Mason and Dixon reading group

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Mason and Dixon reading group Anonymous Sat Mar 31 14:53:14 2018 No.10926267 [Reply] [Original]

Is this still a thing? Reading 4 chapters a week starting from Wednesday Mar. 28?

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 31 16:17:59 2018 No.10926636 >>10926267 im still in

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 31 16:19:13 2018 No.10926645 i would be up for buying it and starting a bit late, but you should really get a discord together otherwise it will fall apart 100%

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 31 16:23:18 2018 No.10926662 Honestly I highly doubt that anyone on /lit/ has the commitment to stick with a reading group.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 31 16:30:09 2018 No.10926690 >>10926645 I suggested that in the original thread, people really do not want a discord

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 31 16:31:33 2018 No.10926696 >>10926645 Isn't the point of this reading group to have good threads here? Why make a discord and take this off of /lit/?

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 31 16:35:48 2018 No.10926716 >>10926267 Its a thing. We started but the thread died last night.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 31 16:36:38 2018 No.10926720 i love this book. i think you should read it whether it's a thing or not

>>	fag Sat Mar 31 16:36:40 2018 No.10926721 >>10926267 turns out people here don't actually read

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 31 16:36:46 2018 No.10926722 Why can /lit/ never commit to reading groups

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 31 17:28:59 2018 No.10926977 >>10926267 I'm 100 pages in so far

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 31 17:52:19 2018 No.10927121 >>10926722 We just skim Wikipedia articles and shitpost about books we've never read.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 31 17:56:32 2018 No.10927148 >>10926267 I still think 4 chapters a week is a terrible idea. One chapter, or even two, would be better than that.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 31 17:57:34 2018 No.10927152 >>10927148 One or two a day, I mean. Should have worded that better.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 31 17:58:33 2018 No.10927158 >>10926722 Because only 10% of /lit/ actually reads. The rest only pretends they do because they want to look smart.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 31 18:10:25 2018 No.10927243 Yo I did the four chapters and (besides my crippling depression) am very happy for it

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 31 18:41:59 2018 No.10927424 >>10927243 OP of this thread here and I am 3 chapters in. Happy about it. You're not alone.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 31 23:19:45 2018 No.10928485 Just scored a hardcover copy for $6 at used bookstore today, I'm in

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 31 23:52:50 2018 No.10928577 >>10927148 it was also talked about 8 chapters a week, I'm thinking so now because I thought they'd be longer.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 31 23:57:32 2018 No.10928587 >>10927148 I agree, especially if there are frequent chapters that are the length of chapter 2 At this pace people will either end up racing ahead or failing to fully connect with the text because they are limited to one or two short sessions a week.

Anonymous Sun Apr 1 00:02:10 2018 No.10928595

>>10926722
I'm so fucking busy all the time.
I worked 60 hours this week, and not idle desk-sitting hours either. I have relatives constantly bugging me to do things for them, I just bought an 80's car and work on that is consuming most of my evenings.

Most people in /lit/, and myself at other times in my life, can spend time reading ten chapters in a week whereas I have no idea whether ill make time to read this week or whether ill spend the combined three hours i get to myself doing other thing instead like shitposting on /lit/

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 1 05:11:19 2018 No.10930125 I like how Mason and Dixon got weirder and weirder the further west they traveled.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 1 06:24:50 2018 No.10930424 >>10926267 I'm still in, the other thread 404d. I think most wanted to up the chapters to 8

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 1 07:00:51 2018 No.10930519 >>10930424 At least six is necessary in my opinion

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 1 10:30:44 2018 No.10931390 These NEVER work. Okay, maybe they did once a couple years ago but these threads eventually fall apart. Make a discord.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 1 11:28:46 2018 No.10931659 >>10930424 >>10930519 I’m going to go ahead and disagree. 4 chapters is just long enough to squeeze in at almost any point if the chats get spicy

Anonymous Sun Apr 1 11:33:01 2018 No.10931685
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Counted 14 active readers in the first thread that 404'd

The first week is 4 chapters, and then I think the consensus was to double it to 8. (78 total?)
So it should be very easy to catch up at this point.

I'll try to keep this thread bump'd until wednesday, or link a more official thread if someone makes it.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 1 11:37:07 2018 No.10931714 >>10928595 The letting offed. To the extent that parts of his early work transition seamlesssly into later work, he exists.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 1 11:39:59 2018 No.10931722 This shit is filigreed ampersand.

