V

[ckaratnytsky at nypl.org]

     EHREH writes to me:

     >I understand you are setting up a V discussion group. I had some time 
     >toreread V and would like to join. Is it taking place on the Pynchon 
     >list orelsewhere? 

     The V. bus will be making its first stop this weekend, EHREH, and we'll 
     be happy to pick you up.  We've started by reading the first five 
     chapters and will have our opening round of discussion after I think 
     of something trenchant to post on Friday, 21 June.  All posts are to 
     the list:  pynchon-l at waste.org.
     
     I was going to post the rest of the sched then, too, but this seems as 
     good a time as any to wake everybody up.  Unless there are objections, 
     the rest of the reading/chatter will go like this:  Chapters 6 - 9 by 
     21 July, Chapters 10 - 13 by 21 August, and Chapters 14 - Epilogue by 
     21 September.  I will be subverting the beautiful people on Martha's 
     Vineyard during the last two weeks of July, so someone else will have 
     to get the get the ball rolling then, OK?  If there are any problems 
     with this, let me know.
                
     Thanks for writing EHREH, I look forward to your comments.  Oh--hey 
     Paul Murphy, let's hear from you, too, OK?  I'm curious about the 
     Mondaugen theory you're percolating--a-and I'm not shitting you.  
     (There have been a few unanswered V. posts lately, maybe we can throw 
     them around, too.)  Also, for those of you who haven't done so yet,  
     check out Tim Ware's hyperguide at www.hyperarts.com.  It's highly 
     recommended.  Thank you, Tim.
     
     While I'm thinking of it--in my best approximation of a Mohandas K. 
     davemarc Non-Threatening Suggestion--let me encourage the many lurkers 
     who wrote to me to join in.  OK?
     
     Chris