M&D Proposal

[Paul Cain]

So I guess we should nail down a start date.  The silent majority, as per
their M.O., will play along passively I'm sure.  Let's get a consensus: Nov
1 or Dec 21.

I like Dec 21

On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 5:32 PM da kid <peterock86 at live.com> wrote:

> Glad so many want to do this. And thank you to the person/people that
> actually did the work of planning.
>
> James R.:
> Sebald might have eclipsed P. as my favorite writer. They are so very
> different in style but I think they might have some ideas/themes in common.
> Have you read anything else by him?
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> *From:* owner-pynchon-l at waste.org <owner-pynchon-l at waste.org> on behalf
> of James Robertson <james at themutedposthorn.com>
> *Sent:* Sunday, October 22, 2017 4:45:18 PM
> *To:* Paul Cain
> *Cc:* Drake Smith; Smoke Teff; Pynchon-l
> *Subject:* Re: M&D Proposal
>
> 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
>
> sent from iphone
>
> 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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