Pynchon Genius

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On Sept 2 1997 casseres at apple.com wrote: 

Now I don't want to appear as being overly mordacious, but you delivered
such a good pitch, that I just had to take a swing at it.

<So as a genius, does he flood the media with self-serving lies?> 
Indeed he has not.  In fact, I can't recall a time when he clarified any of
the innuendoes, hearsay, libel, slander or supposition's hurled his way.

<Does he publish outrageous collateral texts?> 
Certainly not ! After all what do COL49, V, GR, SL and M&D really have in
common; in fact I'm quite confident I'll understand M&D before the end of
the century. And it's not as if they're planning a festschrift for the man,
are they ?

<Is he notorious for substance abuse?>
 Well 
.. only those he's dared to write about.

<Does he instigate fist-fights or stick knives into people?>
Never ! Since when has inciting civil dissention or duping an educated
milieu qualified as sedition.  However, if he shoved a bullet up your but or
stalked you under the cover of night, that might make him an bad guy. 

<Is his sex life a matter of international discussion?> 
Well 
. he was the one who brought up Superman's erection and images of an
earth-shattering prowess.

<Does he visibly prostate himself before all the prize committees one can
find with a Web-search engine?>   I can't believe he didn't even submitted
M&D for this years (San Jose States') Edward George Earl Bulwer-Lytonn award.

<Has he done time in jail?>  
Well 
 he did do time, and fraternal it was, to boot. 

<Estranged his friends?> 
Now 
. let me think a minute,.....there's...........and............,oh, and
Jules.   Are they on speaking terms these days?

<Bankrupted his family?> 
Did you see those shabby, Salvation Army Thrift Store clothes his poor kid
had on in that horrid London Times picture.  He's probably got the whole
family living of off $ 20.00 a month.