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This is the newly created Wiki for [[Thomas Pynchon]]'s ''Gravity's Rainbow''. Besides using the Alphabetical Index and the page-by-page annotation, you can also take a look at [[Gravity's Rainbow covers|''Gravity's Rainbow'' covers]], read the [[Gravity's Rainbow Reviews|reviews]], or [[Gravity's Rainbow Title|entertain some theories on the source of the title]].
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This is the newly created Wiki for [[Thomas Pynchon]]'s ''Inherent Vice''. Besides using the Alphabetical Index and the page-by-page annotation, you can also take a look at [[Inherent Vice covers|''Inherent Vice'' covers]], read the [[Inherent Vice Reviews|reviews]], or [[Inherent Vice Title|entertain some theories on the source of the title]].
  
 
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Professor Don Larrson, he of the Companion's Companion to ''Gravity's Rainbow'' (which was rolled into this wiki), reviews Steve Weisenburger's the second, revised edition of ''A Gravity’s Rainbow Companion: Sources and Contexts for Pynchon’s Novel''. [[Weisenburger's Companion, 2nd Edition|Read it...]].
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Professor Don Larrson, he of the Companion's Companion to ''Inherent Vice'' (which was rolled into this wiki), reviews Steve Weisenburger's the second, revised edition of ''A Gravity’s Rainbow Companion: Sources and Contexts for Pynchon’s Novel''. [[Weisenburger's Companion, 2nd Edition|Read it...]].
  
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[[The_Hawaiian_Islands_and_Ukuleles|'''Hawaiian cultural references in ''Gravity's Rainbow''''']]</div>
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[[The_Hawaiian_Islands_and_Ukuleles|'''Hawaiian cultural references in ''Inherent Vice''''']]</div>
  
 
==How to Use this Wiki==
 
==How to Use this Wiki==
  
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There are two major ways to use this wiki. The first is the '''''Gravity's Rainbow'' Alphabetical Index''', used to keep track of the myriad characters, real and imagined, as well as events, arcana, and lots of other stuff. The second is the '''Spoiler-Free Annotations by Page''', which allows the reader to look up and contribute allusions and references while reading the book, in a convenient and spoiler-free manner. These two sections are so far almost entirely different, but we're working on integrating them.
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There are two major ways to use this wiki. The first is the '''''Inherent Vice'' Alphabetical Index''', used to keep track of the myriad characters, real and imagined, as well as events, arcana, and lots of other stuff. The second is the '''Spoiler-Free Annotations by Page''', which allows the reader to look up and contribute allusions and references while reading the book, in a convenient and spoiler-free manner. These two sections are so far almost entirely different, but we're working on integrating them.
  
 
Apart from those, it's up to you.
 
Apart from those, it's up to you.
  
 
==Alphabetical Index==
 
==Alphabetical Index==
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Information on the characters, events, and everything else in ''Gravity's Rainbow'', organized alphabetically:{{GR_Alpha_Nav}}
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Information on the characters, events, and everything else in ''Inherent Vice'', organized alphabetically:{{GR_Alpha_Nav}}
  
  
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* 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 Pynchon Wiki]]'''. If a page already exists, please modify that one.
 
* 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 Pynchon Wiki]]'''. If a page already exists, please modify that one.
  
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* When creating a new page, if its information pertains to one (and only one) specific Pynchon novel, please categorize it with the appropriate identifier.  For example, a page pertaining to ''Inherent Vice'', should use the syntax <code><nowiki>[[Category:GR]]</nowiki></code>.
  
 
* To open a discussion on an individual listing of the Alpha Index, create one using the [[A|entry on Peter Tait]] as an example. Basically, give it a name that identifies the alpha listing (eg <nowiki>[[Name Discussion|DISCUSSION]]</nowiki>) and notice that the visible name will be "DISCUSSION" in full caps, so it stands out a bit.
 
* To open a discussion on an individual listing of the Alpha Index, create one using the [[A|entry on Peter Tait]] as an example. Basically, give it a name that identifies the alpha listing (eg <nowiki>[[Name Discussion|DISCUSSION]]</nowiki>) and notice that the visible name will be "DISCUSSION" in full caps, so it stands out a bit.
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
  
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* [http://books.google.com/books?id=iPDGp7VT8H8C&printsec=frontcover '''Search the contents of ''Gravity's Rainbow''''' (Google)]
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* [http://books.google.com/books?id=iPDGp7VT8H8C&printsec=frontcover '''Search the contents of ''Inherent Vice''''' (Google)]
 
* [http://www.thomaspynchon.com/ ThomasPynchon.com]
 
* [http://www.thomaspynchon.com/ ThomasPynchon.com]
 
