M & D and ATD, thematic homage, parallels, etc.

[Keith]

Yes. Pynchon's fictions are not letters to the editor. They are  
wondrous fictional worlds short-changed by historical criticism.

On Apr 25, 2007, at 7:46 PM, Daniel Harper wrote:

  Pynchon is largely a metafictional writer --
his characters and situations are generally not to be considered  
"real", but
as representations of other fictional universes.

No reference to the present day is intended or should be inferred.