Pale Fire

[Don Corathers]

Agree. Working my way through the Commentary today I realized that keeping
track of what a first-time straight-through reader should know and not know
at any given point in the text would be almost impossible, especially if
your own first experience of the book included some detours, as mine has.
Spoilage protection would not only strangle the discussion, it would
inevitably break down.

Don

----- Original Message -----
From: "s~Z" <keithsz at concentric.net>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 8:02 PM
Subject: Re: Pale Fire


> >>>If that's the decision, then I suggest that everyone read the book
cover
> to
> cover before the group read and then begin again as a group.   Because I
> think
> much of the purpose of this will be lost if we read it like a book club,
> unable to talk about things for fear of spoiling it for someone else.<<<
>
> I have changed my mind and agree with this. While I initially
> voted for a non-spoilage policy, it isn't realistic with this
> readership. I second malignd's motion that it be understood
> that all participants will have read the novel once. Then we
> can say whatever we want whenever we want as we go through
> the book. Considering this medium (and this list) [and this novel]
> the entire endeavor will be a chaotic mess, but it should be
> enlightening, entertaining, and surprisingly evocative of Pynchon-
> related discussion.
>