* [http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/ The Modern Word Pynchon page]
 
* [http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/ The Modern Word Pynchon page]
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: [http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/pynchon_gr.html The Modern Word: Gravity's Rainbow]
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: [http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/pynchon_gr.html The Modern Word: Inherent Vice]
 
: [http://z11.invisionfree.com/thefictionalwoods/index.php The Fictional Woods] - a Pynchon forum
 
: [http://z11.invisionfree.com/thefictionalwoods/index.php The Fictional Woods] - a Pynchon forum
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: [http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/zak_smith/title.htm Zak Smith's Illustrations for Each Page of Gravity's Rainbow]
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: [http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/zak_smith/title.htm Zak Smith's Illustrations for Each Page of Inherent Vice]
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* [http://english2.mnsu.edu/larsson/grnotes.html A companion's companion to Gravity's Rainbow]
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* [http://english2.mnsu.edu/larsson/grnotes.html A companion's companion to Inherent Vice]
 
* [http://pynchonoid.blogspot.com/ Pynchonoid Blog]
 
* [http://pynchonoid.blogspot.com/ Pynchonoid Blog]
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* [http://www.pynchon.pomona.edu/gr/index.html Pomona Gravity's Rainbow page]
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* [http://www.pynchon.pomona.edu/gr/index.html Pomona Inherent Vice page]
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity's_Rainbow Wikipedia Gravity's Rainbow page]
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity's_Rainbow Wikipedia Inherent Vice page]
 
* [http://www.en8848.com.cn/fiction/Fiction/Gerneral/2007-12-05/58883.html Chinese site which includes full text of the novel]
 
* [http://www.en8848.com.cn/fiction/Fiction/Gerneral/2007-12-05/58883.html Chinese site which includes full text of the novel]
  
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To be "at sixes and sevens" is an English phrase and idiom, common in the United Kingdom. It is used to describe a state of confusion or disarray.  
 
To be "at sixes and sevens" is an English phrase and idiom, common in the United Kingdom. It is used to describe a state of confusion or disarray.  
  
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"He'd never told her, he avoided telling himself, but that was the measure of his faith, as this seventh Christmas of the War came wheeling in another charge at his skinny, shivering flank..." - ''Gravity's Rainbow'', p.126  
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"He'd never told her, he avoided telling himself, but that was the measure of his faith, as this seventh Christmas of the War came wheeling in another charge at his skinny, shivering flank..." - ''Inherent Vice'', p.126  
  
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"A miscount" - Steven C. Weisenburger, ''A Gravity's Rainbow Companion''
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"A miscount" - Steven C. Weisenburger, ''A Inherent Vice Companion''
  
 
[[Sixes and Sevens|Um, not so fast there, Steve...]]
 
[[Sixes and Sevens|Um, not so fast there, Steve...]]

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This is the newly created Wiki for Thomas Pynchon's Inherent Vice. Besides using the Alphabetical Index and the page-by-page annotation, you can also take a look at Inherent Vice covers, read the reviews, or entertain some theories on the source of the title.

Professor Don Larrson, he of the Companion's Companion to Inherent Vice (which was rolled into this wiki), reviews Steve Weisenburger's the second, revised edition of A Gravity’s Rainbow Companion: Sources and Contexts for Pynchon’s Novel. Read it....

Hawaiian cultural references in Inherent Vice

How to Use this Wiki

There are two major ways to use this wiki. The first is the Inherent Vice Alphabetical Index, used to keep track of the myriad characters, real and imagined, as well as events, arcana, and lots of other stuff. The second is the Spoiler-Free Annotations by Page, which allows the reader to look up and contribute allusions and references while reading the book, in a convenient and spoiler-free manner. These two sections are so far almost entirely different, but we're working on integrating them.

Apart from those, it's up to you.

Alphabetical Index

Information on the characters, events, and everything else in Inherent Vice, organized alphabetically:Template:GR Alpha Nav


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Pynchon Wiki Help and Contributor Guidelines

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  • To open a discussion on an individual listing of the Alpha Index, create one using the entry on Peter Tait as an example. Basically, give it a name that identifies the alpha listing (eg [[Name Discussion|DISCUSSION]]) and notice that the visible name will be "DISCUSSION" in full caps, so it stands out a bit.

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At Sixes and Sevens
To be "at sixes and sevens" is an English phrase and idiom, common in the United Kingdom. It is used to describe a state of confusion or disarray.

"He'd never told her, he avoided telling himself, but that was the measure of his faith, as this seventh Christmas of the War came wheeling in another charge at his skinny, shivering flank..." - Inherent Vice, p.126

"A miscount" - Steven C. Weisenburger, A Inherent Vice Companion

Um, not so fast there, Steve...

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