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From: riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle)
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Subject: Re: Pynchon Stories
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Date: Wed, 4-Apr-84 23:45:41 EST
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Is it true that after the publication of his better-known works,
Pynchon disappeared from sight and no one who's talking knows where he
is?

I've also heard the tale that Pynchon attended Vladimir Nabokov's
famous creative writing classes at <insert name of appropriate
Northeastern school>.  When asked years later about his former student,
Nabokov couldn't recall a thing, but Nabokov's wife, who helped him
grade papers, remembered Pynchon quite well: it seems that he had
exceptionally good (or was it bad?) handwriting.

For those of you who don't know Pynchon's work, I recommend it highly.
The books to watch for are "V." and "Gravity's Rainbow".  For a brief
introduction to Pynchon, guaranteed to get you hooked on him if you're
at all the sort of person to whom he appeals, beg, borrow or steal a
copy of "V." and read the chapter entitled, "In Which Esther Gets a
Nose Job".  (It's self-contained and was originally published in
slightly modified form as a short story.)

--- Prentiss Riddle ("Aprendiz de todo, maestro de nada.")
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