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American novelist (born 1937)
Thomas Ruggles Pynchon Jr. (/ˈpɪntʃɒn/ PIN-chon, commonly /ˈpɪntʃən/ PIN-chən; born May 8, 1937) is an American novelist. He is known for his dense, complex
Thomas_Pynchon
List of works by Thomas Pynchon
of the American novelist Thomas Pynchon (b. 1937) includes both fiction and nonfiction works. Six short stories by Pynchon were published in various
Thomas_Pynchon_bibliography
2025 novel by Thomas Pynchon
Shadow Ticket is a novel by the American author Thomas Pynchon. It was announced by Penguin Press in April 2025 and published in October the same year
Shadow_Ticket
1990 novel by Thomas Pynchon
Vineland is a 1990 postmodern novel by Thomas Pynchon set in California in 1984, the year of President Ronald Reagan's reelection. Through flashbacks,
Vineland
1966 novel by Thomas Pynchon
by the American author Thomas Pynchon. It was published by J. B. Lippincott & Co. on April 27, 1966. The shortest of Pynchon's novels, the plot follows
The_Crying_of_Lot_49
American filmmaker (born 1970)
(2012) and Inherent Vice (2014), an adaptation of the 2009 novel by Thomas Pynchon. Anderson's next three films, Phantom Thread (2017), Licorice Pizza
Paul_Thomas_Anderson
1973 novel by Thomas Pynchon
Gravity's Rainbow is a 1973 novel by Thomas Pynchon. The narrative is set primarily in Europe at the end of World War II and centers on the design, production
Gravity's_Rainbow
American sitcom (1993–1996)
"Where's Thomas Pynchon?". CNN. Archived from the original on December 3, 2014. Retrieved September 26, 2014. Glenn, Joshua (October 19, 2003). "Pynchon and
The_John_Larroquette_Show
2025 film by Paul Thomas Anderson
written, directed, and produced by Paul Thomas Anderson. Inspired by the 1990 novel Vineland by Thomas Pynchon, the film's ensemble cast includes Leonardo
One_Battle_After_Another
Founder of Springfield, Massachusetts
William Pynchon (October 11, 1590 – October 29, 1662) was an English colonist and fur trader in North America best known as the founder of Springfield
William_Pynchon
Filmography of American filmmaker
Brodesser-Akner, Claude (December 2, 2010). "Paul Thomas Anderson Wants to Adapt Thomas Pynchon's Inherent Vice". Vulture. Retrieved September 25, 2023
Paul Thomas Anderson filmography
Paul_Thomas_Anderson_filmography
2014 film by Paul Thomas Anderson
film written, co-produced, and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, based on the 2009 novel by Thomas Pynchon. The ensemble cast includes Joaquin Phoenix, Josh
Inherent_Vice_(film)
2006 novel by Thomas Pynchon
Against the Day is an epic historical novel by Thomas Pynchon, published on November 21, 2006. The narrative takes place between the 1893 Chicago World's
Against_the_Day
2009 novel by Thomas Pynchon
Inherent Vice is a novel by the American author Thomas Pynchon, originally published on August 4, 2009. A darkly comic detective novel set in 1970s California
Inherent_Vice
1963 novel by Thomas Pynchon
V. is a satirical postmodern novel and the debut novel of Thomas Pynchon, published on March 18, 1963. It describes the exploits of a discharged U.S. Navy
V.
