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This is the Wiki for Thomas Pynchon's Mason & Dixon.

Besides using the Alphabetical Index and the page-by-page annotation, you can take a look at Mason & Dixon covers or read the reviews.

Contents 1 How to Use this Wiki 2 Alphabetical Index 3 Page by Page Annotations 4 Pynchon Wiki Help and Contributor Guidelines 5 External Links 5.1 Reading Notes/Guides 5.2 Historical Resources 6 Featured Article 7 Gallery

[edit] How to Use this Wiki

There are two major ways to use this wiki. The first is the Mason & Dixon Alphabetical Index, used to keep track of the myriad characters, real and imagined, as well as events, arcana, and lots of other stuff. The second is the Spoiler-Free Annotations by Page, which allows the reader to look up and contribute allusions and references while reading the book, in a convenient and spoiler-free manner. These two sections are so far almost entirely different, but we're working on integrating them.

Apart from those, it's up to you!

[edit] Alphabetical Index

Information on the characters, events, and everything else in Mason & Dixon, organized alphabetically:

[edit] Page by Page Annotations

One: Latitudes and Departures	1: 5-11, 2: 12-13, 3: 14-29, 4: 30-41, 5: 42-46, 6: 47-57, 7: 58-76, 8: 77-86, 9: 87-93, 10: 94-104, 11: 105-115, 12: 116-124, 13: 125-145, 14: 146-157, 15: 158-166, 16: 167-174, 17: 175-182, 18: 183-189, 19: 190-198, 20: 199-206, 21: 207-214, 22: 215-227, 23: 228-237, 24: 238-245, 25: 245-253
Two: America	26: 257-265, 27: 266-274, 28: 275-288, 29: 289-295, 30: 296-301, 31: 302-314, 32: 315-326, 33: 327-340, 34: 341-348, 35: 349-361, 36: 362-370, 37: 371-381, 38: 382-390, 39: 391-398, 40: 399-409, 41: 410-421, 42: 422-435, 43: 436-439, 44: 440-447, 45: 448-451, 46: 452-459, 47: 460-465, 48: 466-475, 49: 476-483, 50: 484-490, 51: 491-498, 52: 499-510, 53: 511-524, 54: 525-541, 55: 542-553, 56: 554-561, 57: 562-569, 58: 570-574, 59: 575-584, 60: 585-596, 61: 597-607, 62: 608-617, 63: 618-622, 64: 623-628, 65: 629-632, 66: 633-645, 67: 646-657, 68: 658-664, 69: 665-677, 70: 678-686, 71: 687-693, 72: 694-705, 73: 706-713
Three: Last Transit	74: 717-732, 75: 733-743, 76: 744-748, 77: 749-757, 78: 758-773

[edit] Pynchon Wiki Help and Contributor Guidelines

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[edit] External Links

• Search the contents of Mason & Dixon (Google)
• ThomasPynchon.com
• Haunting and Hunting:
  Bodily Resurrection and the Occupation of History in Thomas Pynchon's Mason & Dixon - Justin Scott Coe
• The Modern Word page on Mason & Dixon
• Wikipedia Mason & Dixon page
• Extended ToC for Mason & Dixon

• The Modern Word Pynchon page
• The Fictional Woods - a Pynchon forum
• Pynchonoid Blog
• Pynchon-L

[edit] Reading Notes/Guides

• Toby Levy's Mason & Dixon 3 Pages a Day Project
• Peter Schmidt’s Mason & Dixon Reading Notes
• "Dinn's Notes" from the Pynchon-L Group Read

[edit] Historical Resources

• A Brief History of the Mason-Dixon Survey

[edit] Featured Article

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[edit] Gallery

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