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Thomas Pynchon @tompynchon.bsky.social · 2h

Chronologically:

Mason & Dixon
Against The Day
Shadow Ticket
Gravity’s Rainbow
V.
The Crying of Lot 49
Inherent Vice
Vineland
Bleeding Edge

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Abe El-Raheb / Editor & Writer @eldashraheb.bsky.social · 12h

I’m not a huge fan of Thomas Pynchon, but he really understands this country and was ahead of his time

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Locus Solus @eduviges.bsky.social · 8h

Pynchon, como Deleuze o Foucault, no cree en escapar del sistema, pero sí en crear grietas dentro de él:
- Momentos de comunión espontánea, amor, música, humor.
- Gestos que no sirven a ningún fin productivo.
- Ráfagas de ternura o locura que no pueden ser calculadas.

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Thomas Pynchon @tompynchon.bsky.social · 9h

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Where Criticism's Headed: An Interview with Jonathan Rosenbaum - FilmInt.nu

By Jonathan Monovich. Where we’re headed is a nightmare…. our language is so corrupted on so many different levels that we basically can’t even have film criticism now…. The language that we use is la...

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Thomas Pynchon @tompynchon.bsky.social · 9h

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Thomas Pynchon @tompynchon.bsky.social · 20h

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Thomas Pynchon Has Been Warning Us About American Fascism the Whole Time

Paul Thomas Anderson’s adaptations of Thomas Pynchon’s novels—first Inherent Vice in 2014, and now One Battle After Another in 2025—may be tipping the scales, with more first-time Pynchon readers f…

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Ð𝖊𝖓𝖓𝖎𝖘 Ç𝖗𝖔𝖕𝖕𝖊𝖗 ᘕᚕᘔ @seesyous.bsky.social · 1d

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Thomas Pynchon @tompynchon.bsky.social · 2d

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Byron’s Glowing Filament @oedipaskvass.bsky.social · 2d

It is done. And it was amazing. As opposed to Gravity’s Rainbow which showed the ostensible ‘downfall’ and subsequent naturalization of fascism, this shows its rise. It’s a great lead in to the ideas of that novel. Are there flaws?Yes. But who cares. It’s phenomenal.

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Byron’s Glowing Filament @oedipaskvass.bsky.social · 3d

Hello! My analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 2, Chapter 30 is up! The origin point of the line.

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Part 2 - Chapter 30: The American Underground

Analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 2 - Chapter 30: Philadelphia's Border, Harland's Farm Observatory, the Line's Origin, the American Coffeeshop, Dolly and the Underground

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Thomas Pynchon @tompynchon.bsky.social · 3d

Today’s NY Times Crossword

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Thomas Pynchon @tompynchon.bsky.social · 4d

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Films Referenced in Thomas Pynchon's 'Shadow Ticket'

Here is every film referenced in Thomas Pynchon's much anticipated latest book, Shadow Ticket; his first in 12 years

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Thomas Pynchon @tompynchon.bsky.social · 4d

Interesting thought

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Thomas Pynchon @tompynchon.bsky.social · 5d

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The Big Cheese | Andrew Katzenstein

Shadow Ticket is brisker than Thomas Pynchon’s other work, but it’s full of his usual vaudevillian sensibility, and it addresses his favorite theme: how to live freely under powerful systems of contro...

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Thomas Pynchon @tompynchon.bsky.social · 5d

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Thomas Pynchon Saw Where America Was Headed. What Does He See Now?

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Thomas Pynchon @tompynchon.bsky.social · 5d

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Thomas Pynchon’s lasting triumph

His latest novel borrows too freely from his previous work. But what work it has been

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Thomas Pynchon @tompynchon.bsky.social · 6d

Fed from this: sciencekings.com/GravitysRain...

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Thomas Pynchon @tompynchon.bsky.social · 6d

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Gravity's Rainbow Character & Event Index | Claude

Comprehensive character relationship map for Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow. Navigate complex connections between Slothrop, Blicero, and 60+ characters.

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Thomas Pynchon @tompynchon.bsky.social · 6d

Bastardi!

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johncarvill @realjohncarvill.bsky.social · 7d

I love Pynchon btw it pains me to have to say anything negative. In fact, the very first piece I had published online was a celebration of the great man:

www.popmatters.com/thomas-pynch...

(Please ignore the crappy subeditor-imposed title, and the cringey construction "Think Henry Miller ...")

The Fuss About Thomas Pynchon » PopMatters

Cast aside synthetic substitutes, junk food for the soul, and take a bite of the pungent, organic mushroom offered up by the man from Oyster Bay, Thomas Pynchon.

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James Wallis @jameswallis.bsky.social · 8d

I don't know if this is well known, but he told me that at one time he'd house-shared with a woman who was corresponding with someone who claimed to be Pynchon, and eventually visited, and as far as Groening knew, was TP. That's how I remember the story. Which makes 2 people I've met who've met TP.

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James Wallis @jameswallis.bsky.social · 8d

Footnote: in September 1989 I interviewed Matt Groening in his office on the Fox lot. He had just seen the first episode of the Simpsons back from the animators and was in deep despair because it was awful, so we didn't talk about the Simpsons. Mostly we discussed Life in Hell, and Thomas Pynchon.

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Thomas Pynchon @tompynchon.bsky.social · 7d

I love @colewehrle.bsky.social’s game. Play all of them, please!

Cole Wehrle @colewehrle.bsky.social · 8d

Alright, let's do it. Here's a little prospective reader's guide to every Thomas Pynchon novel. We'll take them in order of publication. This might be a long thread. Buckle up! 1/x

Image from the Simpsons of Pynchon with a bag over his head on a cell phone. He's standing in front of a house with a neon sign advertising it as his home.

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Ender @spookyender.bsky.social · 8d

He comenzado a leer El Arcoiris de la Gravedad y debo decir que es bastante mas lisérgico que lo pintan

Y no es poco decir

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Alec Michod @alecmichod.bsky.social · 7d

William T. Vollmann on Pynchon. unherd.com/2025/10/thom...

Thomas Pynchon's world of shadows

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