Pynchon-Tinasky

[Richard Romeo]

Seems to me, Mr Pynchon denied he wrote'em and that should be end of story, 
even though alot of Mr. Foster's investigation in his book on the 
controversy is not very good. Comparing a Pynchon letter as Malign sorta 
noted w/ Papa, with a letter supposedly written under an assumed name is not 
very illuminating. did foster expect Pynchon to write like Pynchon, exactly, 
and on the basis of seeing one or two true Pynchon letters.  It goes against 
Foster's accusation/surprise that the defense expert in the Unabomber case 
hadn't read more than one or two pieces written by Kacsinsky and made a 
judgement based on that. Foster, IMHO, makes a better case of the Unabomber 
than Wanda, though his conclusion is right on both counts.  His tracking of 
how TK picked his victims reminded me eerily of that cult in DeLillo's The 
Names.

In summary, Pynchon says it ain't him, babe.  let's let it rest.

Rich


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