M&D Proposal

[James Robertson]

I like the idea of starting on the date the novel opens. Will start reading ahead now. 

BTW, reading W. G. Sebald's Vertigo right now. Highly recommend.

James


@jamesjrobertson
themutedposthorn.com

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> On 23/10/2017, at 08:05, Paul Cain <caulpain at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Yeah this sounds wonderful.  I think I will partake as well.
> 
>> On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 10:58 AM Drake Smith <drake.smith3 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Great layout. Everyone should just read according to their own manner but using this schedule to plan for the areas of the novel to discuss and jive about would be groovy.
>> 
>>> On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 10:20 AM, Smoke Teff <smoketeff at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> If the group is in, I'm in.
>>> 
>>> Does a season seem like the right length of time?
>>> 
>>> Three months.
>>> 
>>> =8.5pp per day
>>> 
>>> Broken into a few large chunks, as per Joseph's suggestion. 
>>> 
>>> One possible schedule of reading/discussion (working off first ed. hardcover):
>>> 
>>> November 1-15.........pp. 1-124
>>> November 16-30.......pp. 125-253
>>> December 1-15.........pp. 254-381
>>> December 16-31.......pp. 382-510
>>> January 1-15.............pp. 511-645
>>> January 16-31...........pp. 646-773
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Alternatively, we could try to read ahead, share background materials for a few months, and start with a new season proper on 12/21 (about the time the novel opens).
>> 
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