Fw: most beautiful novel opening

[Robert Mahnke]

Apropos of a group read of Moby Dick, which could be a lot of fun, I'll note
that the book has short, clearly named chapters, which would make it easy to
organize, notwithstanding that there may be many different versions floating
around out there.

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          Daniel Julius:
          I would be very interested in a Moby Dick 
          group read after ATDTDA. Does that sound 
          like something you other folks might like?  
          Don't know if it'd be as divisive as Pale 
          Fire...but.  And I guess it could be
          harder to maintain stringent citational accuracy, 
          as there are one million different editions of the 
          book out there...but.

I'm keen on a Three-month jog-trot through 'The Crying of Lot 49', what with

this heap of Pynchon & Co. material piling up. Right after or during that 
examination of the Company's books we need to take a closer look at Marge 
Simpson's 'The Harpooned Heart' and in particular, the Homer & Marge Simpson

collaboration on "Who Killed JFK?". After The Harpooned Heart group read
we'll 
be ready for Melville.