AtD--How Does it Fit/Great Global Novels

[Tore Rye Andersen]

Back in 1978, in a short article in Newsweek (more like a notice, really), 
Bill Roeder reported that Pynchon was at work on two novels: One was called 
"The Mason-Dixon Line" (wonder what happened to that...) and one was called 
"The Japanese Insurance-Adjustor". The latter supposedly kicked off with a 
scene where the protagonist flies over a disaster area. Cause of disaster? 
Godzilla!! It seems likely that some of the scenes with Takeshi in Vineland 
are leftovers from this abandoned novel (see especially Vineland pp. 
142-48).
See also: Bill Roeder: "After the Rainbow", Newsweek, 7 August 1978, p. 17.

>From: "Ya Sam" <takoitov at hotmail.com>
>To: torerye at hotmail.com, monropolitan at yahoo.com, pynchon-l at waste.org
>CC: richard.romeo at gmail.com
>Subject: RE: AtD--How Does it Fit/Great Global Novels
>Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 18:09:06 +0300
>
>
>that MD, GR,
>>AtD and possibly 'The Japanese Insurance Adjustor' were conceived by 
>>Pynchon in the 60'es as a sort of literary cycle covering more or less the 
>>history of the world.
>
>Pardon ignorant me, but what is this 'The Japanese Indurance Adjustor' 
>thing? I've never heard of it!
>
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