The Resuming of the GR/GR

[Daniel Bump]

On March 24, Andrew Dinn wrote:

> Joe Varo writes:
> > On Sun, 23 Mar 1997, Tom Stanton parentheticly asked:
> 
> > > (btw, we ever gonna resume the GRofGR??).
> 
> > Dunno, but I have been operating under the assumption that since, in about
> > 30-45 days, most everyone will be into a reading of M&D, the GR/GR is
> > kinda going/has gone on hiatus.
> 
> I don't know about everyone else's intentions, but when I agreed to
> host the GRGR I deliberately chose only to cover part 1 and see how we
> got on before trying any more. Not only is M&D looming, contributions
> towards the end of part 1 were somewhat lower than at the beginning
> and I for one found this lack of interest a sign that we should
> suspend the reading pending further encouragement. Anyway, I have to
> get to grips with some horrendous bugs over the next few weeks and I
> still have a PhD to write so . . .

I was surprised not to see more on this list in the way of GRGR
postmortem. As a patzer I personally never posted in the GRGR. It was,
however serendipitous for me that my own first reading of Gravity's
Rainbow coincided with the GRGR. This was through sheer chance. Having
read everything else by Pynchon, I started Gravity's Rainbow, then
discovered the GRGR just as it was starting. Andrew's very insightful
discussion openers and the subsequent posts contributed substantially to
my understanding of the book.

I have the following general comment on Gravity's Rainbow. The most
difficult parts are clearly the first part and the last part. Thus it
occurs to me that maybe a good approach to the the some-day eventual
resumption of the GRGR might be just to do the last part (``The
Counterforce'').

                                  Daniel Bump