He is indeed a brilliant namer. I love 
Reverend Cherrycoke from Mason &amp; Dixon. It&#x27;s so perfectly 18th century a name.<p>But if we&#x27;re talking about The Crying of Lot 49 let&#x27;s not forget Genghis Cohen, subject of a public spat at the time!<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;dangerousminds.net&#x2F;comments&#x2F;thomas_pynchon_punctures_preposterous_plagiarism_accusation_1966" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;dangerousminds.net&#x2F;comments&#x2F;thomas_pynchon_punctures_...</a><p>While Pynchon&#x27;s smackdown is devastating, I can&#x27;t help but feel that he would have written a better one in later years. Actually it would be better if he had simply stopped at &quot;that is another problem entirely&quot;. &quot;Perhaps more psychiatric than literary&quot; is clever, but at that point he&#x27;s bludgeoning.