Raison d'etre

[Otto]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Toby G Levy" <tobylevy at juno.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 12:24 PM
Subject: Raison d'etre


> Maybe  I'm misreading these posts, but it seems to me that p-listers have
> all assumed that the publication of the book and the writing of the
> introduction was Pynchon's idea.  From what I remember, his publishers
> were upset about the fact that all of his short stories were bootlegged.
> That and the fact that he hadn't handed over a manuscript in over ten
> years.  Rumors were thick that Pynchon was deep into alcoholism and would
> never come out with another book.  Most people at the SL was published
> felt that Pynchon wrote the intro under duress.  Far from a desire to
> share what he had learned from writing these stories, he wrote the intro
> due to an obligation to his publishers.  As such, these words do not
> really deserve some of the analysis they have received so far.
>
> Toby
>

I dare to disagree respectfully. I don't think that upon the basis of the
above rumours this conclusion can be drawn. I cannot detect any duress in
the text, there's no word of a an obligation, just a homorous, very relaxed
looking-back which is worth the bucks spent as well some thoughts about it.

Otto

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