Preparation for

[Ian Livingston]

Jungian alchemy is everywhere in AtD.  You might at least get some kind of
overview somewhere online.

Ian

On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 11:03 AM, <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:

> It's probably best to just plunge in, google-searching as needed.  The USA
> trilogy by Dos Passos would be great thing to read before or after, if you
> haven't read it yet.
>
> Laura
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Guy Ian Scott Pursey <g.i.s.pursey at reading.ac.uk>
> >Sent: Nov 10, 2008 9:28 AM
> >To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> >Subject: Preparation for "the Day"...
> >
> >Hello all,
> >
> >
> >
> >I've put it off long enough - so I'm thinking of beginning Against The
> >Day this December and seeing if I can finish it in a month (highly
> >unlikely but the Christmas vacation may give me a fighting chance).
> >
> >
> >
> >Could any of you advise me of what I might do to ready myself for this
> >daunting task? I was thinking something along the lines of this primer
> >for Gravity's Rainbow...
> >http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/pynchon_grintro.html
> >
> >
> >
> >If each of you could just name one thing that I might quickly read up on
> >before December so the experience won't make me feel like a complete
> >idiot, I'd greatly appreciate it. No spoilers though please :-)
> >
> >
> >
> >Or if you think I should begin without any prior and deliberate
> >preparation, let it be known and I'll consider diving in and seeing what
> >happens.
> >
> >
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Guy
> >
>
>
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