This author wrote about a party held by Meatball Mulligan in the short story "Entropy," which appears in his collection Slow Learner. A muted post horn is the symbol of the Trystero corporation in a novel by this author about (*) Oedipa Maas. He also wrote a novel beginning 
This author wrote about a party held by Meatball Mulligan in the short story "Entropy," which appears in his collection Slow Learner. A muted post horn is the symbol of the Trystero corporation in a novel by this author about (*) Oedipa Maas. He also wrote a novel beginning "A screaming comes across the sky" dealing with the construction of German V-2 rockets and centering on Tyrone Slothrop. For 10 points, name this author of The Crying of Lot 49 and Gravity's Rainbow.
This author wrote about a party held by Meatball Mulligan in the short story "Entropy," which appears in his collection Slow Learner.
Thomas Ruggles {Pynchon}, Jr.