Archived DMs

Today it begins — our first few steps on “The Gravity’s Rainbow Deathmarch.” And I will admit the obvious — that I’m a little intimidated by this old book. But I can share this as well: the last two days, I went off on a little scouting mission — read the first few pages — … Read more

We’re right around 30 people strong and launch is next week. If you haven’t yet purchased a copy of Gravity’s Rainbow, and you intend to deathmarch, now’s a great time to pick one up. One thing you don’t want to do is show up for a Gravity’s Rainbow Deathmarch without Gravity’s Rainbow. See you back … Read more

You may be wondering: How will you, as an active participant in the GRDM, be rewarded for your considerable pain and suffering? It’s a question as old as The Book of Job. And once again, as with Job, the answer involves Pat Benatar. To incent group participation (in the form of weekly posting to the … Read more

27 people have now signed up for the Deathmarch. And I think it’s safe to say that this little idea has now morphed from an amusing notion into a full-fledged movement — a movement that may well change the way people think about reading books and talking about them on blogs forever. Here’s the rough … Read more

So I was talking to one of my brothers last night, and we agreed that this Pynchon book has bedeviled us long enough. Me, I’ve started Gravity’s Rainbow at least 3 times. And let’s just say I’m very familiar with the first 30 pages. OK, sentences. OK, consonants. Hell, I’ve never even finished The Crying … Read more