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[[File:Thomas Pynchon, Navy Sailor.jpg|thumb|300px|A 1955 photo of Thomas Pynchon, from when he was in the US Navy]]
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|'''Thomas Pynchon''' on ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]''}}
'''Thomas Ruggles Pynchon, Jr.''' (1937 - ) is an American author and famously [[Reclusive Artist]], probably best known for his novel ''[[Gravity's Rainbow]]''.
An almost mythic figure. Only three known photographs of Thomas Pynchon exist, dating from the 1950s. He has given no interviews, no signings. His voice has been recorded only for the guest appearance mentioned above and a promotional video for his book ''Inherent Vice''. Speculation about him has been
His works are often [[Doorstopper|long]], [[Viewers Are Geniuses|exceedingly complex]] and completely hilarious. Despite constant and often in-depth discussions on imperialism, industrial society, religion, science, mathematics, technology and racism, along with heavy borrowing from both world history and the history of literature, Pynchon's novels are equally interested in so-called 'low-culture,' television, comic books and rock 'n' roll (common to the [[Post Modern|post modernists]]), with the emotional centre of his books usually residing with a 'schlemiel' (leading, predictably, to the comment that most Pynchonian heroes likely couldn't read his books).
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* ''Against The Day'' (2006)
* ''Inherent Vice'' (2009)
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* [[Author Appeal]]: Pynchon likes mathematics, jazz, drugs and the downtrodden. He dislikes exploitation, fascism, racism and Them.
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