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* ''V.'' (1963)
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* ''[[Gravity's Rainbow]]'' (1973)
* ''Slow Learner'' (1984), a compilation of early [[Short Story|short stories]].
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* ''Inherent Vice'' (2009)
An almost mythic figure. Only three known photographs of him 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 fueled, including suggestions that Pynchon is a pseudonym for [[
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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* [[Deconstruction]]: often to the point of calling in the [[Deconstructor Fleet]]...and occasionally shooting it out of orbit
* [[Doorstopper]]: The prize going to ''Against the Day'', which runs 1085 pages.
* [[Fun
* [[Gambit Pileup]]
* [[Genre Roulette]]: His books phase in and out of various genres seemingly at random.
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* [[Strawman Political]]
* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]]
* [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made
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