A new Thomas Pynchon book is as rare, wondrous, and worthy of celebration as a new My Bloody Valentine album—so it goes without saying that we are literally counting down the days until Pynchon's new novel, Bleeding Edge, is released on September 17th. The description of the novel is enough to make our mouths water: it's a "historical romance on New York in the early days of the internet." And if you click below the jump, you can read the first page of the book now!

Yes, you read that right: Pynchon tackles the ongoing scourge of children on scooters in NYC—he's just like us! Maybe the reclusive author...reads Gothamist? Maybe he's one of our beloved trolls! Hey Thomas Pynchon, how do you feel about bike lanes?

At the bottom of this page, you can read the full publisher's house description of the highly anticipated 512-page novel, which is all about the dot-com boom in the days before September 11th: "With occasional excursions into the Deep Web and out to Long Island, Thomas Pynchon, channeling his inner Jewish mother, brings us a historical romance of New York in the early days of the internet, not that distant in calendar time but galactically remote from where we've journeyed to since."

Knowing Pynchon, there'll probably be lots of dense psychedelic prose, lamentations about the '60s counterculture, shady fascistic organizations with futuristic names, and maybe an appearance by The Daily Show (Pynchon is a fan, after all). If you're looking for more Pynchon-related material to munch on, the New Yorker recently looked back at his classic V; Paul Thomas Anderson will soon start shooting his adaptation of the underrated and highly enjoyable Inherent Vice, with Joaquin Phoenix in the lead role; and Pynchon In Public Day is coming up on May 8th.

Here's the full description of the new novel: