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Thomas Pynchon Wiki tw_pw_vl https://vineland.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page MediaWiki 1.43.6 first-letter Media Special Talk User User talk Thomas Pynchon Wiki Thomas Pynchon Wiki talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Tim Main Page 0 1 1450 1448 2025-10-16T21:32:54Z WikiAdmin 1 Protected "[[Main Page]]": Home Page is too prominent ([Edit=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [Move=Allow only administrators] (indefinite)) 1450 wikitext text/x-wiki [[Image:Vineland_cover.jpg|310px|right]]<big>'''Welcome to the ''Vineland'' Wiki'''</big>  If you wish to contact us or suggest edits, [https://thomaspynchon.com/contact/ '''use this Contact page.'''] *'''Purchase ''Vineland''''':<br />[https://amzn.to/4eBDU1O Paperback] | [https://amzn.to/4eBzpEd Hardcover] *[https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=Thomas+Pynchon+Vineland&_sacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_odkw=Thomas+Pynchon+Vineland&_osacat=0&_sop=12 '''Search EBay for ''Vineland'''''] 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]]. <div id="announcement-home"> '''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''']] [[Vineland_Playlist|'''Vineland Playlist: Songs and artists mentioned 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)] </div> ==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.]] {{Vineland PbP}} <br><p> == Pynchon Wiki Help and Contributor Guidelines== [[Help:Contents|'''Click here for help with editing and creating pages.''']] We have a few conventions we ask that you follow: * When creating a new page, first check to make sure a page/article about what you want to write about hasn't already been created, by '''[[Special:Allpages|checking the list of all Wiki pages on the ''Vineland'' wiki]]'''. If a page already exists, please modify that one. * To open a discussion on an individual listing of the Alpha Index or Page by Page Annotations, give it a name that identifies the alpha listing (eg <nowiki>[[Discussion Subject|'''DISCUSSION''']]</nowiki>) and notice that the visible name will be "'''DISCUSSION'''" in bold and full caps, so it stands out a bit. * [[Help:Contents|More help for this wiki available here.]] ==External Links== * [https://www.thomaspynchon.com/ ThomasPynchon.com] * [https://www.jonathanrosenbaum.net/?s=Pynchon Writer Jonathan Rosenbaum on Pynchon] * [https://shipwrecklibrary.com/the-modern-word/pynchon/spermatikos-logos/ Shipwreck Library (was The Modern Word) Pynchon page] * [http://pynchonoid.blogspot.com/ Pynchonoid Blog] * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vineland Wikipedia: ''Vineland''] ==Featured Article== [[image:vineland-LitHub.jpg|thumb|150px|left]]An interesting [https://lithub.com/why-thomas-pynchons-vineland-a-disappointment-when-it-was-published-is-the-novel-we-need-right-now/2025 article] by Devin Thomas O’Shea (''LitHub'') on what lessons we can take from ''Vineland'' in 2025, "'''Why Thomas Pynchon’s ''Vineland'' — a Disappointment When It Was Published—is the Novel We Need Right Now'''": "2025 is shaping up to be the year of the Pynch. After 12 years of silence since Bleeding Edge, the 87-year-old author will publish Shadow Ticket on October 7th, 2025. The new novel concerns Milwaukee in the Great Depression—Hicks McTaggart, “a one-time strikebreaker turned private eye” searches for a missing Wisconsin cheese fortune heiress, who ends up entangled with paranormal, Nazi, Soviet, and British agents. “Surrounded by history he has no grasp on and can’t see his way around in or out of, the only bright side for Hicks is it’s the dawn of the Big Band Era and as it happens he’s a pretty good dancer.” <div style="clear:both;"> </div> [[image:zoyd-wheeler.jpg|thumb|150px|left]] Andy Beckett, of ''The Guardian'', recently re-read ''Vineland'' and ''loved'' it. His [https://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." <div style="clear:both;"></div> [[image:jonathan-rosenbaum.jpg|thumb|100px|caption|Jonathan Rosenbaum|left]]If you haven't read '''Jonathan Rosenbaum's''' excellent and insightful [https://jonathanrosenbaum.net/2024/12/reading-pynchon-s-prayer/ essay on ''Vineland''],"Pynchon's Prayer," originally published in 1990 in the [https://www.chicagoreader.com/ ''Chicago Reader''], now's your opportunity. Along with more of his writings on Pynchon, it's available on [https://jonathanrosenbaum.net/ 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." <div style="clear:both;"></div> ==Gallery== Below are some of the images you will find on Pynchon Wiki. {{Special:Newimages}} Enjoy... mai4i4xt6hatlkdgmpmnxm2h7h4g8ji