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[Wolfe, Skip]

We (Skip Wolfe) were introduced to Pynchon by Richard Porier's "Saturday 
Review" review of _GR_ , so immediately read _V_ and loved it, even though 
we didn't know what the hell  was going on half the time.  Then continued 
with the other novels in order, in the meantime reading inter-library-loan 
xeroxes of the short stories (pre- _Slow Learner_), and what criticism we 
could find.  We've read _GR_ 4 or 5 times (one year we read it entirely 
while on the john -- somebody call Ripley).  We've got a nearly-finished 
master's thesis on _V_ that we wrote circa 1974 (never handed it in, 
discouraged by the miserable prospects for teaching college English at the 
time), which we still occasionally think about dragging out and trying to 
groom for publication, but are probably too lazy.

Came from rural Pennsylvania -- began college -- Vietnam in '69 -- finished 
college & most of grad school (see above) in Florida.  Were a printer's 
devil for a while, and now live in a suburb of Atlanta and work at the 
Centers for Disease Control telling people about immunization.  We'll be 
volunteering at the Olympics starting in a few days (look for us at the 
turn-around point of the marathons).

At pushing 50, we feel like the senior citizen of the group, and anticipate 
with horror the prospect of being flamed by pups like hag or Andrew.

Non-Pynchon pursuits:
 --Jazz (Miles!, other classic-type jazz, and outside, mainly)
 --Various other music (Eno, Beck, Beastie Boys, Zappa, Shaggy, Eugene 
Chadbourne, the Young brothers [LaMonte and Neil], Terry Riley, doo-wop, 
blues, some rap, not much classical, no country [unless you count the 
Rednex] & lots more)
 --Almost any literature, but generally prefer American.  Also Science 
Fiction.  Also give us Sherlock Holmes (even the cheezy pastiches) or 
anything by Peter Straub
 --Running, particularly on trails

PS -- Our daughter suggested using the royal we.