Group Read: BLEEDING EDGE: The Cutting Edge

[Markekohut]

I hoped for an earlier start too..because, on the Inherent Vice Read most overarching opinions were already stated, there was repetition ( there always is that, as my finger points backwards too) on the Read and many with strongest opinions did not seem to want to host. For me, what bothered was not so much any repetition but that we kept talking within the pages in question about future stuff we all knew we knew. 

But, Morris led the grassroots movement, scored a resounding majority and later, I.E Oct 21 it seems to be.

Let's most of us Host and most of that within our pages, I ask. 

But we will see. 



Sent from my iPad

On Sep 14, 2013, at 7:20 PM, Steve Maas <tyronemullet at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I see no good reason to wait a month. The last time I was active on the P-List, which was when M&D came out, some of the academics wanted to wait to give them and their compadres a chance to sink their teeth into it first but the P-List went ahead and posted their own thoughts. If the official group reading is a month after release I have no doubt that many of the members here will post their thoughts prior to then (with Spoiler notices, of course).
> Steve Maas
>  
> Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 11:22:40 -0500
> Subject: Re: Fw: Group Read: BLEEDING EDGE: The Cutting Edge
> From: fqmorris at gmail.com
> To: joeallonby at gmail.com
> CC: sundayjb at gmail.com; markekohut at yahoo.com; siva.prashant.kumar at gmail.com; pynchon-l at waste.org
> 
> I propose Monday, October 21.
> 
> On Saturday, September 14, 2013, Joe Allonby wrote:
> When do we start?
> 
> 
> On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 10:29 AM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I for one (two, three easy as Do, Re, Mi) can't wait to see what Alice
> > makes of BE. She lived there once, and might guide us down the rabbit
> > hole.
> >
> > SPOILER tag for one month sounds good, though.
> >
> > And I'm thinking we might need some kind of mega
> > YouTube/Spotify/iTunes/steam/whatever linklist. I spent ages sourcing
> > a bunch of hard-to-find songs after reading IV, but that now seems
> > easy given what's in BE. It's like Inception. You need to go deeper.
> >
> > On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 11:58 PM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> I say YES to SPOILER tag (as I let certain speed readers of Inherent Vice
> >> fill up some of my supposed mind)
> >>
> >> From: Prashant Kumar <siva.prashant.kumar at gmail.com>
> >> To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> >> Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2013 9:54 AM
> >> Subject: Re: Group Read: BLEEDING EDGE: The Cutting Edge
> >>
> >> 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:
> >>
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