availabe on cable here. We won't get to see the new season of shows (the 14th) until it comes out on DVD, which if previous releases are anything to go by will be in about 10 years from now, but if you are lucky enough to get to see it, you'll be able to hear JK Rowling, Tony Blair and Sir Ian McKellen playing themselves. Furthermore, and this is the real coup for the producers, you'll even hear the voice of Thomas Pynchon - one of America's most reclusive authors. Read more about the 14th season here and here's a Pynchon Portal if you're interested in the author of Gravity's Rainbow - a book, I'm ashamed to say, that has been left unread on my bookshelf for well over a decade.
Original Simpsons story via: Boing Boing
Posted by Joe at October 10, 2003 08:34 AMRead it! Run, don't walk, to your bookshelf! It is without question one of the greatest works ever in the English language.
Posted by: DJ at October 10, 2003 09:18 AMheh - and there I read "America's most repulsive authors"...
Posted by: Lisa at October 10, 2003 04:40 PMGdneosos, tsohe two wdolnu't cmoe on anoyen's 'rpuvliese' lsit wuold tehy? ;+)
Gravity's Rainbow is now on my reading list for this year.
Posted by: Joe at October 11, 2003 09:26 PM