Pynchon, the normal guy

[Mark Thibodeau]

Oh!

Well, although there can be a "conspiracy" element to Lovecraftian fiction,
particularly the contemporary variety wherein the Military Industrial
Complex is often portrayed as being interested in developing certain
long-hidden secrets into forms that can be exploited for "defense"
purposes, that element is far from ubiquitous.



On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 6:04 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> Never read Lovecraft, but know about Chullu and hidden plans and such.  I
> generally hate conspiracy fiction, unless it is very refined.  Even so, I
> think it cheap.  So "Lovecraftian" fiction isn't a term I can easily try to
> understand w/o prejudice.
>
> That said, care to elaborate?
>
> David Morris
>
> On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 4:44 PM Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> How is the Joshi?
>>
>> I've been following Joshi's career and reading his Black Wings of Cthulhu
>> collections, representing the best of contemporary Lovecraftian short
>> fiction (of multiple different types... and featuring some wonderful
>> stuff,
>> as well as some mediocrities, unfortunately), and was thinking of picking
>> up his more academically grounded work.
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 9:36 AM rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > i doubt I would even talk about his work if I ever got the chance to
>> meet
>> > Mr Pynchon. Probably Godzilla or favorite beer.
>> > He strikes me as a normal guy in that sense.
>> > I mean he's not HP Lovecraft (finally reading Joshi's exhaustive
>> biography
>> > thereof.)
>> >
>> > rich
>> >
>> > On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 6:32 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > > I am conversationally friendly with a NYC writer online named
>> > > Margo Howard. She wrote something about not showing up for the
>> > > Nobel Prize and I did my bit---that is what the Swedish Academy most
>> > fears
>> > > as I've said here and why no Pynchon win, etc.
>> > >
>> > > She then riffed on TRP's reclusiveness, asking me about it, etc, esp
>> with
>> > > his wife, his agent, etc.
>> > > Then she said that a young man who was her assistant on a recent book
>> did
>> > > get to meet Mr. Pynchon. Pronounced him "normal" to her.
>> > >
>> > > That's all I got, folks. And it ain't much, I know.
>> > > --
>> > > Pynchon-L: https://waste.org/mailman/listinfo/pynchon-l
>> > >
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>> >
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