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PYNCHON WIKI: GRAVITY'S RAINBOW


Welcome to the Gravity's Rainbow Wiki!

To become a contributor/editor, Create an account.

Order Gravity's Rainbow



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.

Hawaiian cultural references in Gravity's Rainbow


CONTENTS

 * 1 How to Use this Wiki
 * 2 Alphabetical Index
 * 3 Page by Page Annotations
 * 4 Character Map
 * 5 Pynchon Wiki Help and Contributor Guidelines
 * 6 External Links
 * 7 Featured Article
 * 8 Gallery


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:
Gravity's Rainbow Alpha Guide
A·B·C·D·E·F·G·H·I·J·K·L·M·N·O·P·Q·R·S·T·U·V·W·XYZ top of page





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

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.

 * 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 Gravity's Rainbow, should use the syntax
   [[Category:GR]].

 * 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.

 * More help for this wiki available here.


EXTERNAL LINKS

 * Search the contents of Gravity's Rainbow (Google)
 * ThomasPynchon.com
 * The Modern Word Pynchon page

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!



Illus. - Charles Shields
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.

"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."

Read it...



Marc Getter
Marc Getter, Designer & Illustrator of the original Gravity's Rainbow Cover


Last 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.



Digitization: Progression from Physical to Cyber Space Via Gravity’s Rainbow,
and What Meaning We May Find There






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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