EDIT Group Read Headcount

[Michael Joseph]

On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, s~Z wrote:

> >>>Keith, can I ask how you propose to read "Pale Fire?" Do you have a
> structure in mind, a specific text, specific readers who would provide
> commentary for the rest to bounce off of, a sense of methodology,
> purpose, time limit?<<<

So, 20 p. every two weeks . . . basically, you're asking whether Pynchon-L
wants to talk about "Pale Fire" for the next . . . 7 1/2 months.

> I would propose using the methodology we have used in previous group reads.
> Divide the novel up into 2 week segments with a designated host for each
> section. we usually do about 20 pages every two weeks. If we decide to do
> Pale Fire we can get more specific then, especially in dealing with the
> poem, which would be a first here.
>
> >>>I think any structured discussion will be interesting. I would have voted
> for "Vineland," since, from what I can gather, Pynchon-L has never done
> it, not even once. (Can that be true?)<<<
>
> We have discussed Vineland once.

Ah, thanks for the correction.