Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thomas Pynchon's five greatest books Depending on who you listen to, Thomas Ruggles Pynchon Jr is either one of America’s greatest ...

Could it be a conspiracy? More like fandom. Today is Thomas Pynchon’s birthday -- his 77th -- and to celebrate the author’s work, a faithful reader has dubbed May 8 Pynchon in Public Day. It’s not an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Los Angeles Times illustration; book jacket from Penguin Press) With next week’s publication of his ninth novel, “Shadow Ticket,” ...

Some smart people need to lighten up; if any smart person ever needed to quit lightening up, it’s Thomas Pynchon. Possessed by one of the most awesome writing talents of any living writer, he fills ...

For half a century, Thomas Pynchon has been America's preeminent novelist of paranoia, the writer who sees patterns and connections where others find only the random detritus of history. His emblem ...

Superlatives may get people's attention, but they don't do much to reward it. So if one were to hazard, for example, that novelist Thomas Pynchon's foreword to the new Plume edition of "Nineteen ...

The world we all consider the real one is nothing but a thin veneer – barely concealing mythical creatures, vast escape tunnels and underground rainstorms, among other supernatural and magical ...

A confession: I laughed my way through Thomas Pynchon’s flashy, vertiginous “Shadow Ticket,” much as I did when I first read “Vineland” in 1990. As the 88-year-old nears his 90th birthday, he’s still ...

You are being warned: Tomorrow you may witness individuals carrying extremely heavy books, drawing horns on public property and discussing topics that could potentially include German rocketry, ...

It has been 50 years since Thomas Pynchon’s first book, “V.,” was published. That he is still turning out works of dizzying complexity is, frankly, astounding. Few authors remain as ambitious and ...

Our columnist picks the year’s outstanding books. By Alida Becker With the famously private novelist enjoying a (private) moment in the sun, we reached out to die-hard fans who’ve tuned in to the ...