an anachronism in Gravity's Rainbow????

JOEYDEVIVRE at delphi.com JOEYDEVIVRE at delphi.com
Mon Aug 14 22:49:57 CDT 1995


Reading GR I've always been impressed with the accuracy of
the period props, brand names, movie references, etc.
However, the noted Joycean D.J. Schiff has pointed out
a reference on p. 583 to the "Oh Boy" pinball game, which
he says was not manufactured until the mid 60's, 1962 or 1964
or thereabouts.  Could it be that Pynchon's fact-checker
let one little anachronism slip through?



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