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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...]]. | + | |
+ | <p class="normal">Great article in ''Wired'' about ''Gravity's Rainbow'' on the occasion of the '''50th anniversary of its publication'''. [https://www.wired.com/story/living-under-gravitys-rainbow-thomas-pynchon/ Check it out!]</p> | ||
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+ | <p class="normal">'''Review of Weisenburger's 2nd ed. of ''A Gravity's Rainbow Companion'''<br />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...]].</p> | ||
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+ | <p class="normal">'''Marc Getter - Designer & Illustrator'''<br />[[Marc Getter - Designer and Artist|Marc Getter]] (1947-2008) illustrated and designed the original covers for ''Gravity's Rainbow'', in 1972 (published in 1973). Read his bio, as well a pictures of Marc, his wife, and some of his watercolors from the 1990s. </p> | ||
[[The_Hawaiian_Islands_and_Ukuleles|'''Hawaiian cultural references in ''Gravity's Rainbow''''']]</div> | [[The_Hawaiian_Islands_and_Ukuleles|'''Hawaiian cultural references in ''Gravity's Rainbow''''']]</div> | ||
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* [http://1010.co.uk/org/autotate.html Collected Annotations to ''Gravity's Rainbow''] | * [http://1010.co.uk/org/autotate.html Collected Annotations to ''Gravity's Rainbow''] | ||
* [http://www.schuelers.com/chaos/chaos7.htm "Chaos and the Psychological Symbolism of the Tarot" by Gerald Schueler, PhD] | * [http://www.schuelers.com/chaos/chaos7.htm "Chaos and the Psychological Symbolism of the Tarot" by Gerald Schueler, PhD] | ||
+ | * [http://thomaspynchonfakebook.org/ Songs written by Pynchon for ''Gravity's Rainbow''. Music composed and performed by the collaborative band, ''The Thomas Pynchon Fake Book''] | ||
==Featured Article== | ==Featured Article== | ||
+ | '''"Rocket Power" a review of ''Gravity's Rainbow'' by Richard Poirier — One of the best!'''<br /> | ||
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+ | [[image:Poirier-Review-GR-Illustration.jpg|Illus. - Charles Shields|thumb|left|225px]] American literary critic Richard Poirier's (1925 - 2009) review of ''Gravity's Rainbow'' -- one of the first to appear in print -- in the March 3, 1973 issue of The Saturday Review, is one of the most well written and insightful of all the many reviews Pynchon's third novel garnered. In fact, it's an excellent way to prepare for the actual experience of reading the novel, providing a great overview of the novel's structure and plot. | ||
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+ | "At thirty-six, Pynchon has established himself as a novelist of major historical importance. More than any other living writer, including Norman Mailer, he has caught the inward movements of our time in outward manifestations of art and technology so that in being historical he must also be marvelously exorbitant. It is probable that he would not like being called "historical." In ''Gravity's Rainbow'', even more than in his previous work, history -- as Norman 0. Brown proposed in ''Life Against Death'' -- seen as a form of neurosis, a record of the progressive attempt to impose the human will upon the movements of time. Even the very recording of history is such an effort. History-making man is Faustian man. But while this book offers such Faustian types as a rocket genius named Captain Blicero and a Pavlovian behaviorist named Edward Pointsman, it is evident that they are slaves to the systems they think they master." | ||
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+ | [[image:marc-getter.jpg|left|thumb|100px|caption|Marc Getter]] '''Marc Getter, Designer & Illustrator of the original ''Gravity's Rainbow'' Cover'''<br /> | ||
+ | Last year, Tim Ware decided to find out more about [[Marc Getter - Designer and Artist|Marc Getter]] who did the original ''Gravity's Rainbow'' cover design and illustration — the city silhouette with sunburst sky. He wanted to ask Marc about the process of creating that beautiful cover. unfortunately, Marc had died in 2008. However, Tim was able to get in contact with his wife, Linda, who really wanted to assist in creating a page about Marc for the ''Gravity's Rainbow'' wiki. [[Marc Getter - Designer and Artist|'''Read about Marc Getter and view his wonderful paintings.''']] | ||
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[http://www.metawordz.com/2010/12/digitization-on-gravitys-rainbow-p-1.html '''Digitization: Progression from Physical to Cyber Space Via Gravity’s Rainbow, and What Meaning We May Find There'''] | [http://www.metawordz.com/2010/12/digitization-on-gravitys-rainbow-p-1.html '''Digitization: Progression from Physical to Cyber Space Via Gravity’s Rainbow, and What Meaning We May Find There'''] | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:10, 23 February 2023
Welcome to the Gravity's Rainbow Wiki!To become a contributor/editor, Create an account.
