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

Sat Jan 9 15:09:01 CST 2016

Right now it's called BEFORE THE ZERO. IF, I said IF, we finish
it will be titled AFTER Beyond the Zero.

On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 3:50 PM, Perry Noid <coolwithdoc at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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