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From: wmartin@brl-smoke.ARPA (Will Martin )
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Subject: Re: Thomas Pynchon
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Date: Fri, 21-Feb-86 12:01:21 EST
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This was brought to mind by the mention of Pynchon's "V": We all heard,
back when the movie was released, how the producers of "Blade Runner"
paid that book's author (or copyright holder) for the use of that title
on the movie, which was made based on a different novel (Dick's "Do
Androids Dream of Electric Sheep", of course).

Well, then: Did the producers of the TV series "V" pay Pynchon (or his
agent, or the copyright holder) anything for using that title, since his
book, "V", had come out long before that? Anybody ever hear anything
about that?

Will