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Triumph of the Vanity Press?

1. Dan Schmidt
   at 8:39 pm on October 6, 2010

   My comment seems to have been deleted, I guess because I included a link to a page with my thoughts on the book? Anyway, I liked it very much, although my praise is not quite so unqualified as Scott’s was. My more detailed opinion is not hard to find.

2. David Wegehaupt
   at 9:43 pm on October 6, 2010

   In short, Yes, I’m interested! The moment I read that post on Monday I ordered the book from the publisher. All it really takes is for someone to compare a book to Evan Dara’s books and it ends up making its way to the front of my “to read” queue.

   However, I don’t think that Scott said it’s the first great self-published novel of this century. He specifically mentions that Evan Dara’s “The Easy-Chain” is self-published.

   Anyway, I can’t wait to read this book. I am so thankful to book blogs who constantly help me spend a more than healthy chunk of my paychecks on books!

3. A Naked Singularity by Sergio de la Pava | Dennis Y. Ginoza
   at 12:46 am on October 7, 2010

   [...] by Sergio de la Pava Posted on October 6, 2010 by Dennis Y. Ginoza Garth Risk Hallberg at The Millions asks: Is Sergio de la Pava’s A Naked Singularity the first great self-published novel of the new [...]

4. Emmett Stinson
   at 8:28 pm on October 21, 2010

   I’m 200 pages into A Naked Singularity right now, and it is absolutely great–to me, it’s not quite on the level of Dara’s The Lost Scrapbook, but what is? Regardless, De La Pava’s book is excellent, and definitely worth reading for anyone who likes Wallace, Gaddis, Pynchon, Dellilo, etc. etc.