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This book is a classic in postmodernist literature. It has a unique position in the history of 20th-century literature in the United States and the world. It has caused huge controversy in the West. Some people call it the pinnacle of contemporary literature, while others think it is a rhyme that "predicts the end of the world." The plot of this masterpiece is complex, and the dream-like fantasy is full of confusing and intricate cross-relationships, various, weird and messy narratives, specious discussions, and descriptions of physics, rocket engineering, advanced mathematics, psychology, international politics, and abnormal sex. The background of the novel is the Second World War. German V-2 rockets frequently attacked London. The British and American intelligence agencies discovered that the place where an American intelligence officer had sex was often the landing point of the rocket. They studied this phenomenon, which attracted and implicated many people and events. The central image of the novel is the rocket. The so-called "gravity rainbow" refers to the parabolic arc formed after the rocket is launched. The author also uses it to symbolize death and the inevitable trajectory of modern civilization towards destruction.

The masterpiece of "the most mysterious American writer" postmodernist master Thomas Pynchon is half black and half psychedelic joke. It is a masterpiece together with "Gravity's Rainbow" and "Auction Lot 49". The film adaptation of the same name was nominated for the 87th Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and the 86th National Board of Review Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. It seems like forever ago that Los Angeles private detective Doc last saw his ex-girlfriend Shasta. Suddenly, she appeared in front of him, bringing with her an unsupportable story, a bizarre kidnapping case, in which the victim-her current lover-was a real estate developer "with a fortune of hundreds of millions of dollars." Doc knew that "love" was a vague word that could cause a lot of trouble at any time, but he still accidentally bumped into Shasta's story, and the story became deeper and deeper. People of all kinds appeared in front of him, including surfers, pimps, drug dealers, rock musicians, loan sharks who committed murders, etc.

In 2001, when the dot-com bubble burst, Maxine, a New York private financial detective, investigated a conspiracy by billionaire Ace and how New York and its virtual underground network became a battlefield for "empires" in the intertwined intelligence network of documentary filmmaker Reggie, New York police, and former CIA agents. During this period, she faced UFO-related time travelers, got to know the Russian KGB, various geeks, code boys and entrepreneurs wandering on the edge, encountered mysterious deaths, had an affair with South American CIA tough guys, and stepped into the virtual world of the "deep web" that gradually overflowed from reality... In the end, will the perpetrator be exposed and not be brought to justice? And is the enemy who caused the "Ground Zero" in New York to return again?