an anachronism in Gravity's Rainbow????

[Tim Ware]

Actually there are a number of acronisms among Pynchon's "facts".  A 
couple in V. which come mind are (1) Luis Aparacio (p.41), who is Kuke's 
baseball hero in early 1956, was the _rookie_ of the year in 1956 which 
baseball season didn't begin until April 1956; (2) the Ark Royal (p.429) 
was a British aircraft carrier sunk in November 1941, yet is mentioned as 
being around much later.

I suppose such picking of nits is part of the fun.

TW

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On Mon, 14 Aug 1995 JOEYDEVIVRE at delphi.com wrote:

> 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?
>