History Literature / Vineland

* LighterAndSofter: ''Vineland'' is notably nostalgic, tender, sentimental and heartfelt in comparison to his earlier work, which is heartless, nihilistic, pessimistic and apocalyptic.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: There are over twenty named characters, whilst following six major characters, who’s [=POVs=] are interchangeable.

''Vineland'' received lukewarm reactions upon its release, mostly due to MisaimedFandom and HypeBacklash, that eventually lead to CriticalBacklash and BrokenBase. Like ''Lot 49'', it can be see as a bridge between pessimistic Pynchon and optimistic Pynchon.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: It was revealed that DL and Takeshi, some time in ’81 or ’82, when they “finally renegotiated the no-sex clause.” DL also realized “what she’d been missing those other years.” Sister Rochelle and Norleen even point out that they belong together.

* GenreBusting: Political thriller, ScienceFiction, Supernatural fantasy, Pseudo-kung-fu, half-adventure, Parody of 80s B-movies, Tragicomedy and Daytime drama.

* TwoLinesNoWaiting: Nothing new compared to ''Gravity’s Rainbow'', but when compared to ''V.'', ''Vineland'' is hard-going, much looser and disjointed, and very all-over-the-place, with 80% of the book were flashbacks.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: There are over twenty named characters, whilst following six major characters, who’s POVs are interchangeable.

* ContinuityNod: It can be said that ''Vineland'' is ''the'' cornerstone of [[TheVerse Pynchon’s massive universe]] as it tied-in with his past and future work.

* DefrostingIceQueen: DL Chastain is described as “gelid green eyes” and “personal distance with other people,” but gradually becomes more caring and open after meeting Takeshi Fumimota.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: It was implied DL and Takeshi gets together afterwards, some time in ’81 or ’82, when they “finally renegotiated the no-sex clause.” DL also realized “what she’d been missing those other years.” Sister Rochelle and Norleen even point out that they belong together.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: It was implied DL and Takeshi gets together afterwards, some time in ’81 or ’82, when they “finally renegotiated the no-sex clause” and had sex. DL also realized “what she’d been missing those other years.” Sister Rochelle and Norleen even point out that they belong together.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: It was implied that DL and Takeshi get together afterwards, since they renegotiated their “no-sex clause” and finally had sex. DL also realized that’s what she had missed out all these years. Sister Rochelle and Norleen also point out that they belong together.

%%* DamselInDistress: DL during the sell-girls in Tokyo and Frenesi after the protest at the college.

The book follows Zoyd Wheeler, an aging hippie with a beautiful daughter, Prairie, collecting mental disability check by jumping through plate-glass window once in a year. It wasn’t until the arrival of his old nemesis, Federal Prosecutor Brock Vond, come out of his past and determines to kill anyone from Zoyd’s community, that Zoyd went into hiding and send Prairie to a wedding gig with her boyfriend. And there she will meet someone to uncover her mother’s dark past.

* ContinuityNod: It can be said that ''Vineland'' is ''the'' cornerstone to [[TheVerse Pynchon’s massive universe]] as it tied-in with his past and future work.
** DL meeting Prairie is similar to how V. met Mélanie in ''Literature/{{V}}''

** Takeshi Fumimota from ''Literature/GravitysRainbow'' appears as a clear-headed lunatic and partnered up with DL. She even referenced his suicidal behavior when he’s about to drink a poison liquid.

--->She was referring to what he had a way of calling his “interesting work with airplanes” during World War II.

** Takeshi Fumimota from ''Literature/GravitysRainbow'' appears as a clear-headed lunatic and partnered up with DL. She even referenced his suicidal behavior once during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Although it doesn’t have the paranoid-driven, nihilistic and apocalyptic sense like his earlier work has, ''Vineland'' is still pretty bleak and depressing when it comes to plot, even more so than ''Literature/InherentVice'' and ''Literature/BleedingEdge''.

* BookEnds: The book opens with Zoyd waking up to the sound of blue jays on the roof, and ends with Prairie waking up to Desmond licking her face, with blue jays’ feathers on his face.
* ContinuityNod: It can be said that ''Vineland'' is ''the'' cornerstone to [[TheVerse Pynchon’s universe]] as it tied-in with his past and future work.

* ContinuityNod: It can be said that ''Vineland'' is the cornerstone to [[TheVerse Pynchon’s universe]] as it tied-in with his past ''and'' future work.

** Part of the Vineland community includes the Traverse Family which was mentioned briefly in ''Literature/MasonAndDixon'' and will finally have a proper introduction and a major role in ''Literature/AgainstTheDay''.