GR P1 S1: "The Evacuation still proceeds..."

[jporter]

Not at all, but I guess I should have seen things more from
the viewpoint of someone who has not yet experienced the
great tide of a GR group read. I sort of lurched ahead having
had the experience of a couple-three of them already inculcated
on my brain, including the hosts' posts.

But you have a point. There may be a tendency to over generalize,
about thematic issues without a more formal structure. On the
other hand, I've seen things get bogged down on minutiae when
a series of specific terms are listed by the host as wanting definition,
although some interesting points have been made that way.

(What's an "iron queen", for example, a bed? a boat? and, what's
so old about it? My immediate reflex is to connect it, somehow,
with the "cockades the color of lead", p.4- for certain reasons, but?)

It just seems that a lack of volunteers and/or a specific schedule
shouldn't derail fun. But, by all means, schedule away, if that's
your ticket.

jody

On Oct 25, 2005, at 8:55 AM, John Carvill wrote:

> You're joking of course!
>
> I know there was some talk of not having hosts, but I thought we'd want
> to draw up a schedule and so on?
>
> But you've just decided to jump in and start the Group Read without any
> fanfare eh?