I like Wolfram's suggestion, but it's hard to follow.
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Hayden - Jul 15, 2004 12:31:24 pm PDT #266 of 3301
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Wolfram - Jul 15, 2004 12:32:16 pm PDT #267 of 3301
Visilurking
I like Wolfram's suggestion, but it's hard to follow.
Tell me about it. Just re-reading it gave me headache.
Hayden - Jul 15, 2004 12:35:22 pm PDT #268 of 3301
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Maybe you should just list a schedule like so:
immediately - reading The Intuitionist/discussion in whitefont
Aug 15 - we discuss The Intuitionist/no whitefont
Aug 30 - we finish reading The Consolation of Philosophy (or whatever)/discussion in whitefont
Sept 15 - we discuss TCOP(OW)/no whitefont
...and so on. Is that more or less the proposal?
Amy - Jul 15, 2004 12:37:16 pm PDT #269 of 3301
Because books.
For this to work, I think we need to plan ahead.
I think I followed that. Kind of. Essentially, you want to pick Book 2 (and even Book 3?) now, so we can start reading those (or those of us who are fast readers can, anyway) and be ready for a new discussion if talking about The Intuitionist doesn't take as long as we thought, yes?
I'm up for it. My To Be Read pile always needs new additions.
brenda m - Jul 15, 2004 12:38:36 pm PDT #270 of 3301
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
*blushes deeply* aww thanks. I don't mind, and while I love my suggestions, I think I'm going to pick someone else's because y'know, I've already read the books I chose.
Works for me too, and mine'll also come out of the list we've developed already. (And thanks for the Nilly on that one, I've been swamped and unable to keep up.)
I think your idea is a good one Wolfram, and I don't think it'll seem as complicated once it's all set up and scheduled.
sumi - Jul 15, 2004 12:58:26 pm PDT #271 of 3301
Art Crawl!!!
I'm excited! My local library has The Intuitionist on their shelves!
Wolfram - Jul 15, 2004 1:09:04 pm PDT #272 of 3301
Visilurking
Is that more or less the proposal?
No, I'm trying to keep the beginning dates of discussion flexible, and set the reading deadlines for the next couple of books earlier than would be necessary if discussion proceeded on the normal timeline to allow us to jumpstart new discussion if the situation demands it. IOW, we control the timeline, we don't let it control us.
AmyLiz hits the concept on the head:
I think I followed that. Kind of. Essentially, you want to pick Book 2 (and even Book 3?) now, so we can start reading those (or those of us who are fast readers can, anyway) and be ready for a new discussion if talking about The Intuitionist doesn't take as long as we thought, yes?
I also think we should guarantee each selection two weeks (at least at the outset) and allow consensus to be used to determine if a discussion is deader than a dead thing and ready to be put down after that.
-t - Jul 15, 2004 1:13:02 pm PDT #273 of 3301
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
So, would we need to be able to finish a book in two weeks? Because that seems a little fast to me.
I don't know that I can discuss Book A while reading Book B, for one thing. I'm gonna want a little time to discuss The Intuitionist and flip back to parts I want to re-read, or that make a particular point or what have you before going on to whatever Heather picks.
But I can jump into the discussion when I've caught up, also.
Daisy Jane - Jul 15, 2004 1:16:18 pm PDT #274 of 3301
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I could pick a short book- no I hear you 2 weeks is likely not enough time to have read the next book.
DavidS - Jul 15, 2004 1:19:20 pm PDT #275 of 3301
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Little bit of Colson Whitehead trivia. Before he wrote The Intuitionist (his first novel) he was the tv writer/critic for the Village Voice -- and a Buffy fan.
Here's an essay by Colson titled I Worked At An Ill Conceived Internet Start Up And All I Got Was This Lousy Idea For a Novel. (It's about his second novel, John Henry Days.) There's also a picture of him there if you want to take a peek.