NP (allegedly)

[jbor at bigpond.com]

> My position on the (alleged) interview is still that at most it's the 
> record of a private conversation with Pynchon that was written up 
> subsequently and published without his knowledge or consent, or that 
> at worst it's a fake.

Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2002 19:54:33 +1100
Subject: Re: still more re that "interview"
From: jbor <jbor@[omitted]>
To: <pynchon-l@[omitted]>

>> [...] From what I've seen so far, even if Pynchon did make those 
>> comments, or
>> something approaching them, it was not a conversation which he was 
>> expecting
>> to be published. On the strength of what he has authorised to be 
>> published
>> under his name, and how he has reacted when his name has been
>> misappropriated, or private correspondence has been published without 
>> his
>> permission, I'd say that the balance of evidence points to it being
>> inauthentic, or a bowdlerised recount of an ad hoc conversation at 
>> most. [...]

Again, apologies.

best