Does Pynchon read his Reviews?

[Paul Mackin]

On Nov 25, 2006, at 2:13 PM, Carvill John wrote:

> What's our best guess on whether Pynchon has been reading all these  
> reviews which, averaged out, seem to add up to a fairly negative  
> assessment?
>
> Or, if he doesn't methodically go through each an every one as it  
> appears on his google alerts list, or his p-list digest, he  
> presumably gets told the gist of how the book is being received?
>
> You have to wonder, can he be so impervious to caring about what  
> this or that critic may think, that he doesn't feel the least bit  
> hurt, frustrated, angry, amused, pitying, ...... what?


Am just finishing Richard Powers' _The Echo Maker_ in which one of  
the main characters is driven half nuts from reading and thinking  
about unfavorable criticism on his  book.

P.
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