IVIV (0) This Lively Yarn

[John Bailey]

I can offer my catalogue of every TV show/film/actor reference in the
book. Just got used to doing it in Vineland, so it was simple reflex
with IV. Looot of the same names, too - which feels less like a
listing of deeply significant or resonant cultural touchstones and
more just what Pynchon was digging at the time.

It's a petty and perhaps pointless undertaking but even worker ants have value.

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 10:39 PM, Carvill, John<john.carvill at sap.com> wrote:
>> If only Pynchon could include a timeline in the frontmatter of his
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> Heh. And a map. Would love to see a map of ATD. You expecting a 'next
> novel'? Maybe IV is just 'The First Doc Sportello book'.
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>> Casual, easily ignored remarks may be just the chronological signposts
> we're looking for in the wilderness.
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> Could be applied to more than just chronology eh? A passing reference
> can mean so much...
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