BE Schedule? please

[Mark Kohut]

My first Q of the Read.

Why is it the Pynchon with the most chapters and the shortest?

A: Because it is NYC. There is the "New York Minute' and the New York
chapter; late capitalism NYC.  one answer anyway.

On Fri, Nov 5, 2021 at 12:07 PM Henry M <scuffling at gmail.com> wrote:

> a) 4 days/chapter, please
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> Yours truly,
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> Henry Musikar
> CISSP
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> On Thu, Nov 4, 2021 at 10:43 PM Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:
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>> So far we seem to have Keith D, John B , Michael B, Joseph T, Mike W (
>> hoping for Mark K to join too) who seem willing and interested to do a
>> group read. Most have read the book recently. Once again I advocate for a
>> fast read, 7-8 pages a day with a focus on why did TP write this book,  why
>> did I, the reader, keep reading, and what is he trying to accomplish, what
>> questions is he asking, what patterns is he pointing out, why do we care
>> about the characters, the situations etc.? Obviously this also serves as a
>> review of a soul shaking event and the weirdness that preceded and followed
>> 9-11.  There’s a dark sadness that is part of this package.    all
>> digressions and any new participants welcome  Let's be friendly , be
>> respectful, accept disagreement and move on
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>> So what about a schedule? I had proposed a vote    A) 4 days per chapter
>> ( 5.5 months)  B) 2 days per chapter ( 2 months)  C) 7 Pages a day( 2-3
>> days per chapter)( about 2.5 months)   I do think we should organize
>> reading by chapters to keep the flavor of Pynchon's decisions about
>> dividing the action.
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>> So please lets vote quick, keep moving  and then reconsider how it is
>> going after 7 chapters. I will be happy to write out a schedule after a
>> vote.
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