Heather

Also, I've chosen a book "My Name is Asher Lev" is my pic

Naw, your pic is much prettier than that.

Also, I've chosen a book "My Name is Asher Lev" is my pic

Shiny! I was kind of crossing my fingers and hoping for this one. So the official start date for this one, barring schedule and other changes, would be September 15th?

I've already gotten The Intuitionist delivered to my desk by placing a hold, and have now placed a hold on My Name is Asher Lev. I should get it on my desk Monday or Tuesday. I love working in a library. The pay is crap, but fresh books get delivered to my desk. Ahhh!

I don't think I understand the shifting of discussion date concept at all. I don't need to until at least after Aug. 15th, right?

And, thanks, Jon, for editing Lilty's post.

I don't think I understand the shifting of discussion date concept at all. I don't need to until at least after Aug. 15th, right?

Well my suggestion was we make the reading deadline of My Name is Asher Lev August 31st instead of Sept. 15th. That way we now have 4 weeks to read Intuitionist and 6 weeks to read the second one. (Although 4 of those weeks overlap.) Then we start discussion on Book 1 on August 15th and if discussion dies anytime after August 31st we know everyone has already finished Book 2 by then and we can proceed to the next book (giving people notice in Press and stuff.)

I know there has been some hesitation about this plan, but if we schedule the reading deadline by August 31st and then it turns out not to be enough time, or we end up using the whole month on discussion, or we decide later that fuck Wolfram and his crazy-ass plan, then we can always extend the deadline two weeks. NSM the other way around.

Also, I've chosen a book "My Name is Asher Lev" is my pic

Wh00T! Good pick, Heather.

eta...

where we do an obscenely short book over a week or so, reading a little bit each night or something.

Well, there are short short stories. And we could probably find some older ones online via Project Gutenberg.

Someone upstream, maybe Strega, recommended a book of short stories.

I like the short story collection read-and-post idea, for some time in the future.

Thanks, Wolfram, I finally get what you're driving at. Don't know why that was so hard for me. So it would be a matter of we all decide that we're done with Intuitionist and it's time to move on toe Asher Lev on August 31, or we decide to keep the conversation going and put off Asher Lev until Sept. 15. Which we can aslo do (ie, the putting off) if a bunch of us haven't finished Asher Lev.

Not that some people will go on discussing Intuitionist and the people who have finished Asher Lev and can't wait to discuss it will be discussing it at the same time.

I am convinced of the goodness of this idea, in that

if we schedule the reading deadline by August 31st and then it turns out not to be enough time, or we end up using the whole month on discussion, or we decide later that fuck Wolfram and his crazy-ass plan, then we can always extend the deadline two weeks. NSM the other way around.

is true.

Thanks, Wolfram, I finally get what you're driving at.

I knew if I wished for it hard enough, someone eventually would. And you said it so much better than I did.

Sometimes I think law school has ruined my ability to convey ideas in plain English.

It could be parenthood too, Wolfram.

I think I get it too, but either way, I figure I'll figure it all out when it happens, and read as quickly as I can, until then.

It could be parenthood too, Wolfram.

No parenthood has ruined my ability to be fair and turned me into a big meanie. At least according to my 4 year old.