In answer to Kevin Crosby's questions: 1. The passage on infinity and cusps is GR 664 (Viking) 773 (Bantam). 2. David Seed published an article called "Pynchon's names: Some Further Considerations" in PN 6 (1981). Terry Caesar published "A Note on Pynchon's Naming" in PN 5 (also 1981). -- Stuart Moulthrop