Pynchon bios

[jbor]

Does it really say 'The Secret Investigation'? The fact that it leaves out
'The Small Rain' in favour of 'MMV' makes me think Pynchon had nothing to do
with the author info they've put together for this reprint, though the
general theme of the blurb tends to support the point I was making.

best. 



on 6/7/03 12:50 PM, Tim Strzechowski at dedalus204 at comcast.net wrote:

> 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. >
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