>>>WDPS (What Did Pynchon Say?): "My belief is that recluse is a code word generated by journalists ... meaning, 'doesn't like to talk to reporters.' " --from Pynchon's 1997 telephone interview with CNN Why perpetuate the myth of Pynchon as "recluse"?<<< (1) Economy of words in a subject line. Dylan is not a recluse either. (2) To get a rise out of you.