Anonymous Sun Apr 1 11:43:49 2018 No.10931740

op here, i'll be gone for most of the day so i won't be able to check my computer. In the last thread people said they didn't want a discord group. I just want to ask the question again to people who are already reading the book if they would like a group. sorry for further redundancy
>>10926977
>>10927243
>>10928485
>>10930424

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 1 13:47:33 2018 No.10932351 >>10931740 Yes I would love one. Although I've already been reading it before the group and I'm now 50% of the way through

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 1 15:22:06 2018 No.10932914 >>10931740 I say no group.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 1 18:30:15 2018 No.10934041 >>10931740 no group, we just need to keep the threads alive

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 1 18:31:33 2018 No.10934047 I'm always tied up with other stuff when things like this come around. I definitely want to reread M&D sometime this year. Take a drink every time Pynch uses the word "vertiginous"

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 1 18:32:32 2018 No.10934051 U

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 1 22:34:52 2018 No.10935364 >>10932914 >>10932351 Why no group?

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 1 23:45:33 2018 No.10935693 >>10935364 Personally I don't want a group because of the way people inevitably are on a discord channel

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 1 23:49:28 2018 No.10935716 >>10935693 I feel yeR pain butterbro.

Anonymous Sun Apr 1 23:49:43 2018 No.10935720
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>>10926267
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>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 2 04:15:58 2018 No.10936544 how is everybody holding up?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 2 04:22:37 2018 No.10936571 >>10936544 I need to remember to order my copy today, got 3/4 chapters done on kindle though It's nice

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 2 07:29:03 2018 No.10937008 >>10926722 I like how the GR reading group desintegrated parallel with Slothrop in the novel

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 2 07:35:35 2018 No.10937027 >>10926267 I will start reading now, I'm in

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 2 08:17:01 2018 No.10937151 The original OP or someone who has a link to the epub and stuff needs to make a new more official thread and link it here.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 2 13:47:23 2018 No.10938336 bump

Anonymous Mon Apr 2 14:22:12 2018 No.10938509

It was pretty well established that we're reading the first four chapters and in the next thread we'll decide if we want to increase it. This has started off pretty well organized and I don't understand the influx of people who aren't interested asking us not to do it. Just fuck off to some other thread if you're not in.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 2 16:35:32 2018 No.10939225 >>10926267 Sorry for the noob question but is this book difficult? I'm still reading my Greeks. If it's not too demanding - I'm game.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 2 16:44:25 2018 No.10939274 >>10938509 I want to do it, I'm starting it tomorrow, but we'll see how well these threads pan out if there's no coherent schedule or discussion.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 2 18:57:21 2018 No.10939814 Bump

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 2 21:59:53 2018 No.10940648 Damn, that opening sentence is cozy

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 2 22:04:34 2018 No.10940663 Yep, I read 4 chapters as per the last thread.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 2 22:09:50 2018 No.10940679 god dammit ive never read any pynchon should i just go ahead and join you guys?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 2 22:11:51 2018 No.10940688 File: 1.09 MB, 1200x830, DZV1RkLUMAAGrdx.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I'll start tomorrow.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 3 00:36:25 2018 No.10941253 Somebody is going to have to explain the talking dog to me

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 3 00:39:47 2018 No.10941264 >>10941253 The LED needs no more explanation than what is in the novel, no? It's also a story the narrator is telling some kids, so there's a bit of embellishment if you are so autistic a talking dog breaks your suspension of disbelief

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 3 02:42:44 2018 No.10941637 >>10939225 Anyone?

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 3 02:44:36 2018 No.10941640 >>10940679 Yes, he isn’t a meme, just an insane CIA asset degenerate like Burroughs

Anonymous Tue Apr 3 04:19:43 2018 No.10941877

>>10941637
I haven't finished it before so im gonna read along with the threads, but if you aren't used to reading pynchon his general style can be difficult and especially the pastiche style of M&D is a bit different. Plotwise it's easier than ATD and GR and even 49. I'd say it's a worthy challenge but not super hard or anything

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 3 07:25:04 2018 No.10942332 >>10941253 Cherrycoke is making shit up to keep the kids entertained. Kids love talking animals.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 3 07:57:01 2018 No.10942430 You guys should really stop picking 800+ page books for your reading groups since you never actually finish them.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 3 09:31:14 2018 No.10942686 I hope people will finish the first 4ch until tomorrow and we can start with the next 8 then...

