EXTRA! EXTRA! Get Your Group Read Here! Single up all lines NOW.

Fri Jan 8 17:07:10 CST 2016

And so my 2016 reread looks to be starting with GR.  Huzzah. I too look
forward to your analysis Mark.

OT Weren't we supposed to be doing Blood Meridian back in 2011? I moved
house and lost Internet access for an age and my email was suspended. Did
that happen, did I miss it?
On 8 Jan 2016 22:21, <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:

> I think we're all hoping for, counting on, looking forward to your
> over-preparation, Mark! Gloomy, blustery March (or maybe arid or tropical
> March, due to climate change?) just got brighter.
>
> Laura
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
> >Sent: Jan 8, 2016 3:56 PM
> >To: "kelber at mindspring.com" <kelber at mindspring.com>
> >Cc: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> >Subject: Re: EXTRA! EXTRA! Get Your Group Read Here! Single up all lines
> NOW.
> >
> >Laura----
> >BUT WHAT WILL I  DO UNTIL THEN???
> >
> >Of course it can and will be postponed starting NOW. It has happened
> before
> >but never quite like this time with lotsa promises to take part, w
> >short bits and
> >no presumption of lotsa prep. I hope.    (Hey, I would schedule it for
> 2020 if
> >we would get a quorum that lasts.) I was just gonna start reading it
> again and
> >start posting whatever, so now I'll hold my posts behind and post on
> another
> >book or three.
> >
> >So, first week of  March? Ides of March might be propitious.
> >
> >I know what I will probably do in the meantime. Overprepare so I can drive
> >everyone away when we start.
> >
> >And, since I wanted a cold jump start, I threw myself in first. BUT, I
> will
> >let that honor go to you, or whoever else wants to go first, if you don't.
> >
> >ALL---don't let the move build up static mental energy and fears and
> doubts
> >and whatevers so that real interest is gone by March.
> >
> >Until We Meet Again,
> >Mark
> >
> >On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 11:09 AM, kelber at mindspring.com
> ><kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
> >> Mark, I'd love to do a Beyond the Zero read, but, since no one's signed
> up
> >> yet, can I talk you into postponing it until, say, March? I like your
> >> suggested breakdown.
> >>
> >> LK
> >>
> >>
> >> Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Before "it is too late". ---page 3, line 3.
> >>
> >> GROUP READ of Beyond the Zero section of GR.
> >> In Memory of Dave Monroe and James Kyllo & because Laura Kelber.
> >>
> >> From scene to scene, sprockets to sprockets, as they were first
> >> thought to be.  (But they're not. Who knows what they mean?)
> >> One week per sprocket bracket (since almost all have read it already,
> >> right, many more than once?).    Pick your sprocket below.
> >>
> >> Starting now. Short sections. The Big Short. Martin Short.
> >> You can improvise day-by-day, they are so short,  no need to prep
> >> within your busy life.Just point and ask questions and the smart
> >> under-posters will give the answers. Ask our translators.  A--and the
> >> bloviators will blow. So you will have a breather. Did I say short?
> >> Did I say improvise? Did I say "Self, no need to say everything you
> >> think should go on record, anything more than zero on the page is
> >> better than zero and the beyond is still beyond."
> >>
> >> Jan 8--16          Pp 3--8      Mark Kohut, intrepid bloviator.
> >> Jan 17-23         pp 8--17
> >> Jan 24--31      pp 17--20
> >> (yes, only 3-4 pages; time already for catch-up after everyone jumps
> >> in with their overarching GR experiences and perceptions)
> >>
> >> Feb 7--14      pp 20-30
> >> Feb 14-21     pp 30-38
> >> Feb 21-27     pp 38-42
> >>
> >> Feb 28-Mar 5    pp 42-48
> >> Mar 6 -- 12        pp 48-54
> >> Mar 13-19        pp 54-61
> >> Mar 20-26        pp 61-72
> >> Mar 27-Apr 2     pp72--74
> >>
> >> Apr 3--9            pp 74-85
> >> Apr 10-16         pp 85-94
> >> Apr 17 -23        pp 94-116
> >>
> >> Spring break (and or catch-up with longest section)
> >> May 1--7           pp 116--121
> >> May 8-14          pp 122--139
> >> May 15-21        pp 139-147
> >> May 22-28        pp 147- 156
> >> May 29-Ju 4     pp 156  --170
> >>
> >> Ju 5 -11            pp 179--177
> >> Ju 12--19          pp 177-180       Mark Kohut, past riverrun, etc.
> >> (Will auction off an overarching
> >>                                                     summary to the
> >> first person who asks.)
> >>
> >> This pagination is from the Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, Miller
> cover.
> >> -
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