Just an idea

[Andrew Ford]

Do any of you have the letters from which Pynchon's famous quote of
endearing bravado was taken? I'd love to read them and the V.
manuscript recently aquired by the University of Texas. Anyway, I've
been enjoying this newsletter immensly since I signed up just a few
weeks ago

On 7/10/06, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 7/10/06, Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > 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.
>
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> definitely GR and M&D, Japanese Insurance adjustor (parts of which pbly
> ended up in Vineland) and something else--maybe the new book is that
> something else or emerged someway from that something else
>
> lot 49 and Vineland--both were quickly dashed off, one for money, vineland
> maybe for money, too (man's gotta put food on table gladly give his pay for
> these)
>
> >
> >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
> >
> >
> >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.
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>
> that would seem to say he takes himself way too serious which from all
> indications, he doesn't. like GR was about Vietnam; and M&D globalization;
> what, pray tell, would an overarching theme be for him to tackle--terrorism
> and haymarket, possibly--note latest notes from beyond--the 1984 (2003) and
> stone junction intros (1997-98)--both concern arbitrary use of power against
> the powerless
>
> rich
>