Those Pynchon Bootlegs

G. Schmundt-Thomas 100425.3567 at compuserve.com
Sat Jun 17 15:43:40 CDT 1995


Nigel writes,
>I also have an edition of "A Journey into the Mind of Watts" published by
>"MOULDWARP, 17 Sth Molton St., Westminster, MCLXXXIII". It's a very odd/
>messy booklet, A5 sized, 12pp with card cover, typewriter text (underlining
>rather than italics)and messy xerox collages of skulls, cops and maps
>- and an extremely strange piece of text tagged on at the end, signed
>"Tystero". 


The photocopies, ex the skull etc., in the "Journey into the Mind of Watts"
bootleg are from the first publishing of the story in the New York Times
Magazine in 1966.

I also came across the bootlegs in London in the early 80`s.

G. Schmundt-Thomas




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