Pynchon as "recluse"

[Otto]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Smith" <neoclassical at mail.com>
To: "Pynchon-L" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 6:16 AM
Subject: Re: Pynchon as "recluse"


> > M: [...]There are stories--his going about in
> > disguise, jumping out windows to avoid
> > journalists--that make it as likely that he is
> > eccentric and reclusive as it is that he's the quite
> > normal albeit private person you prefer to imagine.
> > [...]
>
> Maybe he'll do a reality TV show like Ozzy.
>

Only if Ozzy writes a major novel first -- highly unlikely.

I think all this contemporary "reality tv"& "Big Brother"-- hocuspocus fully
justifies Pynchon's attitude, especially in America. The term "reality tv"
is a contradiction in itself.

Otto