Pynchon's encouragement to Rushdie

[rj]

> Pynchon's quote is the one that is now attributed to Skvorecky on the website:
> 
> Our thanks to you and to Marianne Wiggins, for recalling those of us who 
> write to our duty as heretics, for reminding us again that power is as much 
> our sworn enemy as unreason, for making us all look braver, wiser, more 
> useful than we often think we are.  We pray for your continuing good health, 
> safety and lightness of spirit. 
> 
> Sounds much more like Pynchon, doesn't it?

Yes, it does. Thanks for this.

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