readux

[Joseph Tracy]

Agree with John and Henry  that that ( chaos and loss of interest)is  
the danger and a likely outcome of a PFFA; but I, for one or two,  
depending on how i or we look at it, am willing to court disaster.  
Also willing to just tackle another Pynchon book. though I would like  
to see some experimentation with format, perhaps a faster pace or to  
begin with some theories of interpretation and then test those  
theories as we look at the text. Just something that would give a bit  
of structure beside the narrative movement, which can obscure other  
aspects of Pynchon's approach to writing.

Other ideas? Does anyone else share an interest in some modifications  
of format?
On May 11, 2010, at 9:28 AM, Carvill, John wrote:


> << Maybe I'm too anal-a-little-kill about this, but from my  
> experience of
> our P-Liste and my knowledge of information assurance, a Pynchon Freee
> for All (PFFA) may sound interesting, but the S/N would be so much
> lower and the control channel would need to be so much stronger that
> we'd end up resembling a Burroughsian cut-up.   >>
>
> Agree. Actual official 'Group reads' have a tendency to lose  
> momentum, peter out, succumb to entropy etc. So an *intentionally*  
> chaotic general Pynchon read 'n' write would surely flounder early?  
> In any case, isn't 'read about Pynchon then email the list about  
> it' pretty much what goes on here anyway?
>
> That said, I agree with the comments regarding 'Against the Day'  
> being worthy of more exploration.
>
> Cheers
> J
> Ps. The oomska 'Pynchonistas on Pynchon' thing is still in the  
> works, but I am waiting for a couple of off-list Pynchon people to  
> get back to me...
>
>