1968 Writers and Editors War Tax Protest

[Anville Azote]

On 4/19/06, Rcfchess at aol.com <Rcfchess at aol.com> wrote:
>
> 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?
>

I tend to agree, though perhaps this is only some kind of "sympathy
bias" at work, where I believe that a person who writes books I admire
would agree with me on other issues (politics, musical taste, etc.). 
A "student of human nature" who has moreover done extensive
biographical research must surely expect the same behavior from
others.

For years, I have wanted to see a Thomas Pynchon novel with
illustrations by Bill Watterson.

-anv.