Misc on Pynchon and his blurbs

[Mark Kohut]

yes, very good reminder in general and fleshing out.
I did not know of the request to blurb Catch--22, but I have
speculated in a few posts on that book's small influence on V. esp.

Catch--22 had appeared (as Catch--18) in literary mags and was much
talked-about before publication. Thru Donadio, he would have an opportunity
to read it all (as it was worked on). Very nice to know.

Great thanks.

On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 8:03 AM, Michel <bulb at vheissu.net> wrote:
> Many of the blurbs Pynchon provided were mainly because P and author shared
> the same agent.  Another category is (like the praise for Phyllis Gebauer)
> friendship. Donadio asked him to ask a recommendation for Catch-22, but that
> was prior to P publishing V., I think - somewhere near the end of 1962 and
> it was never used.
>
> The recommendation for Warlock was part of a series in a magazirne called
> Holiday -maybe he got paid for it?
>
> Michel.
>
>
> Mark Kohut schreef op 2015-12-11 13:15:
>>
>> a passing thought I used to have on many of the books Pynchon
>> blurbed was........how unlike his own writing many--most?--ofwrite  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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