M&D, the Internet and Henry Holt

[Meg Larson]

When I quit laughing, I would like to ask you a few questions, Mr. PYNCHON!

If that is your real name.

"Too many textbooks and discussions leave students free to make up their
minds about things"
                                  --- Mel Gabler, Texas textbook critic 

Meg Larson
Saginaw Valley State University
mgl at tardis.svsu.edu              

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> From: jester <jester at snet.net>
> To: andrew at cee.hw.ac.uk
> Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject: Re: M&D, the Internet and Henry Holt
> Date: Tuesday, March 04, 1997 2:49 PM
> 
> I can see it now... HUNDREDS of TRP hoaxsters clogging this list for 2
> weeks!  Yeah, you never guessed it... I've been on this list for nearly 2
> years now, and *I* am the REAL Thomas PynchoN!  ;-) hahahahahaha!!!
> And I'll just alter my email name to prove it!  ;-)  Perhaps something
like:
> 
>                         ThomasRPynchon at HenryHolt.com
> 
> JJ "JEster"
> 
> At 02:07 PM 03/04/1997 GMT, Andrew Dinn wrote:
> >Why don't you sugget to Tom that
> >he buys or borrows an internet feed, gets online and joins in our
> >discussion for a week or two. That should give you all the publicity
> >material you need *without* prejudicing Tom's anonymity. If he wants
> >to he can just stick to the books and raise the shields as high as he
> >likes around his personal life. Alternatively he can tell us all about
> >himself.
> >
> >So what do you say, Henry Holt? What about it, Tom? You wanna talk?
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