Fw: Group Read: BLEEDING EDGE: The Cutting Edge

[David Morris]

I won't join nor read any group read that starts before 10/17, for reasons
stated.  A first read should be solo, IMHO.

On Friday, September 13, 2013, David Morris wrote:

> Two thoughts from me about a BE group read:
>
> 1. However many pages or chapters a week are deemed reasonable, I think
> one group "segment" per week is best.  One "host" per week, covering a
> specified number of pages, with all others able to supply their own agendas
> on those pages as well.  More than one "segment" per week will quickly lose
> the group read altogether.  People have lives, you know?
>
> 2. If BE is Pynchon-lite (no endless GR sentences), then 60 pages or so a
> week might be reasonable.  But if there is real depth in BE, I think slower
> is better.  I hope BE demands slower...
>
> 3.  The group read shouldn't start until at least a month after the
> official release so the we can read it solo first, without a P-list
> glancing over the shoulder.
>
> David Morris
>
> On Friday, September 13, 2013, Mark Kohut wrote:
>
>> Natalie Portinari: "I'm in, Mark. I'm too excited to read this book to do
>> it all alone. Does anyone else want to join?"
>>
>> Natalia and I invite you to join. A Group Read was/is one of the meanings
>> of the plist, right?
>>
>> I have been able to learn of chapter and pagination breaks from someone
>> who has an ARC.
>>
>> 41 short chapters. 479 pages. So, @12  pages per average chapter. I
>> propose we sign up for
>> hosting @2 chapters every two days??!! (equals one chapter a day for the
>> busiest of us. And, doing ahead
>> after 9/17 will be easy, right?).
>>
>> 6 chapters a week---want to take Saturday or Sunday off?--means @ 7 weeks
>> to finish. Done by Halloween(!), that DeepWeb holiday!
>> I will sign up for the first two. PLEASE JUMP ON BOARD, he says
>> plaintively. (Otherwise I'll do it all to universal blocking, I'm sure.
>> Or I won't) . As has been indicated, it is just another mystery, so easy
>> to read, right?
>>
>> We will all still post about all of it, or other parts that strike us,
>> I'm sure. (But the civility of SPOILER ALERT
>> for most details might be worth a vote?)
>>
>> Old-fashioned: first page of Chap 1 is 1.   & I will probably comment on
>> the epigraph to start, since, I do.
>> Chap 1 1---7                           Mark K.
>> Chap 2. 8--19                         Mark K.
>> chap. 3. 20--29
>> chap 4. 30--40
>> Chap 5. 41--52
>> chap. 6. 53--67
>> Chap. 7. 68--79
>> Chap 8. 80--86
>> Chap. 9. 87--95
>> Chap. 10. 96--111
>> Chap. 11. 112--119
>> Chap. 12. 120--131
>> Chap. 13. 132--142
>> Chap. 14. 143--157
>> Chap 15. 158 --169
>> Chap 16. 170--182
>> Chap 17. 183-195
>> Chap 18. 196-208
>> Chap 19. 209-216
>> Chap 20. 217-227
>> Chap 21. 228- 236
>> Chap 22. 237-244
>> Chap 23. 245--253
>> Chap 24. 254--262
>> Chap 25. 263--272
>> Chap 26. 273-286
>> Chap 27. 287-299
>> Chap 28. 300-312
>> Chap 29. 313-325
>> Chap 30. 326-336
>> Chap 31. 337--346
>> Chap 32. 347-353
>> Chap 33. 354--365
>> Chap 34. 366--383
>> Chap 35. 384--395
>> Chap 36. 396--409
>> Chap 37. 410-- 424
>> Chap 38. 425--440
>> Chap 39. 441--449
>> Chap 40. 450--464
>> Chap 41. 465--479
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