Anyone else

[kelber at mindspring.com]

Dave was the heart and soul of this group. We all miss him terribly. Glad to connect with people who knew him in the real world. Welcome aboard!

Laura

Eileen Pierce <eileenpierce333 at gmail.com> wrote:

>Thank you for asking.  I am here because of Dave Monroe, I signed on in Dec 2015.  I stay because you all remind me of Dave, and the stuff you share interests me.   The diversity of opinion, the good humor, and the long history of this community - these are what I like best so far.
>
>I am re-reading Pynchon now because of Dave.  He started me on CoL49, so that's where my re-read began.  Deep into ATD, his fav, now. Saving GR for February and then the group read.  Honestly, I'm just grieving here, trying to reconnect with Dave and with who we each were when I read these for the first time.
>
>Count me in for a group read of the whole GR.  I will gladly share my questions.  I checked with the Dave fan club, 4 have expressed interest in the group read.
>
>Thank you for making me feel welcome here.  E
>
>Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Jan 14, 2016, at 5:36 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> reading, rereading or thinking about and reading
>> about Pynchon on the Plist?
>> 
>> Maybe a good run-up-to question is to ask what
>> most--you!--might want from a Group Read? How
>> you expect (and want) it to go? (No political promises here,
>> I'm gonna mostly do it MY WAY but solipsism is its
>> own hell.)
>> 
>> Should we reach out for lotsa new Plisters for the event?
>> (I must say it does rankle me when DF Wallace and some other
>> online Group Reads get real attention and seem to get scads of
>> participants. I mean, They are not Pynchon and especially not
>> Gravity's Rainbow)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-prepare-for-reading-Gravitys-Rainbow
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