Group Read: BLEEDING EDGE: The Cutting Edge

[Ian Livingston]

Well, fwiw, I agree with David's approach, but due to circumstances, it
looks like I'll have to save the discussions either way and read them when
I get to read the book.


On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 4:20 PM, Markekohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Others?
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Sep 13, 2013, at 7:00 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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