The abuse of Pynchonsan

[Jasper Fidget]

I'd be tempted to toss out the phone call theory and offer usenet post
("Hey, I'm Tom Pinchun, and heres what I thinks on that omama bin
lada..."), but if it did in fact appear in Playboy (which still has not
been verified), one must assume some fact checking.  If it was a phone
call, one would expect the arrangement to go through agent or publisher
for the simple sake of validation.  This is excluding the possibility of
a personal relationship between journalist and author, perhaps the
unconsented reporting of a relaxed conversation over drinks in the early
am--and who hasn't spoken silly words at such times?--or even the result
of eavesdropping on such a conversation (the "article" does have the
feel of hastily jotted-down notes, but this could be due to the supposed
hasty translation).  Then again, it could be a hoax.  If it's genuine,
though, damn.

Worst...  Pynchon...  Ever!  --Simpsons comic book guy

Jasper Fidget

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org 
> [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On Behalf Of David Morris
> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 10:42 AM
> To: quail at libyrinth.com; pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject: Re: The abuse of Pynchonsan
> 
> 
> 
> >From: The Great Quail <quail at libyrinth.com>
> >Look, if that translation of a translation of a phone call *was* 
> >Pynchon,
> >it's not like he said anything most of us around here 
> wouldn't agree with.
> 
> But MalignD is right.  The content is so banal.  It's not 
> worth the paper 
> it's printed on.  Wouldn't you expect a little more punch or 
> surprise than 
> "maybe there is no Osama?"  And to repeat that tired 
> sex-change joke?  And, 
> as someone said to me offlist, overall it's message is both 
> elitist and 
> pointless.  God, I hope this is a fake.
> 
> David Morris
> 
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