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Thomas Pynchon


(Thomas Ruggles Pynchon, Jr.)
USA flag (b.1937)

Thomas Pynchon is the author of V., The Crying of Lot 49, Gravity's Rainbow, Slow Learner, a collection of short stories, Vineland, Mason and Dixon and, most recently, Against the Day. He received the National Book Award for Gravity's Rainbow in 1974.
 

Awards: NBA (1974)  see all

Genres: Literary Fiction
 
Novels
   The Small Rain (1959)
   V (1961)
   The Crying of Lot 49 (1965)
   Gravity's Rainbow (1973)
   Low-lands (1978)
   The Secret Integration (1980)
   Vineland (1990)
   Mason and Dixon (1997)
   Against the Day (2006)
   Inherent Vice (2009)
   Bleeding Edge (2013)
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Collections
   Slow Learner (1985)
   V, Crying of Lot 49 and Gravitys Rainbow (1993)
   Deadly Sins (1994) (with others)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Entropy (1960)
   Mortality and Mercy in Vienna (1976)
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Awards
1974 National Book Award for Fiction : Gravity's Rainbow

Award nominations
2013 National Book Award for Fiction (shortlist) : Bleeding Edge
2007 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Against the Day
1974 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Gravity's Rainbow
1973 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Gravity's Rainbow


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Dance the Eagle to Sleep (1970)
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Nog (1969)
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