1991 novel by Don DeLillo
accomplished before their aims can be realized. Notoriously reclusive author Thomas Pynchon provided the blurb for Mao II. It reads: "This novel's a beauty. DeLillo
Mao_II
1958 American western novel by author Oakley Hall
Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian and John Williams's Butcher's Crossing. Thomas Pynchon and Richard Fariña were fans of the novel when they were students at
Warlock_(Hall_novel)
Novel that is said to describe or define an entire culture
was coined by Edward Mendelson in criticism of Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon, defined as an encyclopedia-like attempt to "render the full range of
Encyclopedic_novel
Parody of the laws of thermodynamics
in a 1960 short story titled "Entropy" from widely-regarded novelist Thomas Pynchon, who was still then an engineering physics undergraduate at Cornell
Ginsberg's_theorem
American horror author
Ligotti’s short stories, making him one of 10 living writers, including Thomas Pynchon and Don DeLillo, among the hundreds the imprint has published in the
Thomas_Ligotti
American folksinger, songwriter, poet and novelist (1937–1966)
Transatlantic Review and Mademoiselle. Fariña became good friends with Thomas Pynchon, David Shetzline, and Peter Yarrow while at Cornell. He was suspended
Richard_Fariña
20th-century literary form and movement
in the 1960s through the writings of authors such as Kurt Vonnegut, Thomas Pynchon, William Gaddis, Philip K. Dick, Kathy Acker, and John Barth. Postmodernists
Postmodern_literature
Postmodern literary genre
LeClair used systems theory to critique novels by authors including Thomas Pynchon, William Gaddis and Ursula K. Le Guin. Citing Fritjof Capra's description
Systems_novel
2013 novel by Thomas Pynchon
Bleeding Edge is a novel by the American author Thomas Pynchon, published by Penguin Press on September 17, 2013. The novel is a detective story, with
Bleeding_Edge_(novel)
1985 novel by Steve Erickson
Erickson. Upon publication in 1985 it received notable praise from Thomas Pynchon and has been cited as an influence by novelists such as Jonathan Lethem
Days_Between_Stations_(novel)
Fictional aerospace company
Yoyodyne is a fictional company featured in Thomas Pynchon's novels, most prominently in The Crying of Lot 49, and humorously referenced in various other
Yoyodyne
1949 dystopian novel by George Orwell
paperback editions, including one with an introduction by the novelist Thomas Pynchon, without obvious note that it is a revised text, and has been translated
Nineteen_Eighty-Four
Novel by Gabriel García Márquez
narrative power is matched only by its generosity of vision." The writer Thomas Pynchon, also for The New York Times, argued: "This novel is also revolutionary
Love_in_the_Time_of_Cholera
Surveyed border line between U.S. states of Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania
ongoing. Mason & Dixon (1997) is the title of a novel by American author Thomas Pynchon. The novel meanders widely through the lives of Mason and Dixon, traditional
Mason–Dixon_line
Topics referred to by the same term
from Maryland, surveyed 1763–1767 Mason & Dixon, the 1997 novel by Thomas Pynchon featuring the surveyors as characters Mason and Dixon, Pennsylvania
Mason_Dixon
by Philip K. Dick Mother Night (1962) by Kurt Vonnegut V. (1963) by Thomas Pynchon Cat's Cradle (1963) by Kurt Vonnegut Hopscotch (1963) by Julio Cortázar
List_of_postmodern_novels
1957 novel by Jack Kerouac
variety of Ganser Syndrome" who "aren't really mad—they only seem to be." Thomas Pynchon described On the Road as "one of the great American novels". On the
On_the_Road
American science fiction author (1928–1982)
master of imaginative, paranoid fiction in the vein of Franz Kafka and Thomas Pynchon". Dick's posthumous influence has been widespread, extending beyond
Philip_K._Dick
American novelist (1933–2018)
greatest American novelists of his day, along with Cormac McCarthy, Thomas Pynchon, and Don DeLillo. James Wood wrote: "More than any other post-war American
Philip_Roth
Genre of fiction about fiction
The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles, The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon, and Willie Master's Lonesome Wife by William H. Gass. Since the 1980s
Metafiction
Art movement
associated with postmodern novels, such as those by David Foster Wallace and Thomas Pynchon, where digression, reference, and elaboration of detail occupy a great
Maximalism
Comic book series by DC Comics
