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[R. Fiero]

Tim Strzechowski wrote:
>Thomas Pynchon - Published Miscellania (TPPM)
><http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/pynchon_essays.html>http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/pynchon_essays.html
>
>I'm merely throwing this out there to see if it garners the 
>interest of listers.  It's ONE possibility for the next group 
>read.  Feel free to adjust dates, sequence of readings, etc.
>July 26 - Aug. 8: "Mortality and Mercy in Vienna" --
>Aug. 9 - Aug. 22: "Togetherness" --
>Aug. 23 - Sept. 5: "The Gift" --
>Sept. 6 - Sept. 19: "A Journey into the Mind of Watts" --
>Sept. 20 - Oct. 3: "Is it O.K. to Be a Luddite?" --
>Oct. 4 - Oct. 17: "The Heart's Eternal Vow" --
>Oct. 18 - Oct. 31: "Nearer, My Couch, to Thee" --
>Nov. 1 - Nov. 14: Intro to Been Down So Long ... --
>Nov. 15 - Nov. 28: Intro to Stone Junction --
>Nov. 29 - Dec. 12: Intro to The Writings of Donald Barthelme --
>Assuming most folks will want a holiday hiatus until the new year ...
>Jan 3 - Jan. 16: Intro to 1984 --
>Jan. 17 - 30: Spike Jones Liner Notes --
>Jan 31 - Feb. 6: Lotion Liner Notes --

I really don't find the early or the one-off stuff to be very 
interesting.  P-List traffic about it may be interesting or at 
least punishing.  The LitCrit stuff is  so much inside baseball 
and the Watts thing for instance is in an antique language that 
no one uses currently.
I would favor the items indicated by Dave Monroe:
Dave Monroe wrote:
>Well, it's difficult enough for me to keep up with
>discussing at least just one thing, so ... but perhaps
>at least the Watts and Luddite and Sloth essays,
>perhaps the (because lengthier than others) Barthelme
>and Stone Junction and (eek!) 1984 intros, I think the
>Spike Jones liner notes are partucularly interesting,
>even, but pretty much anything that's readily
>available online, so's everyone has easy access ...