Recluses

[Paul Mackin]

David's reaction is quite close to my own.   Pynchon is famously known  as a
recluse, perhaps even on occasion as a hermit..  Almost as emphatically he is
recalled as having  written about artificiality, robots, simulation,  etc.
Therefore, whenever or wherever the convergence of the two sets of notions
arises, WHO is the most likely usual suspect to round up for  good literary
effect? The appropriateness of the connection--in the book under review or in
Pynchon--need not be  labored over too deeply.

There may of course be more involved here that mere opportunism. Some good
ideas have been expressed.

By the way,  is there some arguable connection between P's writing and his
seeming preference for living out of the limelight?

P..


David Morris wrote:

> All one has to do is mix the words "automaton" and "recluse" and up pops the
> name "Pynchon."  Not that there's any real point, except literary
> name-dropping.
>
> >From: Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net>
> >
> >Saw a reference to Pynchon in the current New York  Review of Books
> >which I don't quite GET.
> >
> >"When one well-placed prop called Father Francis died, bringing an end to
> >the dark talk of death and eternity with which visitors to Hawkstone, in
> >Shropshire, could be entertained, he was replaced for a while (like
> >something from Pynchon's Mason & Dixon) by an automaton.
>
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