Thomas Pynchon wrote Vineland in 1990. It takes place in Vineland the last stronghold of the last hippies that are doomed with the election of Ronald Reagan who went after the Evil Red Empire of the Rus (red) who were Vikings. Mythical Vineland is in Northern California, a composit of Sonoma, Mendocino, and the Russian … Continue reading The Vineland of Pynchon and Sinclair