So where in the world is Nina Hartley ...?

[Daniel Harper]

I'm not saying that I know how feels about porn, or his niece. I was really
asking for a bit of perspective from those who have been hanging out here
longer.

We spend endless hours on this list chatting about P's motivations in doing
this or doing that, whether he's an Anarchist, a Luddite, a satirist, et
cetera, et cetera, et cetera. We analyze virtually every aspect of his work
and his life (so much as its known), but for me to pose a question about
this issue is seen as somehow out-of-line?

Sex is an integral part of Pynchon's body of work, and it may very well be
that we can't read into that what I think we can, but I think it's a fairly
legitimate source of conversation.

Thanks to all for the responses. Mike's thought that P might simply be
squicked out by publicly commenting on his niece's career seems the most
accurate to me, but what do I know?

On 5/19/07, Ray Easton <kraimie at kraimie.net> wrote:
>
>
> On Friday, May 18, 2007, at 20:11 US/Central, Daniel Harper wrote:
>
> > On 5/18/07, Daniel Harper <daniel.e.harper at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Other than the "Real Sex" bit I haven't seen any of her work, but
> > being a pornographic model is a perfectly fine lifestyle choice and
> > career
>
> > My point is this: P seems comfortable with the profane
>
> Referring back first to your original post on this topic (which I'm not
> going to quote here)...  You've read most of the uncle's novels, but
> you've never met him and know nothing or next to nothing about his
> everyday or domestic life.  You've seen the niece on Real Sex, but
> you've never met her and you are not even familiar with her work.  I
> must be missing something.  What exactly is it that that you think
> gives you a basis for having *any* opinion about how the uncle should
> relate to the niece?
>
> Concerning the remarks quoted above, it is a long leap from being
> "comfortable with the profane" to "being a pornographic model is a
> perfectly fine lifestyle choice".  Pynchon may in fact share this view
> with you.  I would not claim he doesn't, because I would not claim to
> know how he feels about this.  Because he writes a lot about kinky sex
> and appears not to be a prude, he approves of pornography in the manner
> that you do?  Do you also believe that Nabokov approves of  pedophilia?
>
> Ray
>
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