Anyone else

[Jemmy Bloocher]

What Laura and Perry said.

Also, although I've been on the list (and avid reader of) since (I think)
2005; I've had ups and downs of communication, hardware (indeed my latest
laptop has just bitten the dust) and PPPs (personal procrastination
projects) that I haven't been active as I should have. I hope to remedy
this and beg your patience with my input.
On 15 Jan 2016 17:23, "Ian Livingston" <igrlivingston at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hm. How fun might it be to do a group read of one of the more insightful
> critics? Or one of the pertinent philosophers? It's conceivable I could be
> in for GR, though. It's about time to revisit that....
>
> On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 8:44 AM, Steven Koteff <steviekoteff at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Ibids.
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 10:17 AM, Perry Noid <coolwithdoc at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Very nice to have you here, Eileen. I'm somewhat new here as well but
>>> was lucky enough to share a couple-three missives with Dave over the past
>>> year or so, or however long it's been. He was one of the first, if not the
>>> first, to welcome me here. Seems to me he is still keeping this place alive
>>> in a way.
>>>
>>> On Thursday, January 14, 2016, 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
>>>> > -
>>>> > Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
>>>> -
>>>> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?listpynchon-l
>>>>
>>>
>>
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