M&D: Reading and rereading - no spoilers

[Oliver Xymoron]

On Wed, 7 May 1997 andrew at cee.hw.ac.uk wrote:

> Which leads me to wonder if maybe a slow group reading like the one
> for GR would not be a bad thing to embark upon. A pace of about 15
> pages per fortnight should ensure that the group read does not run
> ahead of any individual lister's current high water mark. And a
> thorough treatment of such small blocks should unearth lots of little
> gems whilst at the same time allowing larger themes to emerge. As per
> the GRGR we should be able to minimise inconvenience to listers who do
> not wish to participate by suitable labelling of our postings.

A couple Points:-- First, there are very few (if any) people on the list
who have had time to familiarize themselves with the book, so a Group Read
at this early date would be the blind leading the blind- very different
from the GRGR. Second, at the pace you propose, the book will take about
two years to get through.  Third, supposing any survive such a long
interval, I fear we might leave the Scholars very little to write about. 

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