CNN blows chunks

[Thomas Vieth]

Then Why did he do it, for crying out loud?

Thomas Vieth
Down with Triolahidi
Long live Hollerodullyo


----Original Message Follows----
Date:	Fri, 6 Jun 97 17:55 BST
From:	andrew at cee.hw.ac.uk
To:	Craig Bleakley <cgbleak at rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu>
Cc:	pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject: Re: CNN blows chunks
Craig Bleakley writes:
> Due to technicalities beyond my control, I did not *see* the CNN 
piece, but
> I did hear it.  And it was "T-herrrri-bul!" as Bill Walton would say.  
The
> story of a famous recluse who happens, by the way, to be a novelist.  
No
> discussion of themes, or style (unless "complex" counts as analysis), 
no
> mention of books by name, more emphasis on Wanda and the Unibomber 
(and John
> Larraquette!) than on any work he's published under his name, and more 
on
> his reputation than on how he got it, which was little enough anyway.
> Apparently, the purpose of the segment was not to explore the 
relationship
> between his themes and his his refusal to play the game, but rather to
> encorage people who know nothing about him to invade his privacy 
("Hey,
> Mister--are you that hard writer?")
  [deletia]
You have read Vineland and GR, I take it. In which case I fear your
post betrays an expectation of the media which diminishes any claim to
comprehension. I am sure Pynchon expected little better of CNN.
Andrew Dinn
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To the stilled Earth say:  I flow.
To the rushing water speak:  I am.



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