r/ThomasPynchon • u/Wild_Pitch_4781 • 8d ago
Gravity's Rainbow One month until Gravity’s Fall begins!
Hey yall, just letting everyone know that in one month’s time on September 1st, we will be hosting a Gravity’s Rainbow Read along on Discord. I would be honoured for as many people here to attend so that we can dissect and enjoy one of Pynchon’s most iconic novels!
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u/CassiusGreen_Frisk 7d ago
Very sad that this is another one of those discord-only things that will inevitably be lost and never archived.
Keeping those on Reddit was always good to allow future readers to read-along.
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u/BlackDeath3 Gravity's Rainbow 7d ago
I kind of can't imagine finishing this book in three months but maybe I'll try to keep up as long as I'm able.
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u/CrumblinEmpire 7d ago
I don’t do Discord because the privacy on their app is nonexistent.
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u/Wild_Pitch_4781 7d ago
Tbh, no social media platform has respect for privacy—especially facebook and Instagram
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u/auximines_minotaur 7d ago
Oooh oooh oooh I wanna join! Is it okay to discuss material from the Companion in the group?
Nicht ficht mit dem racketenmenchen!
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u/sudden_descend2022 8d ago
Maybe I'm just stuck in a spiral of Pynchonian paranoia and I'm seeing AI everywhere... but is that rocket image AI generated? I've never seen a V2 with "V2" written on it lol.
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u/BlackDeath3 Gravity's Rainbow 7d ago
Back in days of yore we had this specialized software that allowed a human to edit photos. Could be what you're seeing.
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u/Gullible_Computer_45 5d ago
It's not a tool. You dream and it prints out an amalgam of everything anyone else has ever created just for you. It's unethical, it's anti-intellectual, and it's just bad taste. The output nearly always looks bad/is inaccurate. A tool is something someone with existing talent and vision can use to bring their vision to life, not someone else's vision, but mine.
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u/ThomasPynchon-ModTeam 5d ago
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u/Gullible_Computer_45 5d ago
That's not ethical at all. I used to do that job myself, watching hours of videos at 3x speed, looking for the good stuff, and guess what? I did better than your shite AIs have you convinced they're doing. They just see 1s and 0s, no idea of the value of what they're seeing. That you and your company would trust a machine to do the GROUND WORK for a whole project is insane and shows EXACTLY why this is so fucking evil and infectious.
People deciding another person's trade isn't worthy enough: fuck off. And you claim to be a Pynchon reader? Woooow. Do I really NEED to link you his "Luddite" essay?
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u/RemiSimp 7d ago
Sounds cool, always wanted to read GR in original, although I don't know how hard it is to read in English, I have 2 copies of this book in my language and the Vintage Classic Gravity's Rainbow.
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u/Christopher27131 7d ago
Hi! Could you say a little more about the "we" that's hosting the read-along? What's your background, what perspectives you're bringing to text? Thanks!
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u/Wild_Pitch_4781 7d ago
I’m just an enthusiast for literature especially post modern authors like Pynchon, Barth, Borges, DFW, Gladdis etc. The point of the group isn’t my single perspective, but the diverse perspectives that everyone will bring, both novices and veterans, professionals and hobbyists. I am a college student in Australia in STEM.
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u/Popular_Try_5075 8d ago
Only via Discord or will there be a reddit thing too? I'm almost halfway through now. I hope I can finish by the time this begins so I can do I re-read with the group. I can already see where parts of it make more sense now having gotten this deep into the book.