Skeptic's Take on the Life and Argued Works of...

[Robin Landseadel]

On Jul 31, 2009, at 8:28 AM, Henry Musikar wrote:

> Could Pynchon's books be the product of an autodidact (such as I)?

Good question. Some stuff you only get a chance to peer into by  
actually doing it. The author in question is well aware of that. One  
wonders what sorts of experiences the author had in the Navy and at  
Boeing, what sorts of physical materials he handled, how much of the  
whale he touched and smelled and cut up. Mind you, Pynchon's knowledge  
of science may not be as great as his knowledge of the subjunctive  
mood, but he knows enough to see processes that go on all the time  
that other people simply don't see—like Inherent Vice.