Master of Petersburg Reading Schedule

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          Laura:
          The schedule seems fine, except I think we need 
          a little breathing room after the ATD read.  We 
          haven't really had a summing up about the book.  
          What, in the end, is it actually about, and what do 
          people think about it?  

I gave it a couple of shots, albeit the open ended nature of 
Against the Day mitigates against a single interpretation. As
it's part of the whole "Chums of Chance" series the book ends
insinuating potential sequels, though I'm not holding my
breath. But Jem Bluestein has a two word answer to the
question "What's it all About?: 

                              String Theory.

[yeah, yeah, what's "String Theory" got to do with it?]

          The newest theory in physics is string, superstring, and                     
          M-theory.  The new theories use extra dimensions of space 
          beyond the three we are familiar with, but the 6 extra 
          dimensions are not observable as they are compactified to 
          such small dimensions, curled up in a tiny space less than the 
          Planck length.  However, M-theory, an integration of string 
          theories and beyond postulates extra extended dimensions like 
          our familiar universe.  The branes that compose a universe may 
          come in multiples and interact with each other according to some 
          theorists.  It is even possible that these branes are spherical and
          compose shells as pictured in ancient Vedic Cosmology.

http://www.astrosciences.info/Multiverse.htm

[well, ya see, there's all there alternate histories, right?]

In any case, I've a feeling the group done got wore out [maybe
by some of my supersized posts that seemed to go nowhere.]
If others want to give their final book reports, fine by me, 
meanwhile, here's mine:

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0808&msg=128378&sort=date

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0808&msg=128332&sort=date

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0808&msg=128360&sort=date

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0808&msg=128365&sort=date

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0808&msg=128345&sort=date

          Laura:
          Personally, I was thinking that we could all get into 
          discussing that after Labor Day (the dividing line 
          between summer and fall, for us Yanks, anyway).  
          So maybe the start of your schedule could be moved 
          back a week?  I'd vote for that.

I wouldn't vote against that. I think I'm gonna hang loose with 
Coetzee, The Master of Petersburg group read will require exposure 
to Dostoevsky, another reading hurdle I've yet to jump over. And what
with Vineland coming up, I really do plan on Tracking down 
"Anti-Oedipus". So many books. . . .