GR III RSVP

[Jasper Fidget]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On
> Behalf Of sims

> 
> It seems to me as if most on this List are academics or writers...I'm
> a software developer who's academic and literary background
> must be light years behind the list. I've joined the list to learn
> and broaden my old cranium which is too crammed with recursive
> loops, repeat handlers, and code functions. My literary knowledge and
> literary analytical/critical skill is extreme beginner level. I'm here to
> learn
> more...seems like TP is a great place to start.
> 
> I have zero idea what such a group reading is or would be like.
> 
> I am also waiting for the bookstore on Republic Street, Valletta
> to get the damn copy of GR to me so I can start my first reading!
> Time seems to be a different thing here in Malta...TP must have
> loved this place...maybe he still visits for all I know.
> 
> So...I don't have the damn book yet, not much of a literary background,
> and would prefer to lurk for a while. Hope you don't mind a question
> now and again.
> 
> atb
> 
> sims
> 

Me too, software developer.  And I think most of the active list is
non-academic (which is probably what keeps it interesting -- go read the
Nabokov list sometime for comparison).