V. question

Heikki Raudaskoski hraudask at sun3.oulu.fi
Thu May 15 12:25:35 CDT 1997


On Wed, 14 May 1997, Dana wrote:
> I wanted to request some information regarding V.  I heard
> last year that Pynchon once "insisted" that the title of his
> first novel was not V but V.[period].  Has anyone heard this too?
> and, if so, where?  

Hi Dana, one of the Louisville stars!

As to the story's appearance on pynchon-l, it was Bob Orlowsky whose 
"friend" had sent him the story, which he conveyed to the list on Tue,
Nov 8, 1994, under the title "Pynchon as horndog". Right, Bob?

Heikki




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