This is the 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, read the reviews, or entertain some theories on the source of the title.
Great article in Wired about Gravity's Rainbow on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its publication. Check it out!
Review of Weisenburger's 2nd ed. of A Gravity's Rainbow Companion
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. Read it....
Marc Getter - Designer & Illustrator
Marc Getter (1947-2008) illustrated and designed the original covers for Gravity's Rainbow, in 1972 (published in 1973). Read his bio, as well a pictures of Marc, his wife, and some of his watercolors from the 1990s.
Contents
How to Use this Wiki
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.
Apart from those, it's up to you.
Alphabetical Index
Information on the characters, events, and everything else in Gravity's Rainbow, organized alphabetically:
Page by Page Annotations
1 Beyond the Zero |
3-7, 7-16, 17-19, 20-29, 29-37, 37-42, 42-47, 47-53, 53-60, 60-71, 71-72, 72-83, 83-92, 92-113, 114-120, 120-136, 136-144, 145-154, 154-167, 167-174, 174-177 |
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2 Un Perm' au Casino Herman Goering |
181-189, 189-205, 205-226, 226-236, 236-244, 244-249, 249-269, 269-278 |
3 In the Zone |
279-295, 295-314, 314-329, 329-336, 336-359, 359-371, 371-383, 383-390, 390-392, 392-397, 397-433, 433-447, 448-456, 457-468, 468-472, 473-482, 482-488, 488-491, 492-505, 505-518, 518-525, 525-532, 532-536, 537-548, 549-557, 557-563, 563-566, 567-577, 577-580, 580-591, 591-610, 610-616 |
4 The Counterforce |
617-626, 626-640, 640-655, 656-663, 663-673, 674-700, 700-706, 706-717, 717-724, 724-733, 733-735, 735-760 |
Character Map
**Contains Spoilers**
A character map showing how most of the major characters connect together (PDF).
Pynchon Wiki Help and Contributor Guidelines
Click here for help with editing and creating pages.
We have a few conventions we ask that you follow:
- 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 checking the list of all Wiki pages on Pynchon Wiki. If a page already exists, please modify that one.
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External Links
- The Modern Word: Gravity's Rainbow
- The Fictional Woods - a Pynchon forum
- Zak Smith's Illustrations for Each Page of Gravity's Rainbow
- A companion's companion to Gravity's Rainbow
- Pynchonoid Blog
- Pomona Gravity's Rainbow page
- Wikipedia Gravity's Rainbow page
- Chinese site which includes full text of the novel
- Collected Annotations to Gravity's Rainbow
- "Chaos and the Psychological Symbolism of the Tarot" by Gerald Schueler, PhD
- Songs written by Pynchon for Gravity's Rainbow. Music composed and performed by the collaborative band, The Thomas Pynchon Fake Book
Featured Article
"Rocket Power" a review of Gravity's Rainbow by Richard Poirier One of the best!
"At thirty-six, Pynchon has established himself as a novelist of major historical importance. More than any other living writer, including Norman Mailer, he has caught the inward movements of our time in outward manifestations of art and technology so that in being historical he must also be marvelously exorbitant. It is probable that he would not like being called "historical." In Gravity's Rainbow, even more than in his previous work, history -- as Norman 0. Brown proposed in Life Against Death -- seen as a form of neurosis, a record of the progressive attempt to impose the human will upon the movements of time. Even the very recording of history is such an effort. History-making man is Faustian man. But while this book offers such Faustian types as a rocket genius named Captain Blicero and a Pavlovian behaviorist named Edward Pointsman, it is evident that they are slaves to the systems they think they master."
Marc Getter, Designer & Illustrator of the original Gravity's Rainbow CoverLast year, Tim Ware decided to find out more about Marc Getter who did the original Gravity's Rainbow cover design and illustration the city silhouette with sunburst sky. He wanted to ask Marc about the process of creating that beautiful cover. unfortunately, Marc had died in 2008. However, Tim was able to get in contact with his wife, Linda, who really wanted to assist in creating a page about Marc for the Gravity's Rainbow wiki. Read about Marc Getter and view his wonderful paintings.
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..." - Gravity's Rainbow, p.126
"A miscount" - Steven C. Weisenburger, A Gravity's Rainbow Companion
Um, not so fast there, Steve...
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