Reddit to Group Read Gravity's Rainbow

[Duckett, Craig]

Hi All,

I've read Gravity's Rainbow TWICE in the past, and I really don't 
know how anyone could possibly read it in three days. It just 
doesn't read/flow like "traditional" literature, imho. Three 
weeks, maybe, and that's pushing it, but certainly not in three 
days.

Best!

Craig


On Thu May 23 11:31:32 CDT 2013, Bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net> 
wrote:

> And I think I'll do a really quick read of the whole thing  (3 
> days?)  to get the spoilers out of the way for myself but be very 
> careful not to post big spoilers for a week or so - or until I 
> see other folks coming up for air.  (heh)   Bekah
> 
> On May 23, 2013, at 9:03 AM, Antonin Scriabin 
> <kierkegaurdian at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I think I am going to just be careful which P-list threads I 
>> open until I finish, to avoid spoilers.
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 12:02 PM, Bekah 
>> <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> Yup  -  I read Against the Day the Thanksgiving weekend it came 
>> out,  but the "official" group read was a couple months later 
>> (and I reread it!)  I think lots of folks did that or close.
>> 
>> The only problem I see is the possibility of spoilers - the book 
>> is set for nearly 500 pages - this needs a couple days for some 
>> readers,  weeks for others.   I'd say an informal survey read 
>> the remaining month of September (with spoilers be damned - 
>> pretty much what you said, Antonin) and a ore careful reading 
>> going from  October through December (approx.  25 pages per week 
>> -  but who knows where that would break? bleeding all over the 
>> place.)   This is what would likely happen anyway - (heh).
>> 
>> Bekah
>> 
>> 
>> On May 23, 2013, at 7:56 AM, Antonin Scriabin 
>> <kierkegaurdian at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> > I think we might have success with a Bleeding Edge group read 
>> since it will be current and new.  That said, I think the entire 
>> P-list will morph into a giant, 37-thread group read overnight 
>> anyways, which suffices!
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 11:39 PM, Lemuel Underwing 
>> <luunderwing at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Let's just pretend like Reddit never happened. That's what I'm 
>> doing. It's been such a time-sink for me the past year these 
>> last three months being Reddit-Free have been Bliss. Like that 
>> one fellow said "Hell is other people".
>> >
>> > The List is enough for me, thanks.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 4:03 PM, David Morris 
>> <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > P-list group reads have been very fruitful, however erratic 
>> and stumbling. The few that dedicate themselves to participating 
>> make it rewarding. They always have limped to finish, loosing 
>> most participants along the way.  But we've always taken them at 
>> a snails pace, GR takes about a year @ P-list speed.  So it's no 
>> wonder they finish weak.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wednesday, May 22, 2013, Bekah wrote:
>> > How sad for you to have missed some excellent group reads here 
>> and other places.
>> >
>> > Bekah
>> >
>> > On May 21, 2013, at 6:01 PM, Prashant Kumar 
>> <siva.prashant.kumar at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > I don't see the point of this. General tone seems to view 
>> G'sR as a badge, a pin, a commendation and a ticket to smugness 
>> for looking at words on a page...now in a group! Every group 
>> read I've been part of has either disintegrated or been rather 
>> more than a little pointless, usually eventually, sometimes at 
>> the outset. I'm betting the latter, here.
>> > >
>> > > P.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On 22 May 2013 02:08, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > Good one, Mark.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 11:29 AM, Markekohut 
>> <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > > LIKE....
>> > > a progressive unknotting into and out of....
>> > >
>> > > Sent from my iPad
>> > >
>> > > On May 21, 2013, at 11:20 AM, "Monte Davis" 
>> <montedavis at verizon.net> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > Do you mean "what could go wrong that the P-list hasn't 
>> exemplified for
>> > > > twenty years"..?
>> > > >
>> > > > Sure, that sounds demanding, but creativity knows no 
>> limits.
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > > From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org 
>> [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On Behalf
>> > > > Of Joe Allonby
>> > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 10:44 AM
>> > > > To: Mark Woollams
>> > > > Cc: pynchon -l
>> > > > Subject: Re: Reddit to Group Read Gravity's Rainbow
>> > > >
>> > > > What could go wrong?
>> > > >
>> > > > On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 9:33 AM, Mark Woollams 
>> <woollams812 at yahoo.com>
>> > > > wrote:
>> > > > 
>> http://www.reddit.com/r/bookclub/comments/1eqi9f/the_next_big_read_will_be_g
>> > > > ravitys_rainbow_by/
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