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In July of 2006, Amazon.com created a page showing an upcoming 992-page, untitled, Thomas Pynchon novel. A description of the soon-to-be published novel appeared on Amazon purporting to be written by Pynchon himself. The description was soon taken down, prompting speculation over its authenticity, but the blurb was soon back up along with the title of Pynchon's new novel, ''Against the Day''.
Shortly before ''Against the Day'' was published, Pynchon's prose appeared in the program for "The Daily Show: Ten Fu@#ing Years (The Concert)", a retrospective on Jon Stewart's comedy-news broadcast ''The Daily Show.''<ref>Pynchon, Thomas. [http://themodernword.com/pynchon/pynchon_essays_dailyshow.html "The Evolution of ''The Daily Show''"]. Printed in program notes (16 November 2006).</ref> Only weeks later, Pynchon sent a one-page, typewritten letter to ''The Daily Telegraph,'' defending fellow writer Ian McEwan against plagiarism charges. (McEwan had been accused of copying details from the late Lucilla Andrews's autobiography, ''No Time for Romance.'') His sentiment echoes thoughts on literary theft expressed over two decades earlier in the ''Slow Learner'' introduction; the letter concludes,
:Memoirs of the Blitz have borne indispensable witness, and helped later generations know something of the tragedy and heroism of those days. For Mr. McEwan to have put details from one of them to further creative use, acknowledging this openly and often, and then explaining it clearly and honorably, surely merits not our scolding, but our gratitude.<ref>Pynchon, Thomas. [http://themodernword.com/pynchon/pynchon_essays_mcewan.html "Words for Ian McEwan"] (6 December 2006)</ref>
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