M&D Proposal

[Smoke Teff]

I am fine with either but support 12/21 for two reasons.

1) I have not witnessed a completed group read of any Pynchon book in my
time on this listserv. I do not have reason to believe a later start date
will inhibit participation and completion (to the best of my recollection
no such gestation period separated the idea for and beginning of any of
those incomplete group reads in my time here). In fact, I suspect the
opposite.

2) I have read this book on my own before, each time supplementing it
mostly with the page-by-page annotations on the wiki. I think the extra
time to read things related to this book will appreciably enrich my
experience of it in a way that will not suffer for starting two months
later (this assumes point 1 is sound).

Shadow-reason 3) I (for personal reasons) like the idea of adhering to the
length and actual occurrence of a season, and also like the synchronicity
of the group read's start date and the Cherrycoke frame's start date.

On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 3:34 PM, Mike Sauve <mpsauve at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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