another Pynchon mention

[S.R. Prozak]

> http://www.thememoryhole.org/lit/pynchon-boeing.htm
> 
> "[...] But one portion of Pynchon's work has almost
> completely eluded capture. From February 1960 to
> September 1962, Pynch was employed by Boeing, where he
> wrote technical articles that were only circulated
> within the company (and perhaps to some of Boeing's
> clients, which, in this case, would be the US and
> Canadian militaries). Both of his positions were in
> nuclear missile programs--first with the Bomarc
> Service Information Unit and later with the Minuteman
> Field Support Unit. The only one of these articles
> that has ever surfaced is "Togetherness," because it
> was reprinted in the Air Force magazine Aerospace
> Safety.

Must have been an interesting choice for him to take that job.

I know I would not have.


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