Did Thomas Pynchon publish a novel under the pseudonymAdrianJones Pearson?

[Mark Kohut]

I do not believe Art Winslow's " hooking to Pynchon" was anything other than his own judgment, doubtful as even he suspected. Or his attempt to get published with a believable theory. 

The writer got blurbs the usual way; knew some to ask and did, evidently cold and sent out review copies to good respected reviewers, papers and magazines. 



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> On Sep 12, 2015, at 1:26 PM, Erik Burns <eburns at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> It's the fact that this publicity machine is hooking itself to TRP's star that makes this whole kerfuffle marketing. Read a few pages, it's not even mock-Pynchon. Imitation in this case in not flattery, but marketing. It has certainly been effective so far: Many more people know this author's name now after huge exposure in harpers, the nyt, twitter &c
> From: Mark Kohut
> Sent: ‎9/‎12/‎2015 18:11
> To: Erik Burns
> Cc: ish mailian; <Pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Subject: Re: Did Thomas Pynchon publish a novel under the pseudonymAdrianJones Pearson?
> 
> The book is over 500 pages and he tried to get it published in the normal ways. The book certainly doesn't seem like " a vehicle for marketing" just because he wants to keep himself unknown. If it is as he says, he ALWAYS or regularly publishes pseudonymously.
> Pynchon never published pseudonymously. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Sep 12, 2015, at 10:36 AM, Erik Burns <eburns at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Not when it's merely the vehicle for marketing
>> From: ish mailian
>> Sent: ‎9/‎12/‎2015 12:39
>> To: Pynchon-l at waste.org
>> Subject: Re: Did Thomas Pynchon publish a novel under the pseudonym AdrianJones Pearson?
>> 
>> Is imitation the highest form of flattery, still? 
>> 
>>> On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 12:47 PM, Erik T. Burns <eburns at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> [Theory] | The Fiction Atop the Fiction, by Art Winslow | Harper's Magazine
>>> 
>>> 
>>> http://harpers.org/blog/2015/09/the-fiction-atop-the-fiction/
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>>> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
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