better version of Playboy Japan interview with TRP

Dave Monroe davidmmonroe at yahoo.com
Tue Jan 8 08:27:20 CST 2002


Wha ...?  badmouthing a Pynchonian Pronouncement,
here, on the Pynchon List?  Do I hear heresy? 
Somebody, quick, call The Inquisition ...

--- David Morris <fqmorris at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >From: Dave Monroe <davidmmonroe at yahoo.com>
> >What is it with the anxiety 'bout Pynchon 'n' The
> >Press 'round these parts? If the guy doesn't want
> >to be bugged, well, fine, don't bug him, then, but
> > if it just so happens he does want to say a
> >little something, well, why all the fuss?
> 
> Disappointment that his "little something" is so
> little.  Why even bother to read such nothing?  He'd
> have done himself good to have stayed hidden

Well, first off, keep in mind, you've been reading
off-the-cuff translations so far.  My guess is, his
responses were a bit more snappy going into the black
box of translation we're at the other end of here. 
But I also suspect some here are hearing something
they didn't want to hear from The Master, so ...

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