Defamation & Litigation

[John Roca]

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From: 	still lookin 4 the face i had b4 the world was made[SMTP:traveler at afn.org]
Sent: 	Thursday, May 01, 1997 5:06 PM
To: 	doktor at primenet.com
Cc: 	pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject: 	Re: Defamation & Litigation

On Thu, 1 May 1997 doktor at primenet.com wrote:
> He responded by threatening to sue me for defamation, based upon my
> characterization of his work as plagiarism.
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> Our brief correspondence follows.
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> This guy is incorrigible.  Beware, P-listers: criticize Sr. Siegel's ethics
> and approach to his book project and you, too, might wind up beneath the
> versus on a complaint.  Is this what you signed up for?

Good grief.

Well, I read Siegel's much-hyped 1977 _Playboy_ article on his website, and
was underwhelmed.  This guy, a wannabe writer[1], is just trying to cash in
on long ago knowing a famous and reclusive (and REAL) writer.  Said writerD
does not want publicity, probably fearing exactly the sort of crass idiocy
that Siegel personifies. .

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I'm sure the everyone has noticed that TRP conspicuously omitted _Mortality And Mercy In Vienna_ from _Slow Learner_.  Could it have been something to do with a certain character named Siegel, that TRP is now a bit sorry ever having had anything to do with?  Hah, there is indeed justice!

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