thomas pynchon died before publishing several short stories
when a local pynchon sighting became a major plot point in a 1994 episode of the series pynchon was sent the script for his approval as well as providing the title of a fictitious work to be used in one episode pandemonium of the sun the novelist apparently vetoed a final scene that called for an extra playing him to be filmed from behind walking away from the shot
 short stories were cited in the choice of other laureates as well paul heyse in 1910 and gabriel garca mrquez in 1982