Pynchon interviewed in Playboy Japan re 9-11

[Paul Mackin]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Wright AIA" <mwaia at yahoo.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 8:37 AM
Subject: Re: Pynchon interviewed in Playboy Japan re 9-11


> Howdy
> Let's trace this back --
> The discussion is about a paraphrase of a reader's translation (by a
> translator of unknown skill) of remarks compiled/redacted to an unknown
> extent by a Japanese magazine editor working over the product of a
> stringer, who has presumably translated Pynchon's remarks from English
> into Japanese in the course of writing his article.
>
> It's no wonder P sounds a bit banal here, assuming it is him. Let's cut
> the man some slack.

Yeah, I think is unlikely the Pyncher even in advanced age has turned into a
crochetty old geezer who demands that his delivery of the Times be halted
immediately. On the other hand we must be prepared for the ultimate demise
of everybody. We don't know yet if the work is immortal. We know the worker
is not.

        P.