/lit/ - Literature

>>21943465
Walter Moers is similar. He has interviews but they're of a very silly nature and read like short stories as well.

>>21943474
>Walter Moers is similar.
>He has interviews
So not similar at all?

>>21943493
Very similar since the interviews are fictional works. Also no photos since the 90s exist.

>>21943465
>Why isn't every author like this?
Because not every successful writer comes from old money. Most authors are forced by the publisher to do public shit in order to promote the book. It's part of the contract.

>>21943516
>old money.
Huh. I didn't know his background.

>>21943465
Uh, Pynchonsisters... our response?

>>21943601
That's not how the meme works newfriend.

>>21943606
Thanks for the (You)

>>21943512
Would Shakespeare have answered in Iambic pentameter?

>>21943716
Shakespeare and Moers are the same person. He's a vampire and has been alive for a couple of hundred years. Pynchon is probably him as well.

>>21943538
Yea, he doesn't need the interviews but other writers do them because they have to (their publisher has set them up), not because of ego.

>>21943737
Why is it the writer's responsibility to sell the book after the publishers have bought it?

>>21943465
Not every author is as ugly and insecure

>>21944157
Because publishers are literally the devil

>>21944778
I am

>>21943737
I'm sure that depends on how much bargaining power you have as an author.

>>21943465
Pynchon being staunchly anti-publicity to the point of silliness is just another marketing strategy, and one that has paid off well. This bit of his has a strong appeal among a certain set and has helped build his legend more than anything he's written. Frankly, to any reading adult his stance/approach just makes him come across as a pampered baby, rather than a reclusive genius. I like the guy but c'mon.

>>21945051
I think he's a reclusive genius

>>21945055
You have to be 18 to post here.

>>21945051
read Mao ll

>>21945096
I don't have to believe what you believe. You're quite possibly the only one with this retarded take

>>21945051
100% spot on
>>21945135
It's literally the site's rule you idiot

>>21945112
Do I have to? I know he's everyone's favorite Chicano writer, but Don and I don't click at all.

>>21945165
Not even Libra? Come on.

>>21945173
I know, I know. It's in my nearest to-read pile, but mysteriously keeps dropping toward the bottom.

>>21945142
The site's rule is to be a retard? I think I'll skip that rule

>>21945183
Retard. You have to be 18 to post here.

>>21945183
Any time now.

Some writers don’t want fame or fortune and the media literally cannot handle it. They’re so used to being a main cog in the fame making machine that to be denied that role makes them feel powerless and insignificant, which makes them confused, angry, and ultimately resentful. Pynchon isn’t a recluse. He just doesn’t participate. It’s incredibly based.

>>21945112
is Bill Gray based on pinecone?

>wanting to get yourself out there makes you a worse person because... it just does ok
why didn't you just stay quiet, why are you seeking our attention

>>21945231
He was inspired by a photo of salinger taken by a paparazzi

>>21943465
Pynchon isn't an author