How people think of Pynchon these days . . . .

[David Morris]

This article isn't a "NYTs perspective."  It's a blatant name-dropping
hook attempting to allude to depth.  The only hook between Pynchon and
Wiley is that both burst onto the scene from early 70's California.
That, and IV's California setting.  Wiley seems a fine artist, but
neither he nor Pynchon are "California Outsiders" in any real sense.
Both are insiders with 70's early fame.

On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 12:13 PM, Robert Mahnke <rpmahnke at gmail.com> wrote:
> Interesting that (at least there) the NYT sees Pynchon as a Californian outsider, rather than adopting him as a native.
>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/29/arts/design/29wiley.html?_r=1&ref=arts
>