Pynchon's reply Questions?

[Dave Monroe]

On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:

> Again, a very interesting discussion. My "contributions" have been mostly in
> the nature of tentative thoughts, looking to advance the conversation rather
> than out of a clear sense of insight.

Ditto.  Me, I genrally just tack up whatever com,es to mind and/or
search engine and seems like it might be relvant, hoping someone might
find some use for it, so ....

> I have some questions

That's why we're here ...

>  1) Is Pynchon's response to Hollander mostly on the basis of the Pynchon's
> Inferno essay?  What had H published at that point?  ( I have to admit I
> find his core interpretation of GR to be close to my own sense of emphasis
> at least in terms of history/politics/social  implications, and the
> fundamental dishonesty and betrayal of the human implicit in  war, even this
> most idealized of wars. I am not at all sure that P is siding with coal over
>  oil as Hollander implies or that some historic disinheritance of the
> Pynchons is as critical as he implies. I think he gets carried away with the
> Rockefeller name stuff, too )

I THINK so, but I'll forward the question to The Dude.  Note that
Pynchon refers as well to comments about the short stories, can't
recall just where those were, but, of course, CH might simply have
written 'em up in his letter(s), may have sent along early drafts of
later papers, u.s.w., et soforthiam, so ...

I don't know about coal vs. oil myself, but there does seem much
circumstancial Rockefelleriana, at any rate ,,,

> 2) How can one get a copy of Hollander's " Pynchon, JFK and the CIA: Magic
> Eye Views of The Crying of Lot 49." ?

Thanks, Otto!

http://www.ottosell.de/pynchon/magiceye.htm

> the vheissu website is gone.    V? he is you .  V-Feminine+  he- masculine = issue

Michel Ryckx assures me it will be back.  Am happy to do whatever I
can to help ...