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1	* EpilepticTrees: It was once rumored that Pynchon and fellow reclusive author Creator/JDSalinger were the same person; the rumor is less popular now that the latter has passed away.
2	** That theory was once published in an article of the ''Soho Weekly News''. Pynchon sent a reply: "Not bad. Keep trying."
3	* GeniusBonus: One or the other, depending on the work; whichever it is, he's probably the ''king'' of the trope in question.
4	* GrowingTheBeard: Although ''Literature/{{V}}'' and ''Literature/TheCryingOfLot49'' is considered fair and favorable among fans, it wasn't until ''Literature/GravitysRainbow'' where Pynchon's true brilliance is shown, and continues to [[BreakthroughHit gain wider recognition around the globe.]]
5	* MemeticMutation: The Trystero sign from ''Lot 49'', as well as the [[FunWithAcronyms fun he has with acronyms]]:
6	-->''W''e ''A''wait ''S''ilent ''T''rystero's ''E''mpire\
7	''D''on't ''E''ver ''A''ntagonize ''T''he ''H''orn
8	** Music/{{Radiohead}} adopted W.A.S.T.E. as the name of their fan club and online store, in a deliberate ShoutOut to Pynchon.
9	* NightmareFuel: With a career that explores various themes and topics such as paranoia, obsession, identity and madness, this is inevitable.
10	* ParanoiaFuel: Hoo boy.
11	* {{Squick}}: Often used symbolically, no less!
12	* {{Tearjerker}}: For all the zany antics that go on in his books, moments of immense melancholy and sadness are also bound to show up and is more pronounced in his post-''Gravity's Rainbow'' novels. Perhaps most apparent in ''Literature/{{Vineland}}'', which centers around the collapse of a family and their efforts to make things right again.
13	** The other two, arguably the strongest and profoundest, ''Literature/MasonAndDixon'' and ''Literature/AgainstTheDay''.

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