Thomas Pynchon resources online consist of both the sort of scholarly content one would expect for a renowned literary figure and more diverse content published by enthusiasts, fans, and academic communities. These resources are very useful given the tendency of materials in newspapers, magazines, and other periodicals to migrate behind paywalls, hindering free online access to Pynchon-related articles by professionals in the field. Freely accessible websites of considerable complexity and value, created and maintained by individual enthusiasts, often at considerable personal cost in terms of time and money, offer great benefits to those formal and informal communities within and beyond academia fostered by the pleasure of reading and discussing Pynchon’s novels.