Pynchon on Twitter (Official)

[Lemuel Underwing]

It's a complete hoax, but I quite enjoy the idea that Pynchon is entirely
on-board with the idea.


On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I agree with Jochen that it is almost inconceivable that Pynchon would be
> on Twitter.
>
> I will however disagree with it being a 'despicable' medium....it can be,
> like most things,
> what you make it.....
>
> set up to get news first--in lots of areas--as I have it set up....set up
> to get inside information
> from panels, conferences, reporters--as I do---set up to get links to
> longer-form work  as I
> have it set up, make it worth it to me...
> and I've sent some things gleaned from my twitter stream to plisters and
> they have often been liked.
>
>
>
>    *From:* jochen stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com>
> *To:* Markekohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
> *Cc:* "eburns at gmail.com" <eburns at gmail.com>; "owner-pynchon-l at waste.org" <
> owner-pynchon-l at waste.org>; Antonin Scriabin <kierkegaurdian at gmail.com>;
> Ben Canard <bencanard2000 at gmail.com>; Pynchon List <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> *Sent:* Monday, September 16, 2013 10:18 AM
>
> *Subject:* Re: Pynchon on Twitter (Official)
>
> How can anyone who knows a bit about TRP think that he would join this
> despicable medium? Why not Facebook? Give me a break. You know what
> George Clooney, not notorious for reclusiveness, said about Facebook
> ...
>
> Ugh!
>
> This is the most ridiculous thread I ever saw here.
>
> 2013/9/16 Markekohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>:
> > I must disagree here......when REAL last books are known to be last ( for
> > various reasons)....sales are usually enhanced.....more fence walkers
> decide
> > now is the time....
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > On Sep 16, 2013, at 9:15 AM, eburns at gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > He's twitted that "BE" is his "last book" and that he's "done with
> fiction"
> >
> > Not exactly a message publishers would get behind
> >
> > Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device
> > ________________________________
> > From: Markekohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
> > Sender: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org
> > Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 09:13:19 -0400
> > To: Antonin Scriabin<kierkegaurdian at gmail.com>
> > Cc: Ben Canard<bencanard2000 at gmail.com>; Pynchon List<
> pynchon-l at waste.org>
> > Subject: Re: Pynchon on Twitter (Official)
> >
> > Yeah, right.....TWITTER has never confirmed and most OFFICIAL people
> don't
> > sign up with the word OFFICIAL..
> >
> > But postmodernism allows all kinds of ironies...
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > On Sep 16, 2013, at 9:08 AM, Antonin Scriabin <kierkegaurdian at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > How would Penguin know?  Or ... they might be in on it.  Or ...
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 9:07 AM, Markekohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Penguin said a week ago that this is Not OFFICIAL....would he DO THAT,
> SAY
> >> THAT?
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPad
> >>
> >> On Sep 16, 2013, at 9:01 AM, Ben Canard <bencanard2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> https://twitter.com/PynchonOfficial
> >>
> >> WTF
> >
> >
>
>
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