Pynchon bios

[Tim Strzechowski]

I have a first edition of GR, and the bio info is simply:

Also by Thomas Pynchon

_V._
_The Crying of Lot 49_


However, I have a 1978 Bantam edition of _Lot 49_ with the following:

"Thomas Pynchon is known almost exclusively through his writing.  In all
other respects, he craves and guards his privacy.  The public facts about
his life are therefore few and far between.  He was born in 1937 and
attended Cornell University, where he published his first story, "Mortality
and Mercy in Vienna," in EPOCH.  Soon after leaving Cornell, he published
three short stories -- "Under The Rose," in NOBLE SAVAGE #3; "Entropy," in
THE KENYAN REVIEW; and "Low-Lands," in NEW WORLD WRITING #16 -- which earned
him an immediate reputation among the narrow but intense circle of short
story readers.  His novel _V._ won the coveted William Faulkner Foundation
First Novel Award in 1963.  His second novel, _The Crying of Lot 49_,
appeared in 1966.  Since then he has published "The Secret Investigation" in
THE SATURDAY NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE.  _Gravity's Rainbow_, his third novel,
won the 1973 National Book Award.  Mr. Pynchon is currently rumored to spend
his time primarily in California and Mexico."

Tim



From: "jbor" <jbor at bigpond.com>

> I wonder if there are any other editions of any of his works which seek to
> provide more substantive biographical information. >