Pre-BtZ Read Reading

[gary webb]

Gosh, idk man... Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition... I agree with the
esteemed P-listers above... maybe brush up on your Math & Statistics,
O-Chem, German Culture and History, WWII popular culture & slang, Movies,
Pavlovian Conditioning, spiritualism and seances....

On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 7:53 PM, Perry Noid <coolwithdoc at gmail.com> wrote:

> loved mumbo jumbo and i agree, you can def see the influence it had. i
> read it last year after noting the ishmael reed shoutout in GR
>
> On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 1:14 PM, Steven Koteff <steviekoteff at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Mumbo Jumbo, which I know gets name checked in GR, seems useful to have
>> in your mind somewhere.
>>
>> > On Jan 17, 2016, at 2:45 PM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Depends on who you want to be.
>> >
>> >> On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 3:43 PM, Mike Weaver <mike.weaver at zen.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>> >> Not reading,
>> >> But I would recommend getting stoned lots, soaking up the best of doper
>> >> humour, and watching movies, (a list is probably available), and
>> cartoon
>> >> shorts - Bugs, Porky, Roadrunner...
>> >> It won't get you up to scratch with contemporary critical thought, but
>> it
>> >> will get you in the right frame of mind and be a whole lot of fun.
>> >>
>> >>> On 17/01/2016 20:21, Steven Koteff wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Still got a precious few weeks before the Beyond the Zero read.
>> >>>
>> >>> For the sake of conversational Duraflame, what would you personally
>> >>> recommend someone read in advance of reading GR (for the first,
>> sixth, nth
>> >>> time)? Any reasoning welcome.
>> >>>
>> >>> I plan on reading the whole thing again. Will be my second GR read and
>> >>> third BtZ read. I just started The Gnostic Religions, which I aim to
>> finish
>> >>> before picking up. Only 30 pages in. Seems like a great choice before
>> any
>> >>> read of GR though wouldn't say it's necessary before the first read.
>> Most of
>> >>> me thinks I should finally read V. -
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