M&D Proposal

[Rob Miller]

I vote Nov 1. I'd rather get it started while it has momentum.
On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 4:27 PM Jemmy Bloocher <jbloocher at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dec 21st gets my vote. I’m moving beginning of December so that’ll swamp
> me.
>
> On 24 Oct 2017, at 18:00, Paul Cain <caulpain at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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