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From: gsmith@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (Gene Ward Smith)
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Subject: Re: More on Pynchon
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Date: Sun, 2-Mar-86 08:53:06 EST
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In article <687@rti-sel.UUCP> wfi@rti-sel.UUCP (William Ingogly) writes:

>In article <1341@decwrl.DEC.COM> bals@nutmeg.DEC writes:
>
>>...*many* people have seen/known Pynchon, including such public 
>>figures as Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and Vladimir Nabokov (Pynchon attended his 
>>writing class at Cornell). ...
>
>Well, supposedly Nabokov didn't really remember Pynchon's being in
>class but his wife (Vera?) did remember him. Odd for a writer as
>obsessed with his own memory as Nabokov. You don't suppose it's part
>of the conspiracy ... :-)
> 
>                          -- Cheers, Bill Ingogly

    I am a little disturbed that Pynchon is still around, as I had thought
he was a fictional creation of Vladimir Nabokov. This made sense, as Nabokov
was about twice as good a writer as Pynchon, and Cornell was a good place to
invent him. :-).

ucbvax!brahms!gsmith    Gene Ward Smith/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720
Imagine what the world would be like if football was a worthy ritual performed
in stadiums but mathematics was a misunderstood activity ignored by almost all.