Gravity's Rainbow
1973 novel by Thomas Pynchon
Summary
Gravity's Rainbow is a 1973 novel by Thomas Pynchon. The narrative is set primarily in Europe at the end of World War II and centers on the design, production and dispatch of V-2 rockets by the German military. In particular, it features the quest undertaken by several characters to uncover the secret of a mysterious device, the Schwarzgerät, which is slated to be installed in a rocket with the serial number "00000".
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/* See also */ Cinema Rex Bombing mirrors exactly the ending of the novel.
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I think it makes sense to also say it has a legacy
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/* Video games */ I removed this section. This is a great american novel of the last century from a macarthur fellow and possible nobel winner, and we are saying that a video game of moderate (VERY moderate, fame referencing it?) that seems a stretch....
This novel wasn’t adapted into a video game. Jonathan Blow’s quote is misrepresented here.
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