Pynchon Japan Playboy

[jbor]

on 1/2/04 8:59 AM, jbor wrote:

> I don't think the fact that Pynchon hasn't disclaimed the Japan
> Playboy "interview" proves anything. For a start, he has no legal recourse
> to something published in Japan anyway,

Or, rather, the published article being so vague as to its provenance and
status as to render legal action through the Japanese court system as
unviable anyway, and it being ultimately such an inconsequential piece of
tripe, it hasn't even been worth his while to bother passing comment on it.

> and no-one of any note has taken it
> seriously, unlike that Tinasky crap, which ended up in a book on the
> strength of the (false) Pynchon attribution and a couple of well-respected
> people (Steve Moore, John Krafft) being willing to take it seriously.


best