G. Ballard, but the primary influence of the book came from writer Thomas Pynchon, especially his works Inherent Vice and The Crying of Lot 49. He described
Absolute_Martian_Manhunter
Selected list of books
included in the Modern Library list, including five of the top ten: Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow, Robert Coover's The Public Burning, Samuel Beckett's
20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction
20th_Century's_Greatest_Hits:_100_English-Language_Books_of_Fiction
Film by Paul Thomas Anderson
Hubbard, early drafts of Anderson's There Will Be Blood, the novel V. by Thomas Pynchon, John Huston's documentary Let There Be Light about WWII veterans with
The_Master_(2012_film)
Russian and American novelist (1899–1977)
his family returned to Ithaca, where he later taught the young writer Thomas Pynchon. After the great financial success of Lolita, Nabokov returned to Europe
Vladimir_Nabokov
Species of mushroom
has been referenced in novels by writers including Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Pynchon, and Alan Garner. The name of the mushroom in many European languages
Amanita_muscaria
1996 studio album by Lotion
Cool is the second studio album by Lotion, released in March 1996. Thomas Pynchon writing the album's liner notes drew attention; at the time, after "the
Nobody's_Cool
Award ceremony for films of 2025
community, to the theatrical experience, and to the stunts community". Wynn Thomas – "Production designer [who] has brought some of the most enduring films
98th_Academy_Awards
2025 book about artificial intelligence
New Yorker. 22 October 2025. Retrieved 27 October 2025. "From a new Thomas Pynchon novel to a memoir by Margaret Atwood: the biggest books of the autumn"
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies
If_Anyone_Builds_It,_Everyone_Dies
Scottish-American businessman (1838–1928)
Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: The Ancestry of Novelist Thomas Pynchon". NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society
Andrew_MacLeish
Literary genre
Kharpertian, "Thomas Pynchon and Postmodern American Satire", pp. 29–30, in Kharpertian A hand to turn the time: the Menippean satires of Thomas Pynchon Mastromarco
Menippean_satire
2nd episode of the 16th season of The Simpsons
Matt Selman wrote the episode, and Mark Kirkland served as director. Thomas Pynchon and James Caan guest starred as themselves.[citation needed] The episode
All's_Fair_in_Oven_War
Award
Ghosh, Pierre Michon, Haruki Murakami, Gerald Murnane, Péter Nádas, Thomas Pynchon, Cristina Rivera Garza, Salman Rushdie, Ersi Sotiropoulos, Enrique Vila-Matas
2026 Nobel Prize in Literature
2026_Nobel_Prize_in_Literature
Award
Haruki Murakami, Canadians Margaret Atwood and Anne Carson, American Thomas Pynchon and Argentinian César Aira. Han Kang's odds to win the prize were 33/1
2024 Nobel Prize in Literature
2024_Nobel_Prize_in_Literature
1997 film by David Fincher
faceless people he can't begin to understand—and viewers may also think of Thomas Pynchon when it starts to appear that the conspiracy against Nicholas includes
The_Game_(1997_film)
American professor (born 1946)
continuing Complete Works of W. H. Auden (1986– ). His work on Thomas Pynchon includes Pynchon: A Collection of Critical Essays (1978) and numerous essays
Edward_Mendelson
Comedic work based on taboo subject matter
variety of authors, such as J. P. Donleavy, Edward Albee, Joseph Heller, Thomas Pynchon, John Barth, Vladimir Nabokov, Bruce Jay Friedman himself, and Louis-Ferdinand
Dark_humor
American author (born 1937)
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me. In 1958 he collaborated with Thomas Pynchon on an unproduced futuristic musical called Minstrel Island. Sale worked
Kirkpatrick_Sale
1997 novel by Thomas Pynchon
Mason & Dixon is a postmodernist novel by the American author Thomas Pynchon, published in 1997. It presents a fictionalized account of the collaboration
Mason_&_Dixon
1988 novel by Salman Rushdie
were listed as James Joyce, Italo Calvino, Franz Kafka, Frank Herbert, Thomas Pynchon, Mervyn Peake, Gabriel García Márquez, Jean-Luc Godard, J. G. Ballard
The_Satanic_Verses
Genre of primarily 20th-century novelistic fiction similar in style to magic realism
categories of realism or (novelistic) romance. Fabulating authors include Thomas Pynchon, John Barth, Donald Barthelme, William H. Gass, Robert Coover, and Ishmael
Fabulation
American actress (born 1996)
the film Inherent Vice (2014), based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Pynchon. In September 2017, Pieterse was announced as one of the celebrities
Sasha_Pieterse
