

#27269
Mentioned in 2 episodes
Mason & Dixon
Book • 1997
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Mentioned in 2 episodes
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as an author who may have been influenced by Robert Anton Wilson's work.

Eric Wagner

Episode 44: Eric Wagner on Straight Outta Dublin
Mentioned as a novel that embodies the listener's description of Thomas Pynchon as an historical novelist.

VINELAND EP 6/7: Voicemails
Mentioned by the hosts when discussing thematic and universe connections among Pynchon's novels.

Vineland: Chapters 3-4
Referenced by the hosts as the prior book they completed and for placing Vineland in Pynchon's body of work.

Vineland: Chapters 1-2
Mentioned by Will drawing a parallel between thematic passages and phrasing in Mason and Dixon.

Against the Day: Ch. 29
Mentioned by the hosts when referencing their past coverage and thematic parallels to Against the Day.

Against the Day: Ch. 29
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as a difficult-to-read novel when discussing challenging art and literature.

Dave Chang

Shabu-Shabu, the Great Chef Corey Lee and Benu, and Chris Ying
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as a Pynchon book they have not read.

Drew Broussard

October 10, 2025
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as his favorite book of all time, and by 

, who reference a talking duck robot in the book.

Matt Lech


Devin Thomas O'Shea

239 - Corbyn-Sultana Party Bungle & Did Pynchon's Vineland Predict Fascist Future?
Mentioned by hosts when comparing book structure and as a prior Pynchon work some listeners read.

Against the Day: Ch. 30-31




