Master of Petersburg - Group Read

[Bekah]

I think I'm scheduled to host Chapters 5 - 8 (4 chapters).  In my  
version (Amazon.com)  that's pages 29 - 93, 65 pages.   There is an  
incredible amount of material in those pages and I don't mind doing  
it as I'm already familiar with it but I'd kind of like to see it  
spread out over 2 weeks if that could be worked out.

I think 2 weeks per section might be better fFor the shorter  
sections, too, because there may be more material than meets the  
first-level reader's eye.

Bekah

On Sep 1, 2008, at 11:27 AM, Richard Ryan wrote:

> Hi there Tim -
>
> I was originally hoping to start this weekend, but an number of  
> active listers requested more time to prepare, so the beginning was  
> delayed until 15 September.  There was also some discussion/back- 
> and-forth about pacing: I'd planned for us to get through the book  
> in about month, but my proposal of four chapters every five days  
> was too fast for some listers.  We hadn't really resolved this.  We  
> also need (at least) two more hosts - or more if several other  
> listers would like to participate as moderators.  Right now we have  
> myself, Bekah and Lawrence - plus some folks who have expressed  
> interest.
>
> Here's a suggestion:
>
> We start Monday 15th Sept and we go at a clips of four chapters  
> (about 50 pages) a week, or roughly 7-8 pages a day.  That means  
> with a week at the end for general discussion we would wraped up  
> around the 26th of October, and could launch into the next Pynchon  
> in November sometime.
>
> While we're on this subject: I have to say I'm confused about what  
> was decided for the next Pynchon.  I had believed V or Vineland  
> were both on the radar (V was my personal preference) but someone  
> had recently indicated that it was definitely Vineland - which I  
> had thought the group had read more recently than V.....
>
> In any case, I'd appreciate any feedback the list could give on  
> this most recent proposed Coetzee schedule.  And I'd like to hear  
> from anyone who'd like to host a TMoP session.  Oh, and one last  
> thing:  the definitive current paperback editions of TMoP seem to  
> be the Penguin volume in the US and the Vintage volume in the UK. -  
> both are 256pgs and I assume have identical text and pagination,  
> though I haven't compared them:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Master-Petersburg-J-M-Coetzee/dp/0140238107
>
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Master-Petersburg-J-M-Coetzee/dp/0099470373
>
>
> Regards,
> RR
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Tim Strzechowski <dedalus204 at comcast.net>
> To: Pynchon-L <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Monday, September 1, 2008 1:52:35 PM
> Subject: Master of Petersburg - Group Read
>
> Can someone please post the reading/hosting schedule again?  I'd  
> like to follow along with the reading, but I'm not sure when it  
> begins or what the pacing will be.
>
> Thanks!