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[John M. Krafft]

From:	MIAVX2::JMKRAFFT     "John M. Krafft" 24-FEB-1992 20:06:34.66
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Subj:	Re: Is Thomas Pynchon Gibson's Secret Love-Child?

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From: evenson at hitl.washington.edu (Mark Evenson)
Subject:Re: Is Thomas Pynchon Gibson's Secret Love-Child?
Date: 23 Feb 92 06:55:52 GMT
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In article <JET.92Feb22211746 at karazm.math.uh.edu> jet at karazm.math.uh.edu (J Eric Townsend) writes:
   "Mark" == Mark Evenson <evenson at hitl.washington.edu> writes:



   Mark> a) Gibson read _GR_, dug its corporations but didn't concsiously
   Mark> imitate it				1983-1984 (Mr Maddox?)

   Gibson as said as much at ArmadilloCon in  (pick any year there was a
   c-word panel :-)

   I'm desperately trying to find a tape I made of a panel Gibson was on
   a couple of years. Gibson recited the first two sentences of a story
   that he claims was inspired by Ballard.  It was so... so... *Ballard*
   it was uncanny.  I wonder sometimes if Gibson could emulate anybody he
   wished, but instead emulates little bits of lots of people and tosses
   in some of his own twists.

Interesting--the ability to parody without effort is often argued as
Pynchon's' trademark'.  I didn't really consider Gibson as having the same
kind of ear, the same kind of agility with context and language.  But then
again I've just read his novels and the anthology.  Maybe there are
marginal texts in which Gibson demonstrates this glibness to a much greater
degree?