Pynchon's Papers

[Mark Kohut]

I thought that letter said three MORE so they would have been GR, M & D and
ATD, I think, s he described them.
Vineland seems to have grown out of his watching American current events....

On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 3:16 PM Scott Badger <jscottbadger at gmail.com> wrote:

> Can't find the reference now, but there was that comment in a letter to his
> editor while working on V (?) saying he had three novels in mind which
> would have great literary significance..... So, I wonder if P thinks he
> lived up to his legacy....
>
> And assuming V and GR are one and two, is M&D number three? Or, ATD? Or,
> yet to be written?.....
>
> Cheers,
> Scott
>
> On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 1:17 PM rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I haven't read the article, nor am I that familiar with Janet Malcolm,
> but
> > this blurb makes me wonder if Mr P has done something similar w/r/t to
> his
> > legacy (which begs the question what one wonders what he thinks about his
> > legacy.
> >
> > rich
> >
> > Janet Malcolm's personal papers reflect the care and concern of someone
> > deeply wary of becoming another writer's subject
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