 From what Pynchon tells us, this is the only mention in the play of Thurn and Taxis' rivals' name—Trystero—and it is the seed for the conspiracy that unfurls.A significant portion of Walter Moers' "Labyrinth of Dreaming Books" is an ekphrasis on the subject of an epic puppet theater presentation.Another example is found in Samuel Delany's "Trouble on Triton", which features a theater company that produces elaborate staged spectacles for randomly selected single-person audiences.