Thomas Pynchon

I've felt Glückschmerz (the opposite of Schadenfreude: not joy at another's sorrow, but sadness at another's good fortune; Glückschmerz is a coinage of "Wanda Tinasky," the pen name of a now silent columnist for a Californian newspaper, The Anderson Valley Advertiser, in the 80's, a writer some have identified as Thomas Pynchon).

Chopped Liver and a Lost Literary Friendship 1999

I've felt Glückschmerz (the opposite of Schadenfreude: not joy at another's sorrow, but sadness at another's good fortune; Glückschmerz is a coinage of "Wanda Tinasky," the pen name of a now silent columnist for a Californian newspaper, The Anderson Valley Advertiser, in the 80's, a writer some have identified as Thomas Pynchon).

Chopped Liver and a Lost Literary Friendship 1999

After months when Stephenie Meyer appeared the only author anyone wanted to read, publishers and booksellers have noted new hits such as Thomas Pynchon's "Inherent Vice,"

Yakima Herald-Republic Weekly News By HILLEL ITALIE 2009

After months when Stephenie Meyer appeared the only author anyone wanted to read, publishers and booksellers have noted new hits such as Thomas Pynchon's "Inherent Vice," Richard Russo's

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I kept thinking about how much I had loved V by Thomas Pynchon, when I read it in high school, and I wondered how I had gotten so lucky to have a manuscript that great, sitting in my lap.

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Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow includes a custard pie fight between passengers on a plane and an air balloon.

Culture flash: custard pies 2011

FUG YOU reads like a nonfiction outtake from Thomas Pynchon's V.

Jan Herman: 'FUG YOU': A Decade of Poetry, Politics, and Rock 'n' Roll Jan Herman 2012

But its little-seen precursor, "Impolex," is more emphatic: The 75-minute film is a dream-like homage to Thomas Pynchon 's gargantuan 1973 novel "Gravity's Rainbow."

Up on the Roof and Courting a Prince of New York Steve Dollar 2011

FUG YOU reads like a nonfiction outtake from Thomas Pynchon's V.

Jan Herman: 'FUG YOU': A Decade of Poetry, Politics, and Rock 'n' Roll Jan Herman 2012

You should be thrown in prison and given the complete works of Thomas Pynchon.

Four Letters Sports Could Use More Of Jason Gay 2011