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 3 10:38:10 2018 No.10942964 >>10942686 I have read 3/4, about to finish now

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 3 11:22:45 2018 No.10943139 >>10942430 >>/sffg/

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 3 14:58:53 2018 No.10944271 bump

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 3 17:12:25 2018 No.10945059 >>10937008 goddammit, I actually worked hard on a lot of my posts in those threads too desu... and I wasn't even reading it; was reading ATD instead, but I love Pynchon, so I wanted to share what I got from it with others.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 3 17:13:42 2018 No.10945066 >>10941253 It's Pynchon's insert, the learned doggo. Same with ATD--the doggo just sits, observes, reads his novels that were the direct inspiration for the prose styling of the book.

Anonymous Tue Apr 3 19:20:49 2018 No.10945771

Anybody read this before?: https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10092/2591/thesis_fulltext.pdf;jsessionid=63E962F309C5BA295EE260E0568AF864?sequence=1
I read it years ago, and while I don't remember much of it, what I do remember was the author talking about how the book was written like movie. Specifically by incorporating panning shots, flashbacks, jump cuts, and the like. Might be something interesting to read alongside M&D, though there will definitely be spoilers.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 3 20:55:24 2018 No.10946192 >>10945771 Looks interesting, might read a bit of that, thanks

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 3 22:59:19 2018 No.10946807 >>10945059 Yeah, me too friend. We had some interesting discussion in those threads. Near the end it mostly turned into two guys shitpisting and the rest clocking out. Such a shame. Why did S get his mouthharp back?

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 3 23:09:11 2018 No.10946849 yall niggas still reading? contemplaining picking it up tommorow

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 4 02:13:54 2018 No.10947632 Can someone explain to me what "...?" is supposed to sound like? I'm having trouble getting the intent down.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 4 03:18:13 2018 No.10947784 >>10947632 Probably a pause with a questioning look

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 4 10:06:17 2018 No.10948906 everybody finished the first 4 chapters? what do you think, read the next 8 until next week? how did you like the book so far?

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 4 10:37:30 2018 No.10949021 Everybody talking about reading the work, nobody about what they read.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 4 12:35:20 2018 No.10949493 >>10947632 Still trying to get a feel for it, sometimes it sounds like a disappointed downward inflection, sometimes like a verbal shrug, sometimes as written, I’m not sure if there’s supposed to be one distinct meaning

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 4 14:39:28 2018 No.10950046 So wait are they leaving Britain? The French attacked them leaving Britain?

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 4 15:00:56 2018 No.10950141 >>10950046 Yeah they're going to Sumatra we ain't even talking about America yet. The French attacked them but stopped when they realized they were scientists.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 4 15:07:10 2018 No.10950180 >>10950141 What I figured but they kept talking about Plymouth. Also, chapter 5 is really nice

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 4 15:39:35 2018 No.10950356 >>10949021 Well, I loved the dog chapter. And the setting up of mason and Dixon as a bumbling duo, one sad and reserved , the other boisterous and adventurous.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 4 17:48:06 2018 No.10951017 There gonna be a new thread today or wat

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 4 19:20:50 2018 No.10951603 >>10950141 Or because they thought they saw a British Man o War in the distance

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 4 23:13:03 2018 No.10952837 Wasn't a new thread supposed to go up today?

Anonymous Thu Apr 5 00:06:28 2018 No.10953032

>>10952837
Yes, Week 2 has started.

Ch 5 - 12 pp 42 - 124

I am working on a schedule right not, its about 80 pages per week for 10 weeks, with a short 11'th final week of 20-25 pages.

Someone else can make a more official thread while I make this if anyone wants to.

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 5 00:10:13 2018 No.10953045 >>10947632 Dixon is from County Durham, Pynch is using "...?" to suggest a quirk common to accents of that region.

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 5 01:11:10 2018 No.10953268 >>10953045 is there any record of what that would have sounded like?

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 5 01:12:04 2018 No.10953270 File: 267 KB, 948x1025, schedule.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Someone check and see if there are any errors or let me know how this looks, it takes illustrator about 20 minutes to save all these pynchons so I hope its good.

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 5 01:14:18 2018 No.10953281 >>10953270 >pp Heh

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 5 02:54:25 2018 No.10953646 >>10953270 that's amazing

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 5 07:29:22 2018 No.10954385 >>10937151 we would also need an official thread picture

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 5 10:37:39 2018 No.10954980 >>10954974 >>10954974 >>10954974 New Thread >>10954974 >>10954974 >>10954974

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