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Swing Hammerswing
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Tue Jun 5 10:25:55 CDT 2001
>Bonesy Jones writes:
>
>"Writes his first short story around this time: "it was set during WWII, in
>the South Pacific, and centered on a theme of anti-idealism." Pynchon
>claims
>that his writing at this time is of three periods: "romanticized
>war-stories", "atheism/logical positivism that led to a rash of science
>fictions", and "imitations of Thomas Wolfe, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Lord
>Byron."
>
>but he gives no source for his quotes.
>Can someone help me out?
>
>Otto
>
>
It's a misquote from Pynchon's Ford application.
You can find the application on-line.
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