Personal Note

[Joe Varo]

Henry,

Unfortunately I've not been able to get my wife to read any TRP.  Shortly
after we got hitched I got her to try _Slow Learner_ but she didn't care
for the stories and so it has been impossible to get her to try any of his
other works.  In fact, whenever I pull a TRP work of the shelves for a
re-read, she groans, "Pynchon again?"

Actually, I don't know anyone in the off-line world who has read Pynchon
and so I'm looking forward to the forthcoming GR/GR.

Joe

On Thu, 19 Sep 1996, Henry Musikar wrote:

> Does this sound familiar to anyone? (Does anybody give a hoot?):
> 
> My "girlfriend" and I are Pynchonophiles (one of the many things I like 
> about her). Fond of allusions and alluding in general, 
> many things remind us instances in the canon.
> P becomes context. (She is currently reading GR)
> 
> An aside:
> My ex read GR, but it was kinda like the football quiz in "Diner" --
> it never became a point of reference for her and she never read any 
> of the other P works.
> 
> Keep Cool, but care. -- TRP
> http://www.nicom.com/~gravity/mypage.com
>