Mapping Pynchon

[Carvill, John]

I think the new edition of that Wiesenberger's Gravity's Rainbow
Companion has some maps in it, doesn't it?

> , I have been thinking about making maps for some of the sections of
Against The Day

Please do. Get them up on Tim Ware's ATD wiki, for all to see.

> There's enough moving around in the book to justify it.

Sure is. Some day there'll maybe be a Thomas Pynchon Encyclopedia, with
all the stuff you mention below, and more. If anybody deserves/needs an
Encyclopedia dedicated to him, it's him. After all, there's a Bob Dylan
Encyclopedia (a bloody good one, actually, by Michael Gray), and a
friend of mine even has a 'JFK Assassination Encyclopedia'.

And of course, there already sorta is - the Pynchon wiki's are a
fantastic, evoloving resource, and you can find (and add) maps, photos
etc. there. For example, I recently added a photo to the ATD wiki, taken
in Sarajevo in Winter, not far from where old Franz F got into trouble.


Cheers
JC



From: "Guy Ian Scott Pursey" < >
Subject: RE: Fatherland / Maps / Against The Day

I also loved the fact that Fatherland had maps. But that was
pre-Pynchon...

I'm coming to the end of Against The Day now (I missed my New Year
deadline for those that remember) and have found myself reaching for an
atlas a lot during the second half of the book (esp. during Kit's
travels to and through the Tian Shan, etc). But I enjoy this
half-hearted research more than I would have done at the age when I read
Fatherland - it's nice to feel a book is directing you beyond itself,
sometimes even to the outside world.

Plus, can you imagine how many maps Against The Day would need?! And if
maps, why not a glossary? Or a bibliography? A-and picture inserts of
various period-and-therefore-no-longer-obtainable items?

On a semi-serious note, I have been thinking about making maps for some
of the sections of Against The Day, charting the travels of the
characters on certain pages... There's enough moving around in the book
to justify it. Anyone else thought about this? Or know of someone who's
already done it?

Some of the four-dimensional stuff might be a bit tricky...

Guy