Pynch Me!

[Otto]

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Herr Teufelsdröckh <florentius at mac.com>
> To: Pynchon List <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 1:39 AM
> Subject: Pynch Me!
>
>
>>
>> "Hey, Wanda! Bring us anudduh six-pack, huh?"
>>
>>         --Thomas Pynchon, Vineland, page 238
>>
>> --
>> Diogenes

I wrote:
> Kannst du mir das Kapitel sagen, meine Ausgabe hat andere Seitenzahlen.
>
> Otto
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>

Robert wrote:

Hi Otto

I don't know if you got a reply, but it's in the section about the worms of
song playing pinochle on Weed Atman's snout, just before the recount of
Frenesi selling out to Brock and then setting up Weed to be shot after she
had helped "publicly hang the snitch jacket" on him.

In the sequence there's Wilbur the Worm, Wanda the Worm, and Wesley the
Worm. So, not much "close textual investigation" going on there.

But, it does seem that at least one academic reputation has been staked on
proving that "Wanda" was Pynchon!

best

Thanks, Robert, your hint was helpful, it's in the 12th chapter.
There was a misunderstanding on my side. I thought Herr Teufelsdröckh was
talking about a different German edition.

By the way, the name means "devil's shit" and he's using two other names in
the message/e-mail address, Florentius and Diogenes. I'm seriously thinking
about getting another account with, maybe the name: grigori at hotmail.com
(fake!).

greetings to everybody

Otto