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

Sat Jan 9 14:50:42 CST 2016

I'm guessing "Gravity's Rainbow Group Read." What should be the name of
this new one?

On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 4:03 PM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:

> The GRGR read was legendary, Paul. It was happening when I found
> waste.org in 1997 - one of the first websites I ever visited. I recall
> being confused.
>
> On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 10:07 AM, Jemmy Bloocher <jbloocher at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > 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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