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Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 8:39 am
by dlbpharmd
Matrixman wrote:Waddley Hasselhoff wrote:So... how does a group read work, exactly? I kidna avoid them because my brain doesn't like it when I do things to make it work. But Lord knows I love me some Gap. Whatta I do?
(Not sayin I will, just... askin.)
As Luci said, you're welcome to check out the Chronicles chapter reads to see how we did it (and survived). But, anyway, she gave you the clean, sanitized version of how it's done. But to get a better sense of the terror of it all, I present:
Doing Donaldson Dissections - The Real Story
1. Volunteer or be volunteered to summarize a chapter chosen by you or chosen by the group leader
2. Read your assigned chapter critically, take notes...or not
3. After your initial burst of enthusiasm, blink twice and shudder in cold panic as you realize what you've gotten yourself into
4. Go and do other actual fun stuff, while deluding yourself that it'll all come together by itself in your head when the time comes for you to actually write the damn thing
5. Blissfully ignore the first few tentative reminders from your group leader that your dissection is due shortly
6. As increasingly worried PM's from your group leader start piling in your inbox, avoid the Gap forum altogether while you desperately try to read the half-legible notes you had taken...or if you didn't take notes, re-read the chapter and write your dissection as you go, typing by the seat of your pants
7. Finally submit your dissection after the other Gap participants have given you up for dead - or just at one of Jenn's parties
8. Decide that you might just want to do another chapter, cuz all Watchers are masochistic to a degree
Damn if this isn't exactly how it happens - from a group leader/dissecting mod's POV.
I started reading TRS sometime ago, then stopped. I may get back into it and follow along, but I doubt that I'll do a chapter since FR dissection is tentatively scheduled for early 2008.
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 8:43 am
by Avatar
We can fit in TRS before FR if we're sharp. It's a short book.
--A
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 6:38 pm
by Cagliostro
So who we got so far? Again, I'm pretty sure that I'm in.
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 7:37 pm
by lucimay
so...thus far it looks like
lucimay
sorus
wayfriend
drew
murrin
cheval
avatar
usivius
believer
relayer
balon
cagliostro
warmark
holsety
bloodguard bob
danlo
and possibly...
matrixman
dlb
and marvin (if the navy lets him)
we can probably get Creator and Jenn and possibly Seareach in on this too.
and once again, we're lookin at september.
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 3:56 am
by frankELF
Tackling the first book wouldn't be too harfd. count me in, too.
I've already read the series but it's be3en quite a while.
Some poor typing, here - no glasses on -sorry.
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 4:08 am
by lucimay
frankELF wrote:Tackling the first book wouldn't be too harfd. count me in, too.
I've already read the series but it's be3en quite a while.
Some poor typing, here - no glasses on -sorry.
I wrote:lucimay
sorus
wayfriend
drew
murrin
cheval
avatar
usivius
believer
relayer
balon
cagliostro
warmark
holsety
bloodguard bob
danlo
frankELF
and possibly...
matrixman
dlb
and marvin (if the navy lets him)
we can probably get Creator and Jenn and possibly Seareach in on this too.
welcome and consider yourself added to the list frankE
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 6:57 am
by balon!
Alright, so I've started reading TRS (I'll be done in a few days.)
When is the discussion going down? And also, can someone PM me a crash course? I've never done this before.
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 7:52 am
by Avatar
Just have a look at one of the other dissection forums. It's not exactly rocket science.
--A
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:39 pm
by danlo
Yes it is! Bite me homeboy!
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 7:09 am
by Avatar
Hey, if
I can do it anybody can.
--A
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 1:23 pm
by kevinswatch
If there are any available spots, I may be able to do a chapter. Or I can serve as a super sub, heh.-jay
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 2:01 pm
by wayfriend
I can't wait to see Jay dissect a chapter he actually likes.
Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 2:43 am
by Cameraman Jenn
I would be willing to get in on this with a big BUTT and not the one I am currently sitting on. Fatal Revenant comes out in the end of October. If you start the read in October I am gonna be too busy with my TC chrons reread beginning with LFB and ending in FR. Now...if y'all wanted to start in early November, that might be a little more realistic for me.
Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 4:34 am
by lucimay
The Admin wrote:If there are any available spots, I may be able to do a chapter. Or I can serve as a super sub, heh.-jay
Wayfriend wrote:I can't wait to see Jay dissect a chapter he actually likes.
aw HELL yeah!!! right ON. TWO admins on The Gap Cycle!!!
come ON Alynna and Vain...
jenn...i'll be glad to do it in november if the majority says that's cool with them.
(consider yourself added to the list jay!
)
I wrote:lucimay
sorus
jay
danlo
wayfriend
drew
murrin
cheval
avatar
usivius
believer
relayer
balon
cagliostro
warmark
holsety
bloodguard bob
frankELF
and possibly...
matrixman
dlb
and marvin (if the navy lets him)
and jenn
we can probably get Creator and possibly Seareach in on this too.
Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 4:37 pm
by kevinswatch
Wayfriend wrote:I can't wait to see Jay dissect a chapter he actually likes.
Heh, don't be surprised if it's similar to the last one. I can't help MST3King things.-jay
Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 7:31 pm
by Usivius
woo hoo! I'm on "the list"...
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:29 am
by balon!
TOTALLY started the second in the series.
I've been waiting for some SRD Sci-Fi my whole life, WHY have I only read them now!? I think this rates higher than TC. Looking forward to the dissections.
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 3:29 pm
by wayfriend
Balon wrote:I've been waiting for some SRD Sci-Fi my whole life, WHY have I only read them now!? I think this rates higher than TC. Looking forward to the dissections.
Is there a Which is better, Chronicles or Gap thread anywhere? (Damn you, broken Search function!)
If there isn't, I should start one. That would be interesting.
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:21 pm
by kevinswatch
I think there is one of those in the Gap forum, I believe.
It's been a while since I read both, but I remember being much more in awe of the Gap. It's a series that kept getting better in better.
On the other hand, the 2nd Chronicles were good/great, but they didn't make my head explode like the Gap series did.-jay(Well, they did, but I guess not as much, heh.)
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 6:54 am
by Avatar
I think the Gap is better for what it is. The excellence of it doesn't diminish the quality of the Chrons. But I think the writing is better.
--A