AtD - well, whadda ya know ...

[Ya Sam]

Absolutely right, Pynchon mentions the four great novels inside his head 
after V. was published. Most probably he considered it just a rehearsal. I 
don't think Lot 49 was part of that scheme, as it is indeed too short. Could 
'Vineland' have been a failed 'millennium book'? Don't know, and don't wanna 
beleive it either.

>
>I believe V. was already written--the letter excerpt that was posted in the
>NY Times from Pynchon in 1964 mentions 4 books under way--pbly 49, GR, MD,
>and maybe AtD (they are not named, of course)--but maybe 49 is not 
>included.
>gah...
>
>who knows. just idle speculatin
>
>rich
>
>
>On 8/7/06, Steve Maas <tyronemullet at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>Just curious why you'd leave V, out of that conjecture?
>>Steve Maas
>>
>>----------------------
>>Rich wrote:
>>yeah, definitely not Vineland but Lot 49 fits--so in 1964-65 Pynchon may
>>have had in mind/progress on 49, GR, M&D, and AD as the four books. maybe
>>49
>>isn't one of 'em--one could argue that, too
>>
>>rich
>>
>>
>>

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