GRGR(3) - The Map(s) #2

[Bernier, Jeannie]

Michael Perez sez:

	Slothrop's map is a device used for Tantivy's amusement, that it
	becomes the obsession of others is not immediately known to
Slothrop. 
	We find out much later that he made much of it up.  Remember, too,
that
	Slothrop dates the stars, so we cannot be sure of their recording
	actual encounters of whatever type.  Perhaps, it is that he visits
the
	V-2 sites and records them as encounters, post-dates them, and then
	delivers his amorous reports to Tantivy.  Then, Bloat photographs
the
	map for Pointsman who concludes that there is evidence of some sort
of
	tumescent precogitive ability.  This reading is not as miraculous,
but
	then I don't believe in miracles and I'm not convinced that there is
	any evidence that Pynchon does either.

Right - there is a sentence later on that implies exactly that, that
Slothrop made it all up, and the stars refer to the actual Rocket strikes -
beyond not being able to find the girls there's some text to the effect that
Pointsman is staring at the map and the idea suddenly hits him that it COULD
all be fake  -