Pynchon bios

[joeallonby]

on 7/5/03 8:06 PM, jbor at jbor at bigpond.com wrote:

> It's interesting that the about the author blurb on the very first page of
> my copy of _Vineland_ says nothing more than "Thomas Pynchon is the author
> of ... " On the next page the exact same information is reproduced under the
> heading: 'Also by Thomas Pynchon'.
> 
> Allowing that Pynchon might have had some input or control over what went
> into the author bio here, and that the redundancy is conspicuous and
> unnecessary, the message would appear to be that Pynchon is intent that his
> works speak for themselves.
> 
> I wonder if there are any other editions of any of his works which seek to
> provide more substantive biographical information. It seems to me that the
> _Slow Learner_ 'Intro' is a very significant piece of writing in this
> respect.
> 
> best
> 
Have we discussed David Hadju's Positively Fourth Street here?

And the conditions under which Pynchon was apparently interviewed for his
contributions to that book?

Peace,
Joe