Pejorative term to describe certain realist-genre books
how somebody felt about something." Wood points to Don DeLillo and Thomas Pynchon as the forefathers of the genre, which continues, Wood says, in writers
Hysterical_realism
Literature written in or related to the United States
development of such ambitious "postmodern" writers of fiction such as Thomas Pynchon, David Foster Wallace, Joseph McElroy, William H. Gass, and Don DeLillo
American_literature
1998 film by Nora Ephron
Michael Palin was initially cast as a reclusive novelist based on Thomas Pynchon, but his scenes were cut from the film. The film's original website
You've_Got_Mail
2026 video game
directly with Hershel. Additionally, the works of Ursula K. Le Guin and Thomas Pynchon inspired the story. The game released for Windows on 21 May 2026, and
Zero_Parades:_For_Dead_Spies
Pineda Richard Powers Terry Pratchett Dmitry Prigov Alexander Prokhanov Thomas Pynchon Rexhep Qosja Raymond Queneau Ann Quin Ishmael Reed Adrienne Rich Tom
List_of_postmodern_writers
1996 novel by David Foster Wallace
"hysterical realism", a term he also applied to works by Zadie Smith, Thomas Pynchon, and Don DeLillo. He criticized these novelists for seeking to "turn
Infinite_Jest
1976 novel by Don DeLillo
novel has been described as a Menippean satire and akin to the works of Thomas Pynchon. In critical reviews, the protagonist, Billy Twillig, was compared to
Ratner's_Star
South African leather whip
captives with a sjambok made from hippopotamus hide. In the novel V. by Thomas Pynchon the Sjambok is a major feature in the narrative of the Herero Wars,
Sjambok
American puzzle creator (born 1970)
the most revered constructors of his time, Berry has been called the "Thomas Pynchon of crosswords". Berry grew up in Boca Raton, Florida, and often solved
Patrick_Berry
Prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Swift-Tuttle
on August 12. In his 2006 novel Against the Day, American novelist Thomas Pynchon refers to the Perseid meteor shower being watched by three characters
Perseids
Mythical being in Native American folklore
even replacing the Native American lore. In an early short story by Thomas Pynchon, "Mortality and Mercy in Vienna" (first published in 1959), the plot
Wendigo
American comedian and actor (1914–2017)
Carson during the late 1960s and early 1970s. When the publicity-shy Thomas Pynchon won the National Book Award Fiction Citation for Gravity's Rainbow in
Irwin_Corey
American writer
Wanda Tinasky letters, once widely thought to be the work of novelist Thomas Pynchon. Hawkins graduated in 1950 from the University of Washington with a
Tom_Hawkins_(writer)
Topics referred to by the same term
edge, used to describe emerging technologies Bleeding Edge (novel), by Thomas Pynchon, 2013 The Bleeding Edge, a 2018 documentary about the medical device
Bleeding_Edge
Hat fashioned from the skin and fur of a raccoon
Junior Woodchucks uniform in Disney's Donald Duck comics. Novelist Thomas Pynchon referenced both the hat and the fashion in his novel V., where he refers
Coonskin_cap
Serialized speculative fiction multimedia narrative
series was compared to Homestuck and relayed additional comparisons to Thomas Pynchon novels and "a Reddit thread hijacked by robot trolls". The series won
17776
English colonist in North America (1560 – 1644)
2022. Jones, 15 Roberts, Gary Boyd (2000). "The Ancestry of Novelist Thomas Pynchon". Archived from the original on 22 June 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2010
William Brewster (Mayflower passenger)
William_Brewster_(Mayflower_passenger)
Award
included Australian Gerald Murnane, Hungarian Péter Nádas, American Thomas Pynchon, Canadian Anne Carson, Spanish Enrique Vila-Matas, French Michel Houellebecq
2025 Nobel Prize in Literature
2025_Nobel_Prize_in_Literature
British musician and author
Apocalypticism in the Fiction of William S. Burroughs, J. G. Ballard and Thomas Pynchon. In 2016, a 60-page chapbook of writings by Best was published by Amphetamine
Philip_Best
American writer (born 1936)
years to write and drew numerous favorable comparisons to the works of Thomas Pynchon. This "conceptual monster", as DeLillo scholar Tom LeClair has called
Don_DeLillo
American filmmaker and actor
He was influenced by Philip Roth, Vincent Gallo, Jerry Lewis, and Thomas Pynchon. Perry's first feature, Impolex, premiered in 2009. Made on a budget
Alex_Ross_Perry
Type of literary work
American literature. Works by Norman Mailer (The Armies of the Night), Thomas Pynchon (The Crying of Lot 49), Nathanael West (The Day of the Locust) and Hubert
