What we get instead is a tour of some elements of the Thomas Pynchon industry ??? not the academic one, composed as it is of people who???ve read his works ??? the closest they get is a short talking-head spot with the late George Plimpton reminiscing about a review he wrote of V. ??? but the over-the-top fans who have their own fansites on the web & speculate ??? at length ??? that since Pynchon