Fortean Times Piece on GR

[rich]

and a merry holiday and new year to you, too, matthew.

it's not all that surprising. first heard of Fort via The Recognitions. I
just assumed Pynchon had read him. they seemed bosom buddies, on that same
vibe as u say.

though re: the article, why Tucker thought Slothrop was black is a curious
mis-step

rich

On Fri, Dec 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM matthew cissell <mccissell at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey Rich,
>
> I share part of the author's sentiment about Fortean influence. A Scottish
> friend turned me on to FT about 20 years ago and I quickly saw lots of
> overlap e.g. cryptozoology, etc.). And it got rolling in the late 60's -
> early 70's like the Freak Brothers. The frequencies lined up. Freak writer
> finds freak friends.
>
> Merry something and let's not think about that New Year coming.
>
> ciao
> mc
>
> On Wed, Dec 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> howdy
>>
>> someone graciously posted this on on the TP sub-Reddit
>>
>>
>> https://www.reddit.com/r/ThomasPynchon/comments/1pupl4e/great_article_on_the_connections_between_thomas/#lightbox
>>
>> the author's claim of one aspect of Slothrop is quite a kicker
>>
>> rich
>> --
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>