NP re. fake pics and other hoaxes

[Peter Fellows-McCully]

I read Cloud Atlas a few months back. I thoroughly enjoyed it but I'm
sure a group read would elicit yet more enjoyment. So..... Who's against
it? First item on the agenda is the split.

pfm

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org 
> [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On Behalf Of Ghetta Life
> Sent: 21 June 2005 14:20
> To: WillLayman at comcast.net; ottosell at yahoo.de; pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject: Re: NP re. fake pics and other hoaxes
> 
> 
> The list used to be much more vital.  Go to the archives and 
> follow the two GRGR's (Gravity's Rainbow Group Reads), the 
> first one starting back in 1996, I think.  But those things 
> take a LONG time to complete, and thus they require a real 
> commitment from a critical mass of participants.  And one is 
> not likely to want to do a GRGR twice, at least not for a 
> long while, so after that core group has worked through GR, 
> MD, V, VL, where's one to go (besides COL49)?  Then when 
> chatter and silence pervade, participants look for other outlets.
> 
> I bought _Cloud Atlas_ also, and will start it in about a 
> week (as soon as I finish _Humbolt's Gift_).  But when some 
> here read _Pale Fire_ together, the real trolls started bitching...
> 
> But, then, what else could they do?
> 
> Ghetta
> 
> >From: Will Layman <WillLayman at comcast.net>
> >
> >It's my impression that the list used to be consistently funny and 
> >smart and is not so much any more.  My impression of that photo was 
> >that it was a joke that could never have been played on this 
> list ten years ago.
> >
> >A while ago, someone recommended David Mitchell's CLOUD ATLAS.  I'm 
> >just about to start it.
> >
> >Anyone else?
> 
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