M&D Proposal

[Mike Sauve]

I'm fine to start Nov 1 I've actually been listening to the audiobook for
the second time but would like to read the actual tex

On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 1:31 PM, Rob Miller <robcmiller at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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?
>>> ------------------------------
>>> *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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