PKD and TRP

[John Carvill]

>> 'Time Out of Joint', being a 'precursor' to Gravity's Rainbow.
>
> It's something more than being a precursor, and something less. I
> wrote an article on that, which was kindly published by Pynchon
> Notes. Let's say that there's a character (name's Ragle Gumm) in TOJ
> who can predict where certain missiles will fall, which is more or less
> what Slothrop's hard-ons seem to do in GR. There are maps in both
> novels, and conspiracies in both novels; the main character must
> somewhat escape in both novels. Then TOJ is much smaller and less
> complex than GR... yet it's quite clear that TRP had read it while he
> was writing GR, and borrowed some ideas.

Well, shit! That's yet another book I've got to finally take down from
the shelf and read, right now! I wish I had some time...