Pynchon and the News

[davemarc]

> From: Richard Romeo <richardromeo at hotmail.com>
> 
> I have sort of a online tickler file at work which captures mention of
Mr. P 
> in the news--I get an average of one hit a day, 99% of which is just
that, a 
> mention.  I wonder why the man get so much in the way of name-dropping.  
> strange, no?
> 
Don't you think that's a sign of how "iconic" he is at the moment?  I
remember how someone did a Nexis search on him that showed the upsurge in
references around the times that his books were being published.  Maybe
this time around, there's more staying power.

What's the tickler file you use, anyway?

d.