Atd : page 542---starts on page 524.Big Ass Spoiler

[Tore Rye Andersen]

>The gas communication network read to me like a redux of the Grid we
>saw in Byron the Bulb's adventure, with perhaps an echo of the
>Trystero.  How far these echoes add up, I'm not sure yet.  How do you tell 
>apart a nod to TCL49 or an instance of Pynchon revisiting the
>same themes and deciding to do it better this time?

Good point, and the line between the two is obviously a fluid one. It seems 
clear to me that the passage describing the ascent and descent of skyrockets 
on page 112 is an obvious nod to GR, and nothing much more than that, 
whereas the discussion on page 1083 of the third dimension as both an avenue 
of transcendence and a means for delivering explosives may be regarded as 
both a nod to GR (Ilse's dreams of flying to the moon vs. the V2), and as an 
elaboration of the same theme. I guess it comes down to something as vague 
as 'intuition' or 'gut feeling'. My gut feeling is that the Tristero isn't 
hidden at the center of AtD, despite the odd nod or two in Lot 49's 
direction.

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