Pynchon-Gibson Connection

[Burgess, John]

Objection!!!

The quoted riff from Tyrone's Pop is a paraphrase of several themes 
well-worked in the 60s by a variety of SF authors.  When I first came 
across that riff in GR, my observation was "hmmm... guess TRP read the 
same crap I did...."

I'll have to do some deep research to try and find sources that were part 
of an entirely disposable form of entertainment (brain popcorn?) at the 
time, but TRP sure isn't being original here!