Pynchon's prophecies

[Monte Davis]

Tore Rye Andersen sez:

> when Aunt Reet 
> in IV prophesies that in the future, we will check out real 
> estate on our computers, or when Fritz makes prophecies about 
> the future Internet, Pynchon is no longer making prophecies 
> about our future. He's making prophecies about our past. 

Dante again: he used the interval (35 years, IIRC) between the time in which
the Commedia is set and the time of its completion to make a number of
prophecies and zing a few Ghibellines... a trick familiar to his master and
guide, Virgil.