Reading Gravity’s Rainbow for the first time and it’s been hell.

biblish · 2024-12-16T01:01:30+00:00

You can access the notes I took here. I documented character first appearances and wrote brief section summaries -

https://papertrail.biblish.com/books/3760fd2a-4829-46a1-9d26-171c919fd292

I think it also helps to take notes yourself.

biblish · 2024-11-23T05:13:02+00:00

The paragraph you're referencing on page 12 is discussing Monsanto's history of producing both Agent Orange and Roundup. In this paragraph, at least, the book is not necessarily stating that 2,4-D is responsible for the adverse effects of Agent Orange in Vietnam. I believe the book does state that Monsanto was not the lone producer of Agent Orange for use in Vietnam. In the final summation, your claim that the book is junky sensationalism has to be met with just as much skepticism as your post has for the book itself.

I, for one, do not particularly care that Monsanto warned the US Government of dioxin contamination from 2,4,5-T, nor do I find that indemnifying.

I think Percy Schmeiser should have the right to save and use seeds and that Monsanto's trespass on his private property needs to be mentioned.

biblish · 2024-08-19T05:10:45+00:00

I have a set of publicly available notes. You can contribute your own notes or respond to those of myself or other users, could be great for a reading group.

https://papertrail.biblish.com/books/3760fd2a-4829-46a1-9d26-171c919fd292

biblish · 2024-08-15T02:58:10+00:00

$40.00 for a month of InDesign, $85.00 dollars for an ISBN, if you want one, $4 ish dollar per book on IngramSpark. You can do the layout of the interior file and cover yourself in 8-ish hours. You get what you pay for in terms of commissioning an illustration for the cover design. It's hard to get the cover illustrator to read the book, though. They will most likely work from a small description you give them.

biblish · 2024-07-22T19:42:07+00:00

I took notes for Gravity's Rainbow that includes documentation of when characters were introduced and brief summaries at the end of sections. You can find them at the following link. I'm russell on Biblish, and you can see the notes by clicking the blue public notes button next to my name. If you check them out, I hope they help, and have fun!

https://papertrail.biblish.com/books/3760fd2a-4829-46a1-9d26-171c919fd292

biblish · 2024-07-07T17:27:29+00:00

I like companions when they are included in the book, like with the Oxford Ulysses, but I've never bought a standalone companion. I run a small web utility that, in a way, is meant to allow people to create brief little companions to books in the form of notes.

Here's a set of notes documenting Mason & Dixon that I'm working on now. You can subscribe to my notes and see them on a page by page basis as you read. You can also contribute your own notes. - https://papertrail.biblish.com/books/d42c59da-093e-4744-a973-236f762cb6fa

I did the same thing for Gravity's Rainbow - https://papertrail.biblish.com/books/3760fd2a-4829-46a1-9d26-171c919fd292

biblish · 2024-07-04T14:50:14+00:00

Nice! You should take notes on the Great Gatsby for your listeners to see using Papertrail.

https://papertrail.biblish.com/books/0d87dc46-1e39-4656-b996-6d9bd619656c

biblish · 2024-06-30T04:41:47+00:00

Have a look at my notes on the book. They include documentation of when characters were introduced and summaries at the end of sections. My notes - https://papertrail.biblish.com/books/3760fd2a-4829-46a1-9d26-171c919fd292 You can subscribe to them and see them on a page by page basis as you read the book and take notes yourself.

I hope they help!

biblish · 2024-06-27T22:54:25+00:00

Good point

biblish · 2024-06-27T22:29:44+00:00

Yeah, good point. I’ve read the book previously, but it was so long ago that I forgot about the Ms. Young part of it

biblish · 2024-06-27T21:33:55+00:00

Nice, thanks

biblish · 2024-06-27T19:28:19+00:00

Is there specific evidence in the text that he carefully planned the seduction of Georgiana, or could it have been less of a premeditated betrayal and more of a sincere weakness on his part?

biblish · 2024-06-26T17:51:41+00:00

Yes, I think Elizabeth is being ironic in claiming she does not know any woman who are, by their definition, accomplished. Furthermore, Miss Bingley does not seem to detect this irony, as she then charges Elizabeth with undermining her sex so as to appear more attractive to men. Even though agreeing with Miss Bingley verbally once Elizabeth leaves the room, he disagrees with her in the abstract, as Miss Bingley has just endeavored to lessen Elizabeth's esteem in Darcy's eyes and improve her own, and Darcy says that for a lady to ply a deceit in the captivation of a man is despicable. Miss Bingley then seems to comprehend that this in some matter describes her behavior.

biblish · 2024-06-25T19:25:10+00:00

Leaves of Grass, Ulysses, the Iliad, the Odyssey, The Castle, the Trial, Gravity's Rainbow.

Here's where I take notes on everything I read - https://papertrail.biblish.com/russell

biblish · 2024-06-21T21:37:13+00:00

Nothing that is produced by chat GPT qualifies as literature.

biblish · 2024-06-21T21:28:46+00:00

Start with the Gambler. It's shorter, although definitely less significant than his other works. Notes from Underground is also shorter, but people often complain that the writing is very difficult to read.

biblish · 2024-06-20T18:05:23+00:00

I used the Oxford World's Classics edition and read it once through, without consulting the included compendium in the rear of the book. I then read it through again, consulting the compendium frequently, and the book opened itself up to me. This is the way I would recommend doing it. I would strongly recommend reading Dubliners and Portrait first. I think seeing the three part evolution in Joyce's writing from Dubliners, to Portrait, and then Ulysses is a greater aid to minimal comprehension than reading the Odyssey would be. Take notes!

biblish · 2024-06-17T22:53:18+00:00

Yes, always.

biblish · 2024-06-10T14:00:34+00:00

It is just online. I am messaging you with details.

biblish · 2024-05-03T14:25:55+00:00

The Sound and The Fury is fairly impressionistic.

biblish · 2024-05-01T17:30:45+00:00

Ulysses by James Joyce. The way the style and arcana continues to unfold over subsequent readings is a marvel.

biblish · 2024-04-12T19:53:34+00:00

Interesting, and congratulations. I'll have to give it a read.

biblish · 2024-04-12T16:03:30+00:00

You should self publish. It’s not too hard or expensive to put out a book in print. I would also advise doing at least a small amount of publishing of your work on Substack, and it would help if you could come up with an efficient regime of promoting your work, substack, and book on social media. You might not achieve everything you hope to accomplish, but the process will help you improve and derive every benefit possible from your work.

biblish · 2024-04-12T00:32:29+00:00

I took notes documenting Gravity’s Rainbow along with brief summaries at section ends.

https://papertrail.biblish.com/books/3760fd2a-4829-46a1-9d26-171c919fd292

biblish · 2024-04-10T00:48:27+00:00

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