Glenn Scheper's introduction to Pynchon-l list

[owen j mcgrann]

> What I lack is the writing background to prosecute my thesis
> which would bust phallologocentrism

the first step toward making up for your proclaimed lack of writing
background is to stop using ridiculous words like "phallologocentrism."  we
start making up words like that when we try to explain things we don't fully
understand.

> So I might be just another totalizer, or maybe I'll discover
> for you the author Pynchon, being like me. But you might not
> like me. Tant pis! (Too bad!)

godspeed, my friend... i hope you are as clever as you claim to be, because
there are quite a few inflated ego's floating round these parts ready and
waiting to take shots at you.  or maybe you like that kind of thing.

- owen