Moody: A Hoax Called Wanda

[Otto]

"[...] scrutinizes 'Tom', as he's roundly referred to, so 
microscopically it's little wonder he's afraid to show his face in 
public. [...]"

The same argument as you've used in your previous posts, Rob, Moody's 
also turning cause and effect upside down.

And by this Moody puts all of you long-time p-listers in the same crowd 
as the hoaxers - as Rob sees them.

Otto

jbor at bigpond.com schrieb:

> A couple of articles of interest (pdf):
>
> 'A Hoax called Wanda: the woman who would be Pynchon' by Rick Moody.
> _The Village Voice_ New York, May 6, 1997, pp. 44-46.
>
> Not sure if it was ever made available here or even acknowledged 
> before,  but I fully agree with Moody's viewpoint.
>
> There's also a little piece on the same pages as Moody's by Thomas 
> Goetz entitled 'Pynchon's Web of Influence', which has this to say 
> about the p-list of old:
>
> "[...] Yet for the true devotee, the Pynchon e-mail list is a must. 
> Part gossip about the author, part rumor feeding on _Mason & Dixon_ 
> ('The obvious conclusion to draw with regard to _Mason & Dixon_ is 
> that it should centre on the Internet as the next logical progression 
> [and/or regression] in the chain of communication media ... '), part 
> underused master's degrees on display, pynchon-l at waste.org scrutinizes 
> 'Tom', as he's roundly referred to, so microscopically it's little 
> wonder he's afraid to show his face in public. [...]"
>
> Also available: plain text version of Moody's piece ('Forgetting 
> Pynchon') from the recent _Bookforum_ issue.
>
> best


	

	
		
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