Against the Title

[mikebailey at speakeasy.net]

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> From: pynchonoid [mailto:pynchonoid at yahoo.com]
> Subject: Re: Against the Title
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> Maybe Pynchon chose the title for this novel a long
> time ago -

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> > Somehow the existence of the identical title of the
> > Cronin book is still 
> > nagging me. All the previous titles of Pynchon's
> > oeuvre have been original, 
> > and now there is this mix-up. Of course, I realise
> > that Pynchon most 
> > probably knew nothing about Cronin's novel

aha -- what if ALL his work thus far were in homage to Cronin, and only now is he acknowledging the master?