VL-IV Rota Fortunae

[Robin Landseadel]

Bush Sr. gets mentioned later in the novel, and Bush Jr. gets  
lambasted in various ways in "Against the Day", but 1984 was 24 years  
ago and back then "W" was busy screwing up various oil companies and  
George senior was Reagan's veep. Prescott Bush had serious involvement  
with I.G. Farben, notably name-checked in Gravity's Rainbow and I  
seriously wonder how much Pynchon knew of Prescott back in the late  
60's, early 70's. But I really doubt there's a connection with "G.  
Dubya", though I have to admit that "Z Dubya" is an eerie echo.
On Dec 17, 2008, at 10:51 PM, John Bailey wrote:

> Has anyone mentioned the "Z Dubya" echo of "G Dubya"? I've got no idea
> of the political situation in the States during the time, but Vineland
> was released when Bush Snr was in power, right? Was the younger fella
> on the radar? Was Zoyd's useless slacker status similar to GW Bush's
> itinerant early days?