Reddit to Group Read Gravity's Rainbow

[David Morris]

I agree.  GR in less than a month means skimming, not reading.

On Thursday, May 23, 2013, Duckett, Craig wrote:

> 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<javascript:;>
> >
> 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 <javascript:;>> 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 <javascript:;>> 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
> >> <
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