All ya gotta do is speed-browse this.....but if you've read GR once

David Morris fqmorris at gmail.com
Wed Feb 1 15:20:50 CST 2017


I don't think any of these are Pynchon quotes, but you have to read closely
to catch that.  I think they're by "British Columbia scholar Jeffrey Severs
in the latest issue of *Twentieth Century Literature*, “making *Gravity’s
Rainbow* in part a Seattle history.”"

David Morris

On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 2:47 PM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:

> were we aware of these quotes from his letters? they're not familiar to me
>
> rich
>
> On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 10:30 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From the article:  "Thomas Pynchon, Seattle’s most-honored and
>> influential writer"
>>
>> Who knew Pynchon was "Seattle's" ?
>>
>> David Morris
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 8:48 AM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Holy Cow! No freaking way!
>>>
>>> I KNEW there was something weird about that damn Century 21 fair...
>>> particularly after this wonderful MST3K short that I've been obsessing
>>> over for years!
>>>
>>> This gives me shivers, folks. Seriously... to find this out at this
>>> point in time... wow.
>>>
>>> WATCH THIS! Maybe Pynchon was among those caught on camera?
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyi_q7hIOmw
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 7:45 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > .....to learn of the Seattle Fair, Von Braun's visit and words that
>>> are in
>>> > GR...a genesis of the novel is
>>> >
>>> > fascinating for all,  not just Pynchon nerds
>>> >
>>> > http://seattlemag.com/how-thomas-pynchon-turned-seattle-nazi-germany
>>> -
>>> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
>>>
>>
>>
>
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