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Pynchon Studies

The drive to transcend all limits

From Pynchon’s Prophecy, by Gus Mitchell: Pynchon shows us that the drive to transcend all limits has constructed systems of another order. These systems, though based first on human networks of power and control, eventually exceed our individual and collective grasp, and take on a life, or rather an

In Pynchon: Collusion between tech companies, foreign governments and shadowy agencies crystallise

Summarizing the Pynchon novel Bleeding Edge, in a post titled "Down, Down, and Gone:" Gothic Cyberspace in Bleeding Edge, the blog The Wasted World writes: The novel’s protagonist is Maxine Tarnow, a recently divorced mother of two and fraud investigator, usually of the financial kind, who is

Some Notes on Inherent Vice by Pynchon

From Pynchon at the Beach: Inherent Vice is the key to understanding Thomas Pynchon. Why do critics hate it? By Jim Ruland. Throughout his [Pynchon's] novels—which address subjects ranging from the founding of America to the destruction of Europe—he is interested in those on the wrong

A Note on Pynchon's Themes

From Upper West Side Story: On ''Bleeding Edge'' and Thomas Pynchon's Tangled Web by Rachel Wetzler. Though their settings have varied wildly, from colonial America to 1970s Los Angeles, Mr. Pynchon’s basic themes have remained remarkably consistent: the dark underside of technological progress,