Thanks a lot / ocelot on deck

[Michael Bailey]

I think I can pull something out of a hat by tonight.

(Like Bullwinkle - my sister and I always thought he was saying, “ruffle up
my sleeves” before pulling out the ocelot…)



On Tue, Nov 2, 2021 at 11:32 PM Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:

> My email provider’s server went out sunady so i has been several days
> since I wrote this. The daes would have to be adjusted but I just wanted to
> see if anyone Michael is interested.
>
> I put out a question a little while back to see who might be interested.
> We may only get 3 or 4. Love to see more. My idea was to move faster than
> we usually do, no concern about spoilers, more holistic,  just leaving the
> floor open for new input as we move along.  More about digesting and
> understanding what we can about the novel, and testing ideas against text
> than than a finegrained study.
> How about we start with 4 days per chapter and if that is not working make
> adjustments.   If people go deeper into sentence by sentence, or a
> particular sentence/paragraph/pattern we stretch the 4 days to fit the
> interest.  If someone wants to go back to an  earlier segment just do it.
> Also looking in the archives as we move along might be fun. Suggestion:The
> audible version moves right along if people have a hard time making time to
> read.  Each host can decide where their focus lies and others can add. I
> was in a group read of ATD called Chumps of Choice where each host of the
> segment did a minimal summary. quite nice IMO. I will also be putting out
> at  the beginning a list of most characters with description and key story
> roles. More through than the Pynchon wiki, I think.
>
>
> Tentative plan
> start in 4 days on Wednesday November3
> Michael if you are up for 1st chapter I will take the second on the 7th Nov
>
> Others?
>
> Input?
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> > On Oct 30, 2021, at 9:49 PM, Michael Bailey <
> michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote
> >
> > Thought i sniffed the 4711 cologne in the  air.
> >
> > Who’s assigning bits?
> >
> > I’d like to participate, please.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Michael Lee Bailey
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