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Gravity's Rainbow

Gravity's Rainbow is a 1973 postmodern novel by Thomas Pynchon. The narrative is set primarily in Europe at the end of World War II and centers on the design, production and dispatch of V-2 rockets by the German military. In particular, it features the quest undertaken by several characters to uncover the secret of a mysterious device, the Schwarzgerät…

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Author
Thomas Pynchon
Genre
Postmodern literature, historical fiction, satire, encyclopedic novel, science fiction, paranoid fiction
Dewey Decimal
813.54
Language
English
LC Class
PS3566.Y55 G7 1973
Pages
760

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related to Sources · 51
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related to Art · 26
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related to Contemporary reception · 26
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related to External links · 19
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related to Further reading · 18
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related to Style · 18
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related to Film · 12
Gravity's Rainbow → American, An, Benoit Blanc, Cliff's Notes, Denise Crosby, Glass Onion, In, Interstellar, Knives Out, Miracle Mile, Serena Williams, The
related to In retrospective · 12
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related to Music · 11
Gravity's Rainbow → Anderson, Devo's, Gerald Casale, Gravity's Angel, In, Laurie Anderson, Moon, Pynchon, The, The End, Whip It

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Gravity's RainbowAuthorThomas Pynchon1.00infobox
Gravity's RainbowDewey Decimal813.541.00infobox
Gravity's RainbowGenrePostmodern literature, historical fiction, satire, encyclopedic novel, science fiction, paranoid fiction1.00infobox
Gravity's RainbowLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Gravity's RainbowLC ClassPS3566.Y55 G7 19731.00infobox
Gravity's RainbowPages7601.00infobox
Gravity's RainbowPublication placeUnited States1.00infobox
Gravity's RainbowPublishedMarch 14, 1973 (1973-03-14) (Viking Press)1.00infobox
Gravity's Rainbowis a1973 postmodern novel by Thomas Pynchon0.90text
the Phoebus cartelinstance ofparanoia and conspiracy theories0.80text
the Illuminatiinstance ofparanoia and conspiracy theories0.80text
Gravity's Rainbowrelated to AdaptationsAccording0.60section

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