is it ok to be luddite

[jbor]

> 
> I'm not sure what part of non-consensual sex with a minor on the part of a
> self-proclaimed messiah earns quotes for "molested" but I sure wish we
> wouldn't start throwing theories, pro or con back and forth about an event
> that maybe two or three people on the planet have written about
> objectively. No offense all, but this pretty far afield from old Neddy
> Ludd.

I must say that it did concern me that
> "Pynchon's carefully guarded privacy has made him the subject of many
> extreme rumors, including that he was the Unabomber and that he was writing
> letters to a California newspaper under the pseudonym Wanda Tinasky."
as reported at the quite reputable site David Morris pointed to at
http://www.altculture.com/aentries/p/pynchon.html
which had been used as a link to that page about picturesque alleys in
Greenwich Village. Such absurd speculations can only serve to discredit the
man and diminish the potency of his fictive vision imo.

I was interested to read that "In a rare public statement to CNN, Pynchon
denied writing the letters" in the same altculture bio, however. Assuming
that this is correct (and assuming it refers to the "Tinasky" blather), I'm
glad that that furphy has been put to rest at least.

best


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>From: "Derek C. Maus" <dmaus at email.unc.edu>
>To: Pynchon List <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: alt.conspiracy.pynchon.waco
>Date: Wed, Jun 14, 2000, 12:03 AM
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