ATDTDA Assessment of Pacing

[bekah]

I have no problem with slowing the pace.   I figure if it gets too 
slow,  in September for instance,  it could always be picked up 
again.  ?  Otoh,  there are those who will be lagging no matter what 
the pace,  so imo,  it's a subjective, but necessary,  call.   Thanks 
for asking.

Bekah
up to page 163 with a second and more careful (not "close")  reading 
and it only gets better!


At 9:43 AM -0500 1/29/07, Jasper Fidget wrote:
>Slowing the pace is fine with me.  I still have to catch up on about 
>300 existing messages.
>
>Tim Strzechowski wrote:
>>For whatever it's worth, a few listers have contacted me offlist 
>>regarding the pacing, which they feel is going a bit too rapidly 
>>for the breadth of material to be covered, annotated, digested, 
>>discussed, not to mention savored and enjoyed over the week.  So 
>>before we plunge any further into the next page, let me ask for 
>>general impressions regarding the pacing thus far.  Should we pause 
>>at pg. 31 for a bit and catch-up on discussion (and annotations, 
>>for me) for the first 30 pages or so for, oh, say another week 
>>before moving on?  What say you folks?  It's easily done, and the 
>>host list is easily adjusted to accomodate a few pauses to catch 
>>our breath. Plus it'll give me (at least) a few more days to clean 
>>up an annotation job that Dave started beautifully and I quickly 
>>botched into a choppy mess, at any rate.
>>  The bottom line: I think most (if not all) of us come here because 
>>we enjoy Pynchon and find a certain amount of relaxation and 
>>entertainment in this goofy forum.  It should be fun, not work. 
>>Yes, many of us have read the whole book already and this is a 
>>second read, but it should be a rewarding experience, is all.  Can 
>>the pacing be adjusted to make it so for most/all of us?
>>  Feel free to contact me or bitch me out offlist, if necessary.
>>  Tim
>>