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Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow takes place during which war?
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What famous reclusive novelist was the basis for Sky Gilbert's fictional memoir Brother Dumb?
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John Updike, John Berger and Thomas Pynchon all wrote novels with one-letter titles. What are these titles in the correct order of their authors' names above?
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96 times (33.6%) |
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What symbol drives Oedipa's obsession with uncovering the truth about a possible centuries-long conspiracy in Thomas Pynchon's novel The Crying of Lot 49?
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377 times |
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166 times (23.3%) |
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In 2003 renowned literary critic Harold Bloom gave his list of the four most important American novelists at work at that stage. Philip Roth, Thomas Pynchon and Don DeLillo were three of them; who was the other one?
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What was the original title of Thomas Pynchon's GRAVITY'S RAINBOW?
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273 times |
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77 times (11.6%) |
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196 times (29.6%) |
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Which novel by Henry James is being read by an intelligent dog in Thomas Pynchon's AGAINST THE DAY?
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211 times |
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58 times (10.0%) |
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153 times (26.4%) |
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368 times (63.6%) |
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In Thomas Pynchon's MASON DIXON, what is the Octuple Gloucester?
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212 times |
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112 times (17.8%) |
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100 times (15.9%) |
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Finish this statement by John Updike: "Yet, as we look about, could we not say that Henry James has many academic idolaters but few imitators -- Peter Taylor and _________ in their youths are the last I can think of..."
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79 times |
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15 times (11.6%) |
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64 times (49.6%) |
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50 times (38.8%) |
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In The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon, what does "W.A.S.T.E" stand for?
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351 times |
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206 times (28.5%) |
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Which great American writer composed this dedication for one of his books? (His son's surname is left blank.)
"As nearly as possible in the spirit of Matthew ________, age one, urging a luncheon companion to accept a cool lima bean, I urge my editor, mentor, and (heaven help him) closest friend, William Shawn, genius domus of The New Yorker, lover of the long shot, protector of the unprolific, defender of the hopelessly flamboyant, most unreasonably modest of born great artist-editors, to accept this pretty skimpy-looking book."
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47 times (36.4%) |
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49 times (38.0%) |
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Which book inspired the title song of Mark Knopfler's 2000 album Sailing to Philadelphia?
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87 times |
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29 times (21.5%) |
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Subtract Dodie Smith's Dalmatians from Arthur C. Clarke's Space Odyssey, then add the age Adrian Mole was when he started keeping his diary and the number of the platform where Harry Potter catches the Hogwarts Express, plus Joseph Heller's Catch and Thomas Pynchon's Lot. Now subtract the number of chapters in Julian Barnes' History of the World and you should have the title of another book - by whom?
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217 times (61.3%) |
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24 times (6.8%) |
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What Southern California school is alluded to in Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49?
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56 times |
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16 times (15.1%) |
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40 times (37.7%) |
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All of these great American novelists were born in the 1930s. Which one of them is the oldest?
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All of these great American novelists were born in the 1930s. Which one of them is the youngest?
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32 times |
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15 times (27.8%) |
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