re Question for those seriously obsessed...

[Bryan Snyder]

Those are actually very good points however preachy it reads.  You're right;
my only defense being that I do have a "grand plan" to own as many as I can
(and not just Pynchon either) when I have more money to spend on books that
I consider expensive.  I really never frequent libraries and I'm not sure
why to be honest, so the inter-library loan is news to me.  I'm glad I asked
because that's what I'll do, most likely.

I didn't mean to sour the integrity of this list by asking. I understand the
... um... sensitivity that arises over fans of any art that can now be
disseminated so quickly and far-reaching.  Just hope I didn't offend too
many.

Apologies.



On 1/17/07, pynchonoid <pynchonoid at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Yes, a small library's worth of books of Pynchon
> criticism is available, but there's no need to rip off
> somebody's intellectual property, especially not some
> struggling Pynchon scholar's.
>
> I suggest that if you can't afford to buy books, or if
> you choose to spend your money on other stuff instead
> of on the Pynchon criticism you say you enjoy, go to
> the library and ask a librarian to help you get the
> books you need, through inter-library loan if
> necessary.
>
> Your  high school or college librarian will be able to
> explain how this works.  This is how people shared
> lots of information, books, etc., before there was an
> internet, by the way.
>
> Somehow, no matter how loose, hip, or cool Pynchon
> seems to those of us who love his writing, I think he
> might agree that it's a good idea not to steal books,
> but instead to buy them or read a copy that the
> library bought and thus let the authors enjoy some
> fruits of their labor.  I don't know that for a fact,
> of course, but since he writes for a living and seems
> to be doing all right on royalties and advance fees, I
> suspect he may have a different concept of the value
> of intellectual property than the average Internet
> pirate. Maybe not, but I haven't seen a label yet on
> any of his books that says "Steal this Book" and he
> seems to guard his intellectual property, as he guards
> his privacy, rather zealously.
>
> Your mileage will vary, I'm sure, and I'm not
> interested in continuing this thread with the person
> who started it, or with anybody else. Just My 2 Cents,
> that's all. You guys can take it from here.
>
>
>
>
> >http://pynchonoid.org
> >>"everything connects"
>
>
>
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