CNN blows chunks

[Henry Musikar]

It doesn't look like Pynchon did it. Looks like his one line input 
was a put down of the whole thing.

On  9 Jun 97 at 2:48, Thomas Vieth <whoge at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 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 ----------- And though Earthliness forget you, To the
> stilled Earth say:  I flow. To the rushing water speak:  I am.
> 
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AsB4,
Henry Musikar

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