Jeremiad
Genre of fiction that is set in the past
1845 novel Queen Margot. Postmodern novelists such as John Barth and Thomas Pynchon operate with even more freedom, mixing historical characters and settings
Historical_fiction
American annual literary award
maint: deprecated archival service (link)Additional archives: 2018-03-18. "Pynchon, Singer Share Fiction Prize". The New York Times. April 17, 1974. Retrieved
National Book Award for Fiction
National_Book_Award_for_Fiction
Lack of knowledge and understanding
for power throughout their lives.[citation needed] In 1984, author Thomas Pynchon observed: We are often unaware of the scope and structure of our ignorance
Ignorance
American award for distinguished novels
commendation. The 1974 jury unanimously recommended Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon for the prize. The Pulitzer board, which has sole discretion for awarding
Pulitzer_Prize_for_Fiction
American critic, scholar, and writer (1930–2019)
and that "each has composed canonical works", he identified them as Thomas Pynchon, Philip Roth, Cormac McCarthy, and Don DeLillo. He named their respective
Harold_Bloom
X-ray fluoroscope machines installed in shoe stores 1920s-1970s
shoe-fitting fluoroscope is featured in the novel Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon. A shoe-fitting fluoroscope is mentioned in the novel Underworld by
Shoe-fitting_fluoroscope
Literary movement
(1986)] postmodernist authors Thomas Pynchon and William S. Burroughs as forerunners of cyberpunk." Keith Booker, Anne-Marie Thomas, The Science Fiction Handbook
Beat_Generation
Library, art museum, and garden in San Marino, California, US
library announced they had acquired the archive of American author Thomas Pynchon. Researchers over age 18 may use the Library's reading rooms to consult
Huntington_Library
Laziness and apathy as a sin
Version Revised, 1971, Biblegateway.com, http://www.biblegateway.com/ Thomas Pynchon: The Deadly Sins/Sloth; Nearer, My Couch, to Thee, New York Times, June
Sloth_(deadly_sin)
English bassist (born 1969)
have three sons and live in Oxford. Greenwood enjoys writers such as Thomas Pynchon, V.S. Naipaul and Delmore Schwartz. In 2003, he discussed his favourite
Colin_Greenwood
American business and political family
Jackson (b. 1952), jurist and lawyer Melanie Jackson, literary agent, m. Thomas Pynchon Edith Kermit Roosevelt (1926–2003), newspaper columnist, m. Alexander
Roosevelt_family
American actor (born 1945)
cousins with painter Frederic Edwin Church, chef Julia Child, author Thomas Pynchon, and actors Alec Baldwin, Clint Eastwood, and Sally Field. Because of
John_Lithgow
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Pynchon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Thomas Pynchon (born 1937) is an American novelist. Pynchon may also refer to: Pynchon (surname), a
Pynchon_(disambiguation)
2007 studio album by Klaxons
references to the works of J. G. Ballard, William S. Burroughs and Thomas Pynchon. To critics, its sound recalled the indie dance-punk revival led by
Myths of the Near Future (album)
Myths_of_the_Near_Future_(album)
2023-03-30. de Sola, David (August 4, 2015). Alice in Chains: The Untold Story. Thomas Dunne Books. p. 217. ISBN 978-1250048073. Andy Greene (26 September 2012)
List_of_recluses
American comedy-drama television series
episodes. The title alludes to the novella The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon, which Gavin references as an inspiration. Although the series was met
Lodge_49
Polish novelist, screenwriter and film director
Polish novelist, screenwriter and film director. He is called the Polish Thomas Pynchon because he prefers "people talk about his books and films but leave
Andrzej_Bart
American film director, screenwriter and novelist (born 1950)
lengthy works of historical fiction. He once called Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon "the best 'big' book I know", and as Tom LeClair said of Sayles's 1
John_Sayles
1929 book by Giorgio De Chirico
would find "much poetry and food for thought." The American writer Thomas Pynchon refers to Hebdomeros as a "dream novel" in his own debut novel, V. Hubert
Hebdomeros
American writer (1933–2023)
of the four major living American novelists, alongside Don DeLillo, Thomas Pynchon, and Philip Roth. Bloom's 1994 book The Western Canon had listed Child
Cormac_McCarthy
Washington Cable The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Greek Fiction (Chariton, Longus)
List_of_Penguin_Classics
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