CoL49 Group Reading

[Jemmy Bloocher]

16th works for me though I am at a conference all that week so input fine.
Lead not so much.

Looking forward to it!

On Mon 8. Apr 2024 at 11:58, Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
wrote:

> April 16 is a Tuesday
>
> Just sayin’
>
> Fine with me, though
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 5:02 AM J K Van Nort via Pynchon-l <
> pynchon-l at waste.org> wrote:
>
> > April 16th sounds great. Same questions.
> >
> >
> > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
> >
> >
> > On Monday, April 8, 2024, 03:47, James Robertson <
> > jamesjohnrobertson at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I'm in
> >
> > > On 8/04/2024, at 19:08, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > I suggest that you have a start day that was not yesterday. Already
> I'm
> > a
> > > day behind and I haven't bought my new pristine copy of Lot 49 so
> > > I can really read it anew....and I had a busy week planned already
> > without
> > > reading any pages of Lot 49...and 5 pages is not much to read, granted,
> > but
> > > as the saying goes it is the thinking about, the checking, the writing
> > > about that takes time.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >> On Sun, Apr 7, 2024 at 7:03 AM J K Van Nort via Pynchon-l <
> > >> pynchon-l at waste.org> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Greetings,Having just recently returned to this list serve, I noticed
> a
> > >> thread in the March archives titled New Pad that suggested a group
> > reading
> > >> of CoL49. Someone suggested 5 pages a week. In case others join there
> > would
> > >> be plenty of segments; 5 pages
> > >> is bound to have a week’s worth of idea production.Assuming that 5
> pages
> > >> is enough for a week and that I’ll host the first few weeks, here are
> > some
> > >> questions and ideas to masticate as we read this week.If naming the
> main
> > >> character Oedipa alludes to Oedipus Rex, what is the plague that
> drives
> > her
> > >> to solve the riddle/case?
> > >> How do Mucho Maas' self-recriminations reflect an alternative to
> > Oedipa's
> > >> Tupperware world?
> > >> How are we to interpret the three images that come to Oedipa when she
> > >> first receives the letter (Mazatlan hotel door, Bartok Concerto, Jay
> > Gould
> > >> bust)?
> > >> Is there a pattern to Pierce Inverarity's various voices in his
> cryptic
> > >> phone call? If so, how does that pattern connect to the quest?So let’s
> > post
> > >> our thoughts over the week as we read, and I’ll post new questions
> next
> > >> Sunday.Names of people interested based on ‘new pad’ thread in
> > >> archive:David MorrisMark KohutMichael BaileyJoseph TracyNeal
> FutzJemmie
> > >> BloocherI hope this sparks some interest. Never tried this before so
> > please
> > >> offer suggestions and criticisms.
> > >> In solidarity
> > >>
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