GR III RSVP

[Cyrus]

lycidas2 at earthlink.net wrote:

>Can we read the novel in 8-12 months? Do we want to ask Hosts to abstain
>from the Google machine? From the  extra/inter textual reading? And from
>the research approach? Can we do without the notes, the critical
>literature ... the etymological and analytical method employed in the
>previous readings?
>

Sounds intriguing. Two questions, though, for everyone. 1. Does this 
mean we'll go for a purely subjective reading (of course, one could 
argue all readings are subjective, but...) -- and 2. How can you refrain 
from resorting to encyclopedias, companions and search machines when 
even the most informed and widely knowledgeable reader constantly 
encounters names of persons and things he may have never heard of?

Cyrus