A Bunch of Unverified Stuff Concerning Thomas Pynchon

[Antonin Scriabin]

Welcome, Devashish!

I have read all of Pynchon's novels, but only one by Gaddis (*The
Recognitions*).  I have to say though, the thoroughly serious and somber
approach that Gaddis took in that novel struck me as very un-Pynchonlike.
I could see Barth secretly being Pynchon ... *The Sot-Weed Factor *is much
more Pynchonesque.


On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Devashish Singh <singhdevashish at gmail.com>wrote:

> Since you all seem so nice to the newcomer, let me come out of the
> woodwork too.
> I've been lurking here a while now and wisely staying shut up, being
> neither as well read or experienced enough to be able to bring anything new
> to a discussion with a two decade history.
>
> Aside from Gass' Introduction to The Recognitions, this New York magazine
> interview with Gaddis also makes note of the rumour and includes Gaddis and
> Delillo's responses to the same:
>
> "I ask Delillo, is Gaddis really Thomas Pynchon? Delillo laughs. 'People
> say *I'm *Thomas Pynchon! You don't know *who *you're talking to, do
> you?' he says.
> Are you really Thomas Pynchon? I ask Gaddis later. 'I've never met him or
> corresponded with him,' he says. 'My own feeling is we are both on the same
> track. We both stumbled on entropy as a core concept.' But, he adds, 'I
> haven't read that much of Pynchon. I don't read much current fiction'"
>
>
> http://books.google.co.in/books?id=8uMCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA34&dq=new+york+gaddis&hl=en&sa=X&ei=esPtUMzaKoXyrQfH1YEY&ved=0CEYQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=new%20york%20gaddis&f=false
>
> Regards,
> Devashish
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 9:12 PM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 8:06 AM, Antonin Scriabin
>> <kierkegaurdian at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Never seen Pynchon mentioned as Gaddis in disguise!  This is new to me.
>>  Any
>> > fun reasons to think so?
>> >
>> > Also, hello, this is my first post on the list.  I joined about 8 hours
>> > before the Bleeding Edge news started rolling in ... coincidence?
>>
>> Wilkommen!
>>
>> http://www.nyx.org/~awestrop/gaddis/quotes.htm
>>
>>
>> http://www.google.com/search?q=pynchon&sa=Google+Search&cof=T%3A%23000000%3BALC%3A%23ff9933%3BLC%3A%23aa1111%3BBGC%3A%2378919D%3BAH%3Acenter%3BVLC%3A%23993333%3BGL%3A1%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.williamgaddis.org%3BAWFID%3Aaaa72f02a653ee57%3B&domains=williamgaddis.org&sitesearch=williamgaddis.org
>>
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