The anti-Mailer

[Bonnie Surfus (ENG)]

> 
> IMHO, it is Pynchon's very reclusiveness that causes HIM to be as much
> remarked upon as his works.  There are plenty of authors that one would not
> recognize if one ran into 
> him/her on the street, but they don't make a bloody show of being
> "underground" quite the way TRP does, or go completely over-the-top like
> Mailer.
> 
> Jean Bernier
> 
> 
Is it that Pynchon makes a big deal of being a recluse, or is it simply 
that we do?  

BTW, for those of you who listened to all my Pynchon/Roky Erikson 
ranting, Casey Monahan, Erikson's ersatz "manager" invited me to Austin 
next week for the release of "All that May do My Rhyme," Roky's first 
album in many years.  Also being released in Henry Rollins' 6.13.21 
publications' "Openers II," a book of famous liner notes--and yes, I 
believe Pynchon's "Spike!" is in there too.   I may have to go meet the 
legend and size up my original opinion.  Maybe I could even ask about the 
acquaintance I strongly suspect.  We'll see.

Bonnie