M&D Proposal

[da kid]

I guess my vote will be for December because it would make it easier for me. I'd hate it if that length of time caused people to drop out or do other things so Im fine with either way. But I'll say December 21.
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From: Paul Cain <caulpain at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2017 1:00:43 PM
To: James Robertson; Pynchon-l; da kid
Subject: Re: M&D Proposal

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<mailto: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<mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org> <owner-pynchon-l at waste.org<mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org>> on behalf of James Robertson <james at themutedposthorn.com<mailto: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


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On 23/10/2017, at 08:05, Paul Cain <caulpain at gmail.com<mailto: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<mailto: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<mailto: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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