Just an idea

[jd]

Further, the last lines of the article:

""But I do respect his privacy, and I have no interest in being one of
those scholars who treat him the way paparazzi treat other
celebrities." Adds another Pynchon expert, Stephen Tomaske: "From
everything I know about Thomas Pynchon, he seems like a nice guy,
someone with above-average decency. Can't we just leave him alone?""

Is loading up something that might be available and readily accessible
online a violation of privacy on MY part, or has it already been
violated and my viewing of the page is incidental?

On 7/13/06, jd <wescac at gmail.com> wrote:
> In regards to that Salon article, to which NY Times article is it referring?
>
> On 7/13/06, mikebailey at speakeasy.net <mikebailey at speakeasy.net> wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Ya Sam [mailto:takoitov at hotmail.com]
> > > "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
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> > fitting in view of the Pynchon family relationship to the house of Morgan?
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> >  >> >(specifically the scene involving the prostitute, a half-empty pack of
> > > >> >cigarettes, and a slab of pork steak).
> >
> > that reminds me of this porn book my wife and I used to like...never mind...
> >
> > Pynchon goes insane and
> > > >> >attempts to burn down the Guggenheim.
> > > >>--------------------
> >
> > after doing all the thinking behind all the words in his books, I suspect he's probably one of the sanest people around... I always feel more mentally fit and often more calm after reading some Pynchon, and I don't think it's by comparison <g> but because of an inbuilt quality in the prose
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