p.s.

[David Morris]

Wow.  I didn't know about this.  How did they get this manuscript?
Did Pynchon give/sell it?  If so, that's a big surprise to me knowing
how he treasures his privacy, which I would think included his works
in progress.

David


On 9/15/06, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> the university texas ramson center has a copy of the manuscript. I suspect
> we'll be seeing forthcoming articles on the manuscript as I've heard of a
> few folks who've reviewed it.
>
> i'm assuming those folks would be able to spot stuff from the V. manuscript
>
>  it is estimated that this early typescript of V. contains one hundred pages
> of scenes ultimately excised from the published novel, as well as a dozen
> pages reworked almost beyond recognition. The Pynchon material at the Ransom
> Center should prove of great scholarly value and is a welcome addition to a
> growing collection of later twentieth-century literary materials.
>
> http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/news/newsletters/2001/spring/pynchon2.html
> rich
>
>
> On 9/15/06, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Where do we know about this cut from the V. manuscript?  Also, I'm
> > sure their contents aren't public, so how could one know if they did
> > get used in AtD?
> >
> > David
> >
> > On 9/15/06, Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > >it'll be interesting to see if any of the material not used in V. (the
> 100 pgs excised from the manuscript) shows up in AtD in some form or other.
> >
>
>


-- 
David Morris