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

Sat Jan 9 17:48:01 CST 2016

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> On Jan 9, 2016, at 6:44 PM, Robert Mahnke <rpmahnke at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> When group reads here don't work well, why is it? Do they go too fast?
> 
>> On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 1:16 PM, Steven Koteff <steviekoteff at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Mark I'm not sure if you, when you say, "IF, I said IF, we finish[...]" you are talking about reading/finishing the whole book. As of right now I, for one, am up for a comfortably paced group (re)read of the whole book, if anyone else is. I actually started rereading last month, going deliberately slowly, trying to limit myself to just a few pages at a time, but really, really digest every word of it. Would love to restart that in the company of everybody else here.  
>> 
>>> On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 3:09 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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