Pynchon-Tinasky

David Morris fqmorris at hotmail.com
Sun Apr 1 21:52:02 CDT 2001


We are free to speculate, and Pynchon is not above suspicion.  Tinasky 
sounds very like Pynchon to me.  Masks are vehicles of liberation from 
expectation and obligation (do I sound like Jesse Jackson?).  Tinasky was 
obviously not whom she professed to be.  She was a persona.

But of course for "small thang" Doogie, even a hotmail account makes one 
suspect.

D(ang) M(e)

>From: "jbor" >From: rosenlake at mac.com
> > For me, Tinasky sounds like Pynchon, not a parody or echo. It's the same 
>balance of irreverence, wide-ranging knwoledge and obscure tidbits, pop 
>culture, melancholic hope . . .
>
>Although, your previous contention that Pynchon (as Tinasky) "went slightly 
>bonkers" out there seems to suggest that it would be somewhat odd if he 
>were proved to be the letter-writer. The fact that he sent that disclaimer 
>about the letters to CNN is surely proof enough, isn't it? Other wise you 
>would seem to be arguing that Pynchon is *both* a nutcase and a liar.
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