Group Read: BLEEDING EDGE: The Cutting Edge

[Bekah]

Coming from my iPad. Is it gobbledy-gook?

Bek

http://beckylindroos.wordpress.com/

On Sep 14, 2013, at 6:48 PM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
>>>>>