BEg2 administrivia suggestion

Mark Kohut mark.kohut at gmail.com
Thu Dec 9 18:03:39 UTC 2021


YOU DO HAVE CHAPT 8........mine is not a summary just me talking or
bloviating as anyone wants to judge

On Thu, Dec 9, 2021 at 12:58 PM Allen Ruch <quail at shipwrecklibrary.com>
wrote:

> Wait, I thought I had Chapter 8? I already wrote the summary...uh oh...
>
> —Quail
>
> On 12/9/21, 12:55 PM, "Pynchon-l on behalf of Mark Kohut" <
> pynchon-l-bounces at waste.org on behalf of mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     I am continuing on.....Chap 8 coming from me tomorrow.....
>
>     On Thu, Dec 9, 2021 at 12:49 PM Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:
>
>     > Ok there seems to be some “loss of inspiration” and I wonder if
> there is a
>     > way to revive interest. I’m willing to take some blame about the
> structure
>     > but……hey..suggestions for improvement or change of pace, style  or
> really
>     > anything would be great and make sense.
>     > Also if anyone wants to take the reins, by all means. I like to think
>     > about and just read Pynchon but this is meant to be enjoyed as a
> group
>     > activity and the more voices the more lively unless we try to build
>     > something like a small passionate involvement  of the few who are
> into it,
>     > which may be our only chance of some kind of completion. drinking or
> sativa
>     > may be a helpful literary lubricant here. If anyone wants to
> communicate
>     > off list with me or others please do so.
>     >   The floor is open
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > Wait, you *haven't* been drinking your way through the book? I
> thought the
>     > agreed upon rules were:
>     >
>     > One drink for every set of ellipses ...
>     > One shot for every declarative sentence than ends in a question mark?
>     > Three shots for every time Maxine notices a man with an improbable
> erection
>     >
>     > —Quail
>     >
>     > PS: If you are dedicated you can get Zima. I hear there's a secret
>     > warehouse of the stuff out in New Jersey, very hush-hush...
>     >
>     > > On Dec 9, 2021, at 4:08 AM, Michael Bailey <
> michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
>     > wrote:
>     > >
>     > > This is the point at which we were going to discuss planning. I’ve
> never
>     > > been that much of a planner.
>     > >
>     > > It did occur to me that I ran out of inspiration a couple of days
> ago
>     > right
>     > > after I ran out of Crown Royal (-; even with the minuscule size of
>     > drinks I
>     > > make it doesn’t last forever.
>     > >
>     > > Can’t get Zima I don’t think … but
>     > >
>     > > I suggest we drink our way thru the book. This will temper any
> urgency
>     > > about time, or should in theory, as well as loosen the bindings of
>     > > inspiration.
>     > >
>     > > I’m getting the makings for Papa Dobles in a few hours, and will be
>     > writing
>     > > more while making and consuming a Lilliputian size of those.
> Strictly for
>     > > bibliophile purposes.
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