Gravity's Rainbow Group Read

[John Carvill]

Yeah, I didn't know about the 1999-2000 Group Read until jbor mentioned
it.

> The value of hosts is primarily someone to *keep* the ball rolling

Point taken. Perhaps we ought to have hosts after all. 


I also think it would be good to have some sort of theme or angle from
which to approach the read; as I mentioned before one suggestion would
be to try keeping a grip on the narrative, who is talking, what is
happening etc.

Another approach might be to identify and track thems, motifs,
interconnections and so o n as they arise and develop. There wouold be a
lot of this just in the opening pages alone.

So far, no word from Terrance. Is he still out there? I know he promised
us a good opener if we did a Group Read..........

Cheers

JC



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org On Behalf Of Ghetta Life
Sent: 24 October 2005 18:54
To: johncarvill at hotmail.com; pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject: Re: Gravity's Rainbow Group Read


Yes.  There have been two GRGR's.  The first never finished.  The second

did, but with only a handful making it to the end, after nearly a
two-year 
schedule.  The value of hosts is primarily someone to *keep* the ball 
rolling, ideally someone who has been willing to dig deep into the
segment 
at hand, thus motivating others to keep participating.  But with a book
like 
GR, you need more than a few commtted hosts, because the book is so
large 
and complex.   It's too much work to ask of only a few folks to keep it 
going...  But the first task is surely a schedule.

Ghetta


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