ATDTDA fizzling out?

[Ande]

I'm still here--still reading AtD, so there are posts that I skip over, 
because I am not "ready" for them--I am still prepared (preparing) for 
my hosting duties when they come up--and if moderators want more 
comments I will try to make them---but like another poster indicated--a 
lot of the fun is doing my own research, and while the internet is 
invaluable, I still love the OED and Baedekkers and my notes from V. and 
GR--so I approach the wiki and protracted discussions with a bit more 
caution.  And two weeks per section is good. 

Finally, my garden, too, is heaven worthy, but it isn't quite warm 
enough to spend a couple hours in the hammock with a book---soon tho'.

Ande



robinlandseadel at comcast.net wrote:

>I'm not gonna refer to anyone else's comments here.
>
>I've read the book all the way through twice, the first really 
>quickly (12 days) the second considerably slower. So this 
>(the slowest and most detailed reading) group read is my 
>third reading. There is so much in this book that does not, 
>will not reveal itself, in a surface reading, the level of 
>misdirection throughout the book is greater than in anything 
>else the man has written. A lot of themes in the book are 
>litmus-test left-right things, making the read much harder 
>to digest to those for whom anarchy is anathema. And the 
>internal reflections of various characters throughout the 
>book make time and location very woozy, nowhere woozier 
>than the section I have the pleasure of hosting, where the 
>Stupendica either bi-furcates, or has half of its intended 
>design wander off into a parallel universe. Good times!
>
>This is not an easy book, it's at least as dense as GR. 
>But I'm having loads of fun and have no intention of 
>stopping. Anyway, why the desicion to stop the moment 
>before we plunge into the novels darkest, most inspired 
>section? Chicken?
>
>By the way, the key to the section were are working on 
>right now is Norse Mythology concerning the beginning of time, 
>that's the parallel action going on. You could look it up:
>
>http://www.pantheon.org/articles/g/ginnungagap.html
>
>http://www.pantheon.org/articles/n/niflheim.html
>
>http://www.pantheon.org/articles/m/muspell.html
>
>Placing the source of the event in Iceland amplifies the 
>action of Iceland Spar. Which brings us back to D'oh!
>
>This is a great book, it's deeper than many of its readers, 
>we will run hot and cold. But it would be stupid to run away.
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