Was there talk of a BE read?

[David Morris]

I will have to find my book from the boxes. My ambulation is slow these
days, having just received a bionic hip 3 weeks ago, so unpacking is also
slow.  When I start, I’ll just be aware of what the schedule is supposed to
look like (If someone EVER posts a schedule), and I will jump in with
whatever I’ve got, from wherever I am at the moment.  That sounds like the
kind of anarchy Mark might like.

Of course, if there is to be a host for each chapter (timed with a
calendar) I might never catch up to try on that hat. But does ATD even have
chapters of anything like a regular length?  Previous group reads here used
page numbers because chapters were nonexistent.  But that’s for someone
else to figure out for now.

David Morris

On Wed, Nov 3, 2021 at 12:30 PM Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:

> The last 2  or 3 times there was a group read, they petered out, in one
> case rather early. I thought it was quite possibly that the pace was too
> slow. I suggested this and a quicker  pace. You disagreed and insisted on
> your time frame. I did not continue the argument but went with the plan and
> was one of the last participants as interest disappeared. I still do not
> know for certain that I was right about the pace being the problem or part
> of the problem but since Mike Weaver(I think) was interested in BE at same
> time as I was reading it I suggested  a group read with a faster paced
> schedule. I also said we should be open to slow it if there was more that
> people had to say on a  given chapter/segment. I was not surprised at your
> disagreement but since no one else had your concern I felt hopeful to start
> when Michael expressed interest. You are welcome to join and even slow the
> pace down through active participation. I feel we have all read the book
> and are ready for a discussion driven, topic driven, text drive
> consideration that is bit more free ranging, but it is really up to how
> people participate. I do not want to override and am not a natural
> organizer but simply thought to move along at a pace that keeps people
> involved and see if that works any better to keep interest and
> participation.
>
> I am sorry you feel this way and hope you will change your mind, perhaps
> consider listening to the audio version.
>
> > On Nov 3, 2021, at 3:50 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Joseph,
> >
> > Your inability to ever compromise, an opinion, or YOUR only way, despite
> my attempt to work out something different is why I will not be
> participating. You mostly want
> > to write your mini-essays, many decent, not allow a group read to happen
> even close to the way others in the group may need to participate
> comofrtably.
> >
> > So it goes. Just you being you.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 2, 2021 at 11:33 PM Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net <mailto:
> 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?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Oct 30, 2021, at 9:49 PM, Michael Bailey <
> michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com <mailto: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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