Pynchon travels

[Doug Millison]

A few visual and historical details, pictures or film clips -- in the hands
of a writer of Pynchon's imaginative power, he wouldn't have to travel far
to achieve the effects he creates in his books. It's the encyclopedic scope
of his work that makes me think he did more on-the-ground research.

Cordially,
Doug

At 1:09 PM 7/30/97, Craig Bleakley wrote:
>As for Pynchon's alleged travels for obtaining local detail, I think a case
>can be made that his longest journey probably took him to a decent library.


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