ATDTDA (RIP)

[Henry]

Here, here!  I agree with Paul.  

It's summertime, after all, and the livin' SHOULD be easy.  CHILL!  If a
host is late, wait for it, unless the host gives up or someone else gets so
impatient that they pick up the section.  

Henry Mu
http://www.urdomain.us/scuffling.htm 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On Behalf
Of Paul Nightingale
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 9:56 PM
To: pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject: Re: ATDTDA (RIP)

1. A third of the way into the book, almost, and the read has gone pretty
well thus far, methinks. Hardly any flaming, much eclectic posting on-topic.
Hosting, when done, has been good: the no-shows might or might not have been
predictable, but we survive. I've said this before: we're busy people with
off-list demands, so we should expect the occasional slowdown.

2. I'm in agreement with Mike: the speeding should slow down rather than
quicken. It might mean we take three (?) years to complete the read but who
gives a fuck? Why the urge to finish as soon as possible? A year ago we
couldn't wait to get started; and I've never understood why the schedule
initially posted by Tim, the tried-&-trusted 10pp/w, was so readily
abandoned.

3. Yes, we could speed up to 30pp/w; after all, that went really well in
January for all of, what, a couple-three days? We could increase the speed
to 100pp/w: hosts simply cut their cloth accordingly. I suspect, however,
discussion would be minimal in that event; anything that did get started
would quickly have to finish at the end of the week when we moved on.

4. If we want to be really flexible we could have start times that hosts
prepare for, with a view to postponements if a particular section was going
well (so you might start this week, next week, the week after). If we want
to be really really super-flexible we could offer hostings for a week or two
weeks, sections divvied up pro rata. You then opt for what you feel is
doable. This would apply to future scheduling; we might not wish to
chop-&-change what we've already decided.

5. Talking of which: you might (a) want to update the host list to include
November, or (b) let me know that I'm the victim of a heinous plot to censor
me.