A probably old thought, newly raised

[pynchonoid]

I doubt Mr Pynchon spends any time here, but I'd be
surprised if somebody within his representation - in
his agent's shop, his publisher's, or an attorney's -
doesn't track pynchon-l and other media for Pynchon
mentions .

Re JS's self-serving blather on the p-list:  after
Lineland was published Pynchon did tell a p-list
questioner, via fax, that JS should get a life, as
reported publicly in a presentation at a Pynchon
conference way back then.

At least one of the Pynchon scholars who was a
frequent participant on the p-list at the time
Lineland came out told me that she thought JS sounded
like friends of  other 20th century authors who
claimed they were the source for this or that in the
author's work, only to face doubts in the intellectual
marketplace, but be proven correct in the long run. 

Still chuckling when I think about that quote JS put
in "Chrissie's" mouth in Lineland, to the effect that
(I don't have it handy, somebody will correct me if
I'm wrong I'm sure) JS compared to TRP was the
superior poet, the better writer.  Not as amusing,
imo, is JS's uncorroborated (they were alone in that
pig-infested Manhattan Beach apartment together when
he said it, JS claims) assertion that Pynchon told JS
that he was so fucked up when he wrote GR he didn't
know what he was doing (or words to that effect).

Looking forward to Independence Day,





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