Publisher's Synopsis
Did you ever get the feeling you've NEVER been here before? That's JAMAIS VU! Real people, fictional world! Wim Coleman and Pat Perrin wreaked playful havoc on consensus reality in their groundbreaking novel The Jamais Vu Papers. Readers were left wondering what was real and what was fictional-not just in the book, but in their own lives. At long last, here is a companion volume to that underground classic. Drawing on both The Jamais Vu Papers and the newsletter that inspired it, these "jamais inter-vus" are intriguing conversations between fictional characters and real people. The inter-vus with real-world participants Stewart Brand, Jean Houston, Russell Jacoby, Charles Johnston, Russell Targ, and Robert Theobald have not appeared since they were first published in the jamais vu newsletter (1987-1991). Inter-vus with John Brockman, María De Céspedes, Fred Chappell, Daniel C. Dennett, Jamake Highwater, Timothy Leary, and Tom Robbins are from the 1991 novel. Those with Paul Krassner and Fred Alan Wolf (with Llixgrijb) are the expanded versions from the newsletter. About half of the material in Jamais Vu Views has not been seen since 1987-1991. If you are already a fan of The Jamais Vu Papers, you'll be delighted by what you have jamais (never) seen before. And if you have jamais (never) experienced the reality-bending phenomenon known as The Jamais Vu Papers, this collection is a great place to start.
