Pre-BtZ Read Reading

[Steven Koteff]

Good recommendations all. And thanks.

Isn't there a list out there of putative and confirmed sources for Pynchon
in general, if not for *GR*? If so, would anyone mind linking me?

On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 8:09 PM, gary webb <gwebb8686 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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>>> >>
>>> >> -
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