Playboy Japan Interview (was Re: Pynchon fax)

[davemarc]

Writes jbor re the Playboy Japan "talk":
>
> All I'm saying is that it is still apocryphal -- even after all this time
> there has been no evidence produced which validates its authenticity or
> Pynchon's assent, or which refutes the alternative possibilities.

There is, in fact, evidence that Pynchon was the source of the quotations:
Playboy Japan
published the piece with the attribution. Like it or not, that's evidence as
far as
any normal measures of credibility are concerned--you've got a writer and a
publisher standing by the article. I think there's a basis for doubting
Pynchon's assent (for instance, even in the 18 December 2001 note that Doug
very generously shared with us, Naoki wrote, "I suspect that it was just a
chat or phone conversation turned into an article."), but so far there seems
to be very litlle or no evidence undermining the credibility of the article.

d.