Group Read: BLEEDING EDGE: The Cutting Edge

[Prashant Kumar]

Agree with David and the gang above (except possibly Alice (?); what's up
dude.): a month to read and let one's own opinions settle before diving
into a designated list discussion.

And I also want to propose the use of a [SPOILER] tag for threads about BE,
for the month following release.

P.


On 14 September 2013 22:32, Henry M <scuffling at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm with David and Ian.  Not only have I and we always had the opportunity
> for individual reads before group ones, but I will be visiting Iceland
> 21-15 October, and will therefor not be available to... spar in Iceland.
> (Apparently they call it Silverberg in Iceland, I want me a piece!)
>
>
> Yours truly,
> ٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶
> Henry Musikar, CISSP
> http://astore.amazon.com/tdcoccamsaxe-20
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 7:31 PM, Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> 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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