[pynchon] against the day

[gp]

I think it's believable that for all his encyclopedic knowledge,
Pynchon is still capable of making a mistake.  Whether intentional or
not, the multi-generational aspect of AtD renders the anachronism
somewhat irrelevant in any case, and the point remains.  And of course
there's that talking dog... but that does, at least, have its roots in
the day if only in its mythology.

On 1/27/07, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
> > From: alan jc <ajcauk at yahoo.co.uk>
> >
> > Crosswords only appeared in the newspaper in 1913 and that was in the
> > New York Times.
>
> Sometimes, I think this is like complaining about all the noise
> generated by the in vacuo spacecraft in the Star wars films, it's
> beside the point, given how much in the work obviously ISN'T factual,
> but ... but what I often find when I look up terms that pop out at me
> here is, they often turn out to be employed anachronistically (e.g.,
> Norfolk terrier in M&D), or are of fortuitous coinage (e.g., passerine
> in Lot 49) ...
>
> http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0109&msg=60179
>
> http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0110&msg=60343
>
> http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0109&msg=59200
>
> I suspect Pynchon is aware of this in either case, seeing as he seems
> already to be deploying etymological information, making wither that
> anachronism or serendipity possibly significant itself ...
>