Just an idea

[Ya Sam]

As we know Pynchon was pretty much aware of what he was going to achieve 
from the very start. Hence the famous quote from his 1964 letter to Candida 
Donadio about 'four novels-in-progress':  "If they come out on paper 
anything like they are inside my head, then it will be the literary event of 
the millennium." It is not that easy to determine which four novels he 
meant. One might suppose that these have been Lot 49, GR, Vineland, and M&D. 
However, if we dismiss the shorter pieces (Lot49, and Vineland) and make a 
conjecture that he was talking about four BIG novels, than not only the 
December book should be big and complex on the level of GR and M&D, chances 
are that in a decade or thereabaouts we might read the fourth great novel 
conceived in the restless mind of a 26 year old genius. It's a pretty wild 
guesswork, but still...


>From: jd <wescac at gmail.com>
>To: rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
>CC: "Dave Monroe" <monropolitan at yahoo.com>, "Ya Sam" 
><takoitov at hotmail.com>,        pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: Just an idea
>Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 00:12:18 -0400
>
>oh man, having dreams about it, that's rich...  ho ho ho (didn't catch
>the pun til I wrote it in my defense!)
>
>In truth, in his old age Pynchon has become bitter towards his fame
>and his fanatical fans.  The book, indeed, was composed in two days,
>written on a single roll of Scott Tissue toilet paper (they're big
>rolls) and is a run of the mill pulp story revolving primarily around
>the police chief of Chicago and serial killer, below even the level of
>The Da Vinci Code, as a final "fuck you" to those people who just
>wouldn't stop trying to hide in his bushes, but we'll all eat it up
>anyways and find the Final Great Meaning of Life within it's pages
>(specifically the scene involving the prostitute, a half-empty pack of
>cigarettes, and a slab of pork steak).  Pynchon goes insane and
>attempts to burn down the Guggenheim.
>
>Back in reality, seriously, I can't wait, but I would really laugh my
>ass off if he did indeed choose to write a light fluffy story instead
>of the literary juggernaut we're all expecting.
>
>On 7/9/06, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>dreamt last night the new novel takes place in Toronto--front cover was a
>>birthday cake with title in pink frosting (a long title mind you)-in
>>background like a headboard was two coffins in brown and black
>>go figure
>>
>>yes, one of few things left to look fwd to in this world of fanatics
>>
>>rich
>>
>>
>>
>>On 7/9/06, Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > Just keep in mind that last time took us the better
>> > part of two years.  But that new book is all I have
>> > left to look forward to, so ...
>> >
>> > --- Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > I caught myself thinking that Toby's persevering
>> > > enterprise of close re-rereading of M&D is, in a
>> > > way, a perfect countdown to the launch of Pynchon's
>> > > new book in December (although it appears that he
>> > > will have been finished much earlier than this
>> > > signal event). Kudos to Toby!
>> >
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