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This is the wiki for [[Thomas Pynchon]]'s ''Vineland''. Besides using the page-by-page annotation, you can also take a look at [[Vineland covers|''Vineland'' covers]], read the [[Reviews of Vineland|reviews]], or [[Vineland Obs|provide insights or observations]].

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'''The ''Vineland'' Wiki'''<br />
The page-by-page annotation section has been seriously kick-started with the incorporation of the [http://www.mindspring.com/~shadow88/ '''"Babies of Wackiness"  A Reader's Guide to Thomas Pynchon's ''Vineland'''''], thanks to the site's proprietors, John Diebold and Michael Goodwin. Their site still has excellent and insightful summaries of each chapter, but we've incorporated the page-by-page commentary. This wiki is Virgin Territory. Be the first on your block to amaze the world with your perspicacity!

[[The_Hawaiian_Islands_and_Ukuleles|'''Hawaiian cultural references in ''Vineland''']]

'''Download:'''<br />
[http://www.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/download/Vineland-Index_D-Albert.pdf "Index of Fictional Characters, Places & Things in ''Vineland'', compiled by Douglas Albert (PDF)]

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==How to Use this Wiki==

The '''Spoiler-Free Annotations by Page''' allows the reader to look up and contribute allusions and references while reading the book, in a convenient and spoiler-free manner.

Apart from that, it's up to you.

==Page by Page Annotations==
An alternate form of commentary on the text. The guiding principle of these annotations is to remain spoiler-free, so that readers can follow along without the fear that later parts of the book will be revealed. The proprietors of [http://www.mindspring.com/~shadow88/ '''Babies of Wackiness'''], John Diebold and Michael Goodwin, graciously allowed us to incorporate their Reader's Guide to ''Vineland'' as a starting point for this section. '''SPOILER ALERT!!!''' Many of the spoilers from the Reader's Guide are still in the page-by-page annotations. See the [[Talk:Vineland_Page_by_Page|talk page.]]
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==External Links==

* [http://www.thomaspynchon.com/ ThomasPynchon.com]
* [http://www.jonathanrosenbaum.com/?p=7460 "The Spores of Paranoia" - Jonathan Rosenbaum]
* [http://www.mindspring.com/~shadow88/ Babies of Wackiness - A Reader's Guide to ''Vineland'']
* [http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/ The Modern Word Pynchon page]
: [http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/pynchon_vineland.html The Modern Word: ''Vineland'']
: [http://z11.invisionfree.com/thefictionalwoods/index.php The Fictional Woods] - a Pynchon forum
* [http://pynchonoid.blogspot.com/ Pynchonoid Blog]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vineland Wikipedia: ''Vineland'']

==Featured Article==

[[image:zoyd-wheeler.jpg|thumb|150px|left]] Andy Beckett, of ''The Guardian'', recently re-read ''Vineland'' and ''loved'' it. His [http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jul/31/thomas-pynchon-vineland-rereading article about the experience] is insightful. "The relatively modest and heartfelt ''Vineland'' began to look more of an achievement: not 'a breather between biggies', but perhaps Pynchon's last fully realised novel."

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[[image:jonathan-rosenbaum.jpg|thumb|100px|caption|Jonathan Rosenbaum|left]]If you haven't read '''Jonathan Rosenbaum's''' excellent and insightful [http://www.jonathanrosenbaum.com/?p=7460 essay on ''Vineland''],"Pynchon's Prayer," originally published in 1990 in the [http://www.chicagoreader.com/ ''Chicago Reader''], now's your opportunity. It's available on [http://www.jonathanrosenbaum.com/?p=7460 his blog]. "A superb yet not entirely convincing entertainment, ''Vineland'' tries to find some rays of hope in a hopeless period by positing a fearless and resourceful but otherwise unexceptional 14-year-old and her half-buried leftist family history as our last bastion of strength against encroaching fascism."

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