MD Read?

[L E Bryan]

When M&D first came out I went down to my local B&D and bought a copy. They had a large 32”X40” poster of the book. I asked if I could have it when they were finished and with it and so I now have it hanging on the wall next to my computer. Alas I never got far into M&D. I’ve read each of P's previous four novels at least twice, but I just could not get into M&D. So the thought of taking down my dusty but almost brand new copy to try reading again…

I stopped typing the above and got the book from its place between AtD and GR on the bookshelf that makes up the headboard of my bed  and now have it at my side. It looks brand new. 

I don’t recall why I stopped reading it. Maybe something in my life 20 years ago... I know since then I never tried reading it again. So maybe it’s time to give it another try.

“Snow-Balls have flown their Arcs…”

Lawrence

> On Oct 1, 2017, at 9:08 AM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Maybe we could organize it more tightly and not assign specific guides - or at least, single guides? Like maybe we could do a set amount of pages - two or three, or whatever the form of the work dictates - and then devote the first pass to questions raised, then follow up with answers and speculation?
> 
> On Sun, Oct 1, 2017 at 6:01 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com <mailto:mark.kohut at gmail.com>> wrote:
> I just had this way out, won't be universally liked idea re the M & D Read. We can let it happen, Iceland-spar
> like, on two tracks. 1) from the beginning 2) from where the last ended OR from the end backward.  
> 
> One thing that invariably happens with Group Reads since, maybe, Against the Day, is that people write posts that 
> analyze, elucidate, riff in larger real world ways about the whole work beyond the selected pages being hosted. 
> 
> So, why not double down. So to Speak. 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Oct 1, 2017 at 5:48 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com <mailto:mark.kohut at gmail.com>> wrote:
> I am always up for a Group Read. The last M & D Read disappeared like Slothrop when I stopped talking to myself on line. 
> 
> I will find and repeat myself some. 
> 
> On Sat, Sep 30, 2017 at 12:04 PM, da kid <peterock86 at live.com <mailto:peterock86 at live.com>> wrote:
> Would you all be up for a group read and discussion of Mason and Dixon?
> 
> 
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