Advice for Reading GR for the First Time

[Robert Mahnke]

I first read GR in college with a professor who suggested that we read it
three times: first, without the companion; second, going through with the
companion (Steven Weisenburger’s A Gravity’s Rainbow Companion) and
cross-checking each reference, etc.; and then, third, again without the
companion.  Sounds awesome to me, but I've never had the time or attention
span to read it more than once at a time.

On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 1:39 PM, Brian Kempf <btkempf at gmail.com> wrote:

> After reading V. and CoL49 twice, I feel that it is time for me to start
> reading GR. Any advice for a first time reader? Should I read it alongside
> a companion book or character list? Or read it without help and then
> re-read it critically? I'm a bit OCD so part of me would like to read it
> for understanding the first time, but for a work on this size and scale I'm
> not sure if that's plausible.
>
> Cheers,
> B
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