What if P. was Ghost-Written?

[David Morris]

It's not an outrage scenario. Writers are often scamps.
"Poorly written" wouldn't keep me.
At least the bad Pynchon we have is authenticated.

David Morris

On Friday, December 21, 2012, Lemuel Underwing wrote:

> Do you ghost-write Pynchon already?
>
> On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 8:43 PM, Lemuel Underwing <luunderwing at gmail.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'luunderwing at gmail.com');>
> > wrote:
>
>> Let us suppose in good humor that a new book by Pynchon is published in
>> April 2013, it's perhaps a Step Down from I.V., another detective novel,
>> set in California, etc.
>> Now let us suppose Christmastime brings a Travels of Reverend Cherrycoke,
>> an appalling piece of rubbish imitating P. but pleasing in all the
>> guiltiest ways, the story, poorly written as it is,
>> has some of the same Imaginative spark in which Pynchon's work is so
>> deeply immersed.
>> How would you feel?
>> What would your reactions be?
>> Would you Ghost-Write Pynchon, if he were Cool with the Idea?
>>
>
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