Editing Pynchon?

[Dave Monroe]

On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 6:15 AM, Nushra MohamedKhan<nushramkhan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Oh, come on, there are plots that are dropped into AGTD and characters
> too. They could be taken out and improve the work. P's reluctance to
> cut the book is not a matter of its having some huge complex structure
> and every part essential. He just doesn't give a shit about the
> readers. He's working for TRP. Any person in the business knows this.
> Be real.

I doubt Pynchon's getting paid by the word/page these days.  In fact,
it'd be more economical, not to mention ecological, to give him the
reverse incentive ...