These books are so similar in the weirdest ways. The word antimacassar (antimacassars are the little cloths that hang on the arms of couches) is so rare and yet it has been in 3 of the books. But more importantly, the jeepney that Randy takes into the jungle is called "Grace of God" as in, "but for the grace of God" which straight up took me back to Infinite Jest and Joelle's ranting.
The phrase "everything is connected" is in both Gravity's Rainbow and Underworld as well, which apparently (according to this book I'm citing in my paper) is totally intentional on DeLillo's part.
haha that really is so weird...although I guess with the number of words each book contains, they're bound to start using the less common ones... but antimacassar?