does the Playboy Japan interview actually exist?

[Jasper Fidget]

You may believe it exists, but the rest of us have to take your word for
it--that's asking a lot don't you think?  Not so much that it's coming
from you personally, Doug, but that it's still hearsay at the moment.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org 
> [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On Behalf Of Doug Millison
> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 11:32 AM
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject: does the Playboy Japan interview actually exist?
> 
> 
> "if it did in fact appear in Playboy (which still has not
> been verified"
> 
> 
> Too paranoid. A senior Pynchon scholar heard of the Playboy 
> Japan interview, my journalist friend in Japan bought a copy 
> on the newsstand and provided the rough translation of the 
> article, which I posted.  I don't think there's any doubt 
> that this article has appeared in Playboy Japan, the issue 
> that contains it is in the mail to me right now, and several 
> people have actually seen it.
> 
>