Malign: >I suspect, given Millison's hagiographic approach to Pynchon, that this was >meant as a rhetorical question. Nope, just a question. Bandwraith at aol.com > it's a very good >question, Thanks for your answers. It's worth noting that former "friends" of Pynchon's have also accused him of exploiting them by basing characters on them.