NPPF lives!

[Vincent A. Maeder]

I'm working on it.  I have a revised schedule which gets us done October
27.  I am compiling resources for people to review (if they wish,
although review of them is not necessary, they might aid in drawing the
connection between VN and TP) and asking you to help by hosting a
section.  Please, drop me a line to say you will help out and host a
section.  This will be a lot of fun!

V.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On
Behalf Of Tim Strzechowski
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 7:43 PM
To: Pynchon-L; Jasper Fidget
Subject: Re: Headcount Update #4,367

Well, a group read of _Vineland_ is a definite go.  We'll be starting on
July 14th.

A number of listers have expressed an interest in reading BOTH books
concurrently.  The only problem is no one has really succeeded in
drumming
up enough hosting interest in the _Pale Fire_ read to make it a definite
go
(in fact, some have already bemoaned the demise of the PF group read).

If you're interested in PF, go for it.  I hope it works out.  I think
more
listers will get involved in discussion, and the Nabokov - Pynchon
parallels
will complement each other nicely.

Good luck!

Tim



> Partly from principles of opposition and partly because it would be
> disappointing to let the opportunity pass unaided, I would have myself
> on the Pale Fire list.  Vineland is not among my favorite books, and
PF
> is in my top 5 though I haven't read it since college (where I took a
> seminar in VN and may still possess copious notes on PF worth
> contributing to a discussion).  If nabokov-l was even slightly as
> entertaining as pynchon-l I wouldn't bother chiming in on the matter.
>
> Jasper Fidget
>
>