Pynchon travels

[Tom Stanton]

At 08:57 PM 7/30/97 -0800, Doug Millison wrote:
>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.

>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.

Despite Jules' comments I don't see why we should jump to this
conclusion. Pynchon travelled & lived in Mexico, Seattle, LA, New
York, the Midwest (reputedly with Jim Harrison), so he may well 
have taken a few research jaunts to Europe in the past. Not that
wild an idea.

Tom