paranoia: 12 kinds in P's fiction

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I have not read Hollander, don't see why I should, necessarily, but might.

As to P's paranoia--

I think it is fair to say that Pynchon uses in his fiction a paranoid point 
of view.  That is, he envisions something behind or above what might 
otherwise be considered the ordinary, some control where one would typically 
not expect it.  WWII is a controlled theater, a puppet show of death, 
controlled by various multinationals for whom the war is an 
inconvenience/opportunity; Inverarity's will is a contrivance, worked upon 
Oedipa.  Etc.  

Since this makes for rather compelling fiction, it's difficult to extend the 
idea further; i.e., it (creating compelling fiction) is a pretty good reason 
for using the paranoid sense of things and makes other theories suspect.

That there is evidence for some of what P puts in his fiction, at least in GR 
(e.g., deals between Stanard Oil of NJ and IG Farben around buan rubber), 
only makes the fiction stronger.  Nevetheless, onne speculates, I think, 
taking it much further.  P's job  was to create a good novel, which he did.