Pynchon, the normal guy

[Mark Thibodeau]

True enough.

On Thu, Dec 12, 2019, 7:16 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Conspiracies can be spiritual or existential.  Military or governmental
> aren't required.
>
> On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 4:02 PM Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>>> > > --
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>>>> > >
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>>>> >
>>>
>>>
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>>>