1968 Writers and Editors War Tax Protest

[Rcfchess at aol.com]

In a message dated 04/19/2006 9:58:27 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
wescac at gmail.com writes:

This is  totally out of left field, and I am guilty of it myself, but
was curious  what you thought & this thread made it pop up in  my
head...

Isn't it somewhat contradictory to be a Pynchon fan, and  yet be
concerned with the man himself in the least bit as opposed to  simply
focusing on his work?  Nearly impossible to do as a fan, but  when you
think about it...



IMHO, not really; despite - or because of! - TRP's individualism, I'd think  
he'd respect everyone else's right to individuality as well; and that would  
include the possibility of not being like him, i.e., possibly being interested  
in authors' lives as well as their works. (Besides, don't you think it's  
possible that he himself was perhaps interested in the lives of authors he  
admired?!)(uh...who would that include? Hmmm...) I think TRP would respect -  and, 
probably, grudgingly expect - that people would be interested in him as a  
person, even if he didn't like it. As a student of human nature, I'm sure he'd  
be surprised if it weren't the case!
 
What do the rest of you think?
 
- RF
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