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Coming Soon!!!
First edition
AuthorJohn Barth
LanguageEnglish
PublisherHoughton Mifflin
Publication date
2001
Publication placeUnited States

Coming Soon!!! is a novel by American writer John Barth, published in 2001.

The competing protagonists of the metafictional work are the Novelist Emeritus, who is a recent retired novelist from Johns Hopkins University; and the Novelist Aspirant, Johns Hopkins Johnson. The Novelist Emeritus plans to reorchestrate his first novel The Floating Opera as The Original Floating Opera II, and the Novelist Aspirant challenges him by attempting to reinvent that novel himself in hypertext.[1]

References

Works cited

  • Churchwell, Sarah (2002-03-10). "He's showboating again..." The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
  • Schuessler, Jennifer (2001-11-04). "'Coming Soon!!!': The End of the Road?". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-02-13.