Ted Mooney
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Ted Mooney is an American novelist and short story writer; He has published four novels: Easy Travel to Other Planets (1981), Traffic and Laughter (1990), Singing into the Piano (1998), and The Same River Twice, (2010). Mooney has also served as the senior editor of Art in America
from 1977 to 2008 and currently teaches at the Yale University
Graduate School of Art.
Mooney's first and most successful novel, Easy Travel to Other Planets, was awarded the Sue Kaufman
Prize for First Fiction by the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, and was also a finalist for the American Book Award
. the novel was mentioned in Larry McCaffery
's list of the 100 greatest books of the 20th century
, where it was described as:
The novel also introduced the term "information sickness", which has since been used in various contexts as a symptom or result of overexposure to media.
Art in America
Art in America is an illustrated monthly, international magazine concentrating on the contemporary art world, including profiles of artists and genres, updates about art movements, show reviews and event schedules. It is designed for collectors, artists, dealers, art professionals and other...
from 1977 to 2008 and currently teaches at the Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
Graduate School of Art.
Mooney's first and most successful novel, Easy Travel to Other Planets, was awarded the Sue Kaufman
Sue Kaufman
Sue Kaufman is an American author best known for the novel Diary of a Mad Housewife.- Biography :Kaufman was born in Long Island, New York. She received her degree from Vassar College in 1947. In 1953 she married a doctor named Jeremiah Abraham Barondess with whom she had a son. At Vasser she did...
Prize for First Fiction by the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, and was also a finalist for the American Book Award
American Book Award
The American Book Award was established in 1978 by the Before Columbus Foundation. It seeks to recognize outstanding literary achievement by contemporary American authors, without restriction to race, sex, ethnic background, or genre...
. the novel was mentioned in Larry McCaffery
Larry McCaffery
Lawrence F. "Larry" McCaffery Jr. is a literary critic, editor, and retired professor of English and Comparative Literature at San Diego State University...
's list of the 100 greatest books of the 20th century
20th Century’s Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction
The 20th Century’s Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction is a popular "best of" list compiled by Larry McCaffery largely in response to Modern Library 100 Best Novels list , which McCaffery saw as being out of touch with 20th century fiction...
, where it was described as:
"a haunting, lyrical novel [which] perfectly exemplifies the blend of the postmodern mainstream and SF to be found in the other two novels (i.e., DeLilloDon DeLilloDon DeLillo is an American author, playwright, and occasional essayist whose work paints a detailed portrait of American life in the late 20th and early 21st centuries...
's White NoiseWhite Noise (novel)White Noise, the eighth novel by Don DeLillo, is an example of postmodern literature. Widely considered his "breakout" work, the book won the National Book Award in 1985 and brought him to the attention of a much larger audience. Time included the novel in its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels...
and GibsonWilliam GibsonWilliam Gibson is an American-Canadian science fiction author.William Gibson may also refer to:-Association football:*Will Gibson , Scottish footballer...
's NeuromancerNeuromancerNeuromancer is a 1984 novel by William Gibson, a seminal work in the cyberpunk genre and the first winner of the science-fiction "triple crown" — the Nebula Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, and the Hugo Award. It was Gibson's debut novel and the beginning of the Sprawl trilogy...
) which best captured the vast, media-driven transformations at work in American life during the 80s."
The novel also introduced the term "information sickness", which has since been used in various contexts as a symptom or result of overexposure to media.
External links
- Ted Mooney - at the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial FoundationJohn Simon Guggenheim Memorial FoundationThe John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation was founded in 1925 by Mr. and Mrs. Simon Guggenheim in memory of their son, who died April 26, 1922...
website. - Everything on the Verge of Becoming Something Else - an interview with Ted Mooney by Larry McCaffery and Sinda Gregory