Miles Gift ATDTDA (1) pg 23/24

[Tore Rye Andersen]

>From: robinlandseadel at comcast.net

[...]

>Miles is, as it were, the Harry Potter among the Chums,
>gifted with second sight. We find him in a bewildering variety
>of Metaphysical and Occult  adventures, providing a wide
>variety of neo-pagan responses to early/modern stimuli.

I wonder whether Pynchon read Harry Potter. There are certainly a number of 
elements in AtD which remind me of Rowling's wonderful novels. The hidden 
alley in London on page 234 recalls Diagon Alley, on page 716 there is a 
reference to a "cloak of invisibility", and the conscious fez on page 832 
brings the sorting hat from the Potter books to mind. Of course, Pynchon 
wrote about magic before J.K. Rowling was even born, and the 'references' 
may just be a continuance of his old preoccupations, but I'd like to believe 
that Pynchon reads and enjoys the Harry Potter series, and that the 
references are intentional.

Best,

Tore

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