Mortality & Mercy in Vienna...

[Cyrus]

John Bailey wrote:

> ...I'll be starting the posts on M&MiV this weekend and was looking 
> for some P-list opinion on posting protocol:
>
> I'm assuming most here aren't in possession of an original published 
> copy of the story, instead relying on the good ole Internet (it's on 
> plenty of sites out there). This being the case, does anyone have any...
>
> a) particular versions (ie sites) they think will be easiest to use as 
> the 'standard'?
> b) any ideas on how to annotate the thing, when page numbers are absent?
>
> This second point is especially vexing since Pynchon got a bit 
> allusion-happy with this story...it's painful in parts but pleasing 
> for the bibliophile in each of us.


I was thinking, if we all download it, there will be no need for page 
numbers. Using our computers' "search" or "find" option we can find any 
reference in the text at once. One only has to cite a whole phrase so 
that there are no misunderstandings...

...or, we could arbitrarily divide it into parts.

Cyrus