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20 December 2010

Time to Choose Next MeTa Book Club read and discussion date Next book in the syllabus is Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49.

post by: bearwife at: 15:22 | 9 comments

I suspect from the emails I've gotten that there will be a lot more interest in this book than there was in Lost in the Funhouse. If Pynchon is what we read, or if it is something else from the syllabus, how does January 31 sound as next date for discussion thread?

posted by bearwife 20 December | 15:24

Discussing Pynchon on January 31st sounds good to me.

posted by EvaDestruction 20 December | 16:14

Hey, a book I've actually read! I will be interested to see the discussion on this one.

posted by BoringPostcards 20 December | 16:29

Wow, haven't read that in almost 35 years. My mom gave it to me to read during a week at the beach when I was 12 or 13 along with copies of Cat's Cradle and Slaughterhouse 5. I didn't know at the time how cool my mom was.

posted by octothorpe 20 December | 19:14

I've been meaning to read that; I'm in.

posted by punchtothehead 20 December | 20:02

Hmmm, I've just been thinking of reading that.

posted by theora55 20 December | 20:23

Yes. I read this over the summer. Not to say that I understood it. I'll be interested in the discussion. I may decide to re-read.

posted by DarkForest 20 December | 20:32

octothorpe: your mom was apparently VERY cool.

posted by BoringPostcards 20 December | 20:41

OK, folks, Jan. 31 and Pynchon it is. Off to update the wiki and gmail the folks who've sent me their email addresses to let them know. Thanks!

posted by bearwife 22 December | 14:27

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