Lineland as Pynchon Authority (redux)

[Deng, Stephen]

I don't know why, but this all reminds me of a famous fictional poet (John 
Shade) and his obsessed commentator (Charles Kinbote) from Nabokov's Pale 
Fire.  Kinbote also claimed to have provided the source material for 
Shade's work.  Maybe Jules was also the former king of Zembla?


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From:  Meg Larson[SMTP:mgl at tardis.svsu.edu]
Sent:  Tuesday, May 13, 1997 3:21 PM
To:  pynchon-l at waste.org; Jules Siegel
Subject:  Re: Lineland as Pynchon Authority (redux)


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> From: Jules Siegel <jsiegel at PDC.caribe.net.mx>
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject: Re: Lineland as Pynchon Authority (redux)
> Date: Tuesday, May 13, 1997 11:28 AM
>
Jules, I went to the URL below, and read your "interview."  Out of
curiosity, I would like to know what you mean(t) when you say (said), and
I'm paraphrasing here, that you gave Mario Puzo the research materials,
along with the story of your petty criminal uncle (?), which he used to
write _The Godfather_.  Exactly what kind of research material?  Was this
before or after you gave Pynchon research material for _V._?

If I spelled anything wrong, or referred to the wrong TRP book, well, I'm
just a MidWestern PYNhead, fer chrissakes.
Meg

> buy one. Meanwhile, try:
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1885876041/2706-4369093-781056 to
see
> mine.
>
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