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[Mark Thibodeau]

Don't forget that we're pretty much IN the holiday season at the moment.
Has a hiatus been built-in? I haven't checked, as I'm not really taking
part because my plate is overflowing atm.

Jerky

On Thu, Dec 9, 2021 at 1:04 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
> >     > > --
> >     > > Pynchon-L: https://waste.org/mailman/listinfo/pynchon-l
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >
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> >     >
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> >
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