Misc on Pynchon and his blurbs

[Keith Davis]

I have thought the same sort of thing. Perhaps he is showing appreciation for things he finds interesting in an experimental way, or that caused him to read or see things in a different way, much like what he has done for us.

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> On Dec 11, 2015, at 7:15 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> a passing thought I used to have on many of the books Pynchon
> blurbed was........how unlike his own writing many--most?--of them were.
> (Saunders, few others are like).
> 
> from Warlock, thru the aforementioned Stone Junction, thru graphic novels,
> TRP seemed to like and praise beyond his own ways of writing---or is he
> so almost-uniquely himself that this is trivially true?
> 
> Except maybe visionarily?
> 
> Generosity of appreciation? I have always thought he also praised what he
> wanted to learn from as a writer. (Compared to many blurbers who we see
> are asked to blurb because the book is much like their own work, at
> least superficially)
> 
> Discuss.
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