Pre-BtZ Read Reading

[Steven Koteff]

A list of putative and a list of confirmed, more properly 

> On Jan 17, 2016, at 8:42 PM, gary webb <gwebb8686 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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. -
>>>>> >>> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=nchon-l
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> -
>>>>> >> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
>>>>> -
>>>>> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?listpynchon-l
> 
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://waste.org/pipermail/pynchon-l/attachments/20160117/eae1bd1a/attachment.html>