wired article

[ckaratnytsky]

     Dale said:
     
     >Lineland does include some flame wars that occured on Pynchon-L, but 
     >it is not about the flame wars,
     
     Whether the book is about the flame wars or not may be a matter of 
     opinion, Dale.  The *article*, on the other hand, was very definitely 
     about the flame wars.  Janelle Brown's questions to me were framed 
     almost exclusively in this context.  That was her interest and angle.  
     I asked her.
     
     >nor is it really about Pynchon and his privacy.
     
     Given that the main marketing strategy for LINELAND thus far rests 
     entirely on Jules' connection to TRP, this statement seems pretty 
     silly to me.  Of course, quite the opposite is true.
     
     I see from the WIRED piece that Jules still maintains the mistaken 
     notion that the list (and, presumably, the world at large) has Pynchon 
     on a pedestal from which he needs to be toppled.  That Jules makes 
     this his self-appointed mission is not only highly presumptuous, but 
     is also one of the things that engenders so much ill-will.  I said 
     this to you last night at KGB and to Janelle Brown when she 
     interviewed me.
     
     I gave Brown a lot better quotes than the one she used, btw, in 
     support of Jules and otherwise.  She cared only about the hot stuff.  
     I have an uncomfortable feeling that this is going to be the general 
     trend in the press.  Too bad--for Jules and for TRP.
     
     Chris