NEW: The Wiki for Thomas Pynchon's latest, Inherent Vice, with full index of characters (with page numbers), page-by-page annotations, reviews, and lots more, is now live.
We currently have seven wikis running here, covering all of Thomas Pynchon's novels: Inherent Vice (2009), Thomas Pynchon's most recent novel; Against the Day (2006); Mason & Dixon (1997); Vineland (1990); Gravity's Rainbow (1973), Pynchon's awe-inspiring third novel; The Crying of Lot 49 (1966), Pynchon's second novel; and V. (1960) Pynchon's first novel.
As a side note, you might enjoy a couple other wiki projects we've done: The Beatles Wiki - Remasters News & More, an expanding resource for the eternally popular Beatles, as well as a wiki for David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest which is already quite extensive, with loads of great information. And there is always Thomas Pynchon Dot Com...
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Inherent VicePynchon's seventh novel is described as Psychedelic Noir, but it's much more. Doc Sportello, the hippie/detective protagonist, confronts the Death of the 60s and the reassertion of Control by the powers that be. Set in 1970, it foreshadows the Internet and the loss of privacy. |
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Against the DayPynchon's sixth novel, published in 2006, is amazing. Its 1085 pages follow the Chums of Chance and many others in, around and through the world as only Pynchon can imagine it. |
Mason & DixonPynchon's fifth novel, published in 1997, was critically acclaimed and hailed as a return to form or, as T. Coraghessan Boyle put it, "This is the old Pynchon, the true Pynchon, the best Pynchon of all." |
VinelandAfter the big wait came Pynchon's fourth novel, in 1990, which disappointed some but has well stood the test of time. |
Gravity's RainbowPynchon's third novel, published in 1973, is "literally indescribable, a tortured cadenza of lurid imaginings and total recall that goes on longer than you can quite believe" said the New York Times, i.e., a masterpiece. |
The Crying of Lot 49Pynchon's second novel, published in 1966, is often recommended as a good entré to his work, as it comes in under 200 pages, yet contains many of the hallmarks of his fiction. |
V.Thomas Pynchon's first novel, published in 1963, introduced The World to Pynchon's World. "Big, mysterious and absolutely fascinating," as the jacket blurb says... |
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