IV "autobiographical"?

[Tore Rye Andersen]

Rob:
 
> I guess one of the things to debate is whether Doc's attitudes and 
> behaviours are in fact Pynchon's after all, or whether there is a 
> satirical distance between the author and his protagonist as John 
> Bailey suggested. Depending on which way you jump on that question 
> might change things up quite a bit.

Can I jump both ways at once? I know Alice frowns on such behaviour,
but I think I'll go ahead anyway. There's obviously a fair degree of 
satirical distance between the author and Doc, but I also see a large
degree of affection. Doc is IMHO one of Pynchon's more likeable
characters, and even though his attitudes and behaviours may not be
identical to Pynchon's, that's no reason to throw out this particular
baby with the bath water.
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