Pynchon as "recluse"

[Otto]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Smith" <neoclassical at mail.com>
To: "Pynchon-L" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 12:32 AM
Subject: Re: Pynchon as "recluse"


> > Only if Ozzy writes a major novel first -- highly unlikely.
>
> Oh come on, everyone's equally talented if given the right education and
motivation.
>

Sure, Ozzy's a gifted entertainer and great rock 'n' roll singer. I
appreciate that he's done "The Osbornes" on MTV. From the few occasions I've
managed to watch it I'm sure it is a lot more fun than any of these
reality-shows our privat tv-channels are wasting bandwidth with. Actually
they're just filling time between the ads. I mean the pissing dogs and all
those fleas at "The Osbornes"-- I definitely had my fun.

> > 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.
>
> I always thought a Thanatoid could tell us that, or maybe even Mucho Maas,
but most people gloss over this Huxleyism in Pynchon.
>

Huxleyism? Which H. do you refer too? "Brave New World" or "After Many A
Summer"?

Otto