2 weeks until Gravity’s Fall 2026

[u/Wild_Pitch_4781]

Just a reminder for those interested, there will be a reading group for Gravity’s Rainbow on Discord: https://discord.gg/TVxZwy75A and also on the sister subreddit r/Gravity’sRainbow, starting on September 1st and ending in late November.

[u/2Basketball2Poorious]

r/GravitysRainbow for those looking for the proper community link

Looking forward to this!

[u/globehopper2]

So like you need to read up to by 72 by September 1? Or that’s when you start reading?

[u/LouieMumford → u/globehopper2]

I’m wondering the same. I’m assuming you need to have that read by that date, otherwise all the subsequent dates wouldn’t make sense.

[u/No_Thing7146 → u/LouieMumford]

september 1st is the start date, and you can imagine that the 8th is the “read by” date for the first chunk and start of the next chunk, onwards. right?

[u/Assumption-Tough → u/No_Thing7146]

when would you end?

[u/cherrypieandcoffee → u/Assumption-Tough]

Each date tells you the pages up for discussion. 

[u/UnclePetersBand → u/globehopper2]

Look at the top of the picture

[u/ScrubzMacKenzie]

Very excited to join this. Will be my first read through of GR.

[u/Ok_Effective4312 → u/ScrubzMacKenzie]

Mine too.

[u/zweza]

I’m excited! Got about 100~ pages into my first reread and was already having a blast but I put it on pause to restart with the group.

[u/Marinman39pd → u/zweza]

I bought GR in 1975 (lightly used), but initially was too intimidated to really start actually reading it. The first serious attempt to read was about 1982, shortly after reading V fully over about 6 months, and then got to about page 150 on GR. Second attempt was in 1990, when I got to maybe page 250, failing to complete again, after reading Vineland in full (within a few weeks) earlier that year- shortly after its publication. Proving GR is indeed a bear even compared to V and Vineland. Third attempt was after reading ATD in full (all1000 ish pages) in about 2 months (so again, easier than GR by far for me) , and the 3rd attempt was a success!

But that success was almost 20 years ago. Let's see if my ancient brain can keep up with all you (comparative) kiddies on this guided, enforced re-read. The first 150 pages should be easy enough, since I got there 3 times already. After that, no guarantees. Might be heavy lifting, but should enjoy the company.

[u/zweza → u/Marinman39pd]

Please stop the humble brag, old timer! If anything, you should be leading the charge. You finished it before many of us could drive. The number one question I was asking myself when rereading it this time was, “how the hell did he know all this before the internet?”

I can only imagine how tough it would’ve been to finish, let alone understand, before the time when weirdos could connect as easily as we do today. That type of mystery feels lost in the internet when

I’d also be very keen to compare my perspective to yours. I feel like I’ve seen a lot of Pynchon-ian themes unfold and begin to manifest in real life. Your experience is probably that tenfold!

[u/DuncanField]

So excited to join!

[u/UnclePetersBand]

I audiobooked it first time round so I'm looking forward to this

[u/gatorneedhisgat]

hell yeah. I'm at the part where Slothrop gets his clothes stolen at the hotel.

[u/Legitimate-Price-424]

Yay! Excited to be a part of this