AtD - well, whadda ya know ...

[rich]

as has been noted b/4 maybe pynchon just ditched parts of that mothra book
and took remains for vineland

V, GR, M&D, AtD--not a bad quartet I'd say ( I say I say I'll say after I've
read that paartickulaar last'un)

foghorn romeo

On 8/7/06, Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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