Just an idea

[Ya Sam]

"Pynchon's correspondence surfaced after his former agent (and former 
friend) Donadio sold them in 1984, for $45,000, to a collector named Carter 
Burden. After Burden's death two years ago, his family donated his expansive 
literary collection -- including Pynchon's letters -- to New York's Pierpont 
Morgan Library".

http://www.salon.com/media/1998/03/10media.html




>From: "Andrew Ford" <a4ndr3w at gmail.com>
>To: rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
>CC: "Ya Sam" <takoitov at hotmail.com>, wescac at gmail.com, 
>monropolitan at yahoo.com,        pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: Just an idea
>Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:30:03 -0400
>
>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.
>>
>>
>>
>>________________________
>>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.
>>--------------------
>>
>>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
>>

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