Misc on Pynchon and his blurbs

[Monte Davis]

Keith: Bingo.

On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 8:17 AM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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