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

Mark Kohut mark.kohut at gmail.com
Sat Jan 9 17:45:35 CST 2016


When we sign up, around March 1, we"ll throw out various names for the read, non-violent anarchy style and 
Choose among ourselves, okay? 

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> On Jan 9, 2016, at 4:09 PM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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