Thomas Pynchon
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| - | '''Thomas Ruggles Pynchon, Jr.''' (born [[May 8]], [[1937]]) is an [[American literature|American writer]] based in [[New York City]]. He is noted for his dense and complex works of [[fiction]]. Hailing from [[Long Island]], Pynchon spent two years in the [[United States Navy]] and earned an [[English studies|English]] degree from [[Cornell University]]. After publishing several [[short story|short stories]] in the late 1950s and early 1960s, he began composing the [[novel]]s for which he is best known today: ''[[V.]]'' (1963), ''[[The Crying of Lot 49]]'' (1966), ''[[Gravity's Rainbow]]'' (1973), ''[[Vineland]]'' (1990), ''[[Mason & Dixon]]'' (1997), and ''[[Against the Day]]'' (2006). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [May 2007] | + | '''Thomas Ruggles Pynchon, Jr.''' (born [[May 8]], [[1937]]) is an [[American literature|American writer]] based in [[New York City]]. He is noted for his dense and complex works of [[fiction]]. Hailing from [[Long Island]], Pynchon spent two years in the [[United States Navy]] and earned an [[English studies|English]] degree from [[Cornell University]]. After publishing several [[short story|short stories]] in the late 1950s and early 1960s, he began composing the [[novel]]s for which he is best known today: ''[[V.]]'' (1963), ''[[The Crying of Lot 49]]'' (1966), ''[[Gravity's Rainbow]]'' (1973), ''[[Vineland]]'' (1990), ''[[Mason & Dixon]]'' (1997), and ''[[Against the Day]]'' (2006). {{GFDL}} |
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Thomas Ruggles Pynchon, Jr. (born May 8, 1937) is an American writer based in New York City. He is noted for his dense and complex works of fiction. Hailing from Long Island, Pynchon spent two years in the United States Navy and earned an English degree from Cornell University. After publishing several short stories in the late 1950s and early 1960s, he began composing the novels for which he is best known today: V. (1963), The Crying of Lot 49 (1966), Gravity's Rainbow (1973), Vineland (1990), Mason & Dixon (1997), and Against the Day (2006).
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