Group Read: BLEEDING EDGE: The Cutting Edge

[John Bailey]

Mark makes a good point. During the group read it would be nice to
assume that everyone playing along has had one go-through already, so
we can discuss later events of the novel during earlier chapters.

On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 10:15 AM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm in.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 14, 2013, at 7:59 PM, Markekohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Morris made it happen. He gets the call. Oct 21.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Sep 14, 2013, at 12:22 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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:
>> >>