Pynchon interviewed in Playboy Japan re 9-11

[Phil Wise]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Corathers" <crawdad at one.net>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 3:32 PM
Subject: Re: Pynchon interviewed in Playboy Japan re 9-11


> It's difficult to imagine the author of Gravity's Rainbow being that
vapid,
> even in translation. If it's authentic, the interview is solid evidence in
> support of the theory that Doug is Tom.

I don't get this.  We're talking about a guy that takes years and years to
write his (very complex) novels, and who rarely gives quotes to the media.
Is it not possible that he's a deep thinker who finds it very hard to give
immediate answers to verbal questions because he knows that they sound glib
and don't capture what he wants to say very well?  Jaques Derrida may be
able to give chapter-long answers at conferences, losing everyone along the
way - perhaps TRP needs to write shit down and shape his thoughts.  Perhaps,
being a resident of New York, he couldn't resist venting his frustrations to
an overseas journalist (if this is Pynchon, he clearly doesn't have high
opinions of the US variety at the moment).  We don't know, but none of what
was in the interview was particularly surprising in content, just in its
lack of complexity.

phil
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> Don Corathers
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "David Morris" <fqmorris at hotmail.com>
> > To: <paul.mackin at verizon.net>; <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 6:36 PM
> > Subject: Re: Pynchon interviewed in Playboy Japan re 9-11
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> >
> > >
> > > If he said anything it's clear we've lost something in the
translation,
> > but
> > > could he be this dull even in translation?
> > >
> > > >From: "Paul Mackin" <paul.mackin at verizon.net>
> > > >
> > > >If Pynchon said anything remotely like what's below then we would
have
> to
> > > >conclude that Altzheimers has set in. Don't laugh. It's possible.
> > >
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