Pre-BtZ Read Reading

[gary webb]

http://www.pynchon.pomona.edu/bio/index.html

I doubt if this counts as putative and confirmed...


On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 9:15 PM, Steven Koteff <steviekoteff at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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