AtD narrator

[barbara]

Anyone get the feeling Pynchon's talking directly to us in AtD? I'm not 
the avid reader some of you are.  I've only read GR, Vineland, and 
Crying of Lot 49 once a piece, but I don't recall in any of those works 
such an authorial presence. The narration has a real omnipotent feel, 
but every so often he reminds his gentle reader that he's just a writer, 
and of a children's adventure series of all things.

And the references to "the day" are very hard to ignore. They're about 
as prominent and noticeable as an unscheduled mine blast. I wonder if in 
1973 readers of GR were similarly struck, or is he just remaining true 
to his title in this book?

Barbara