. . . "full name / name of organization: Scott McClintock and John Millercontact email: smcclintock@nu.edu and jmiller@nu.eduProposals are being sought for an edited collection of essays that examine Thomas Pynchon???s ???California novels??? (The Crying of Lot 49, Vineland, and Inherent Vice) as a group and/or his use or representation of California in his fiction and other writing." .