Posted on 01/17/2009 11:27:40 AM PST by Publius
It seems to me that this will allow everyone to progress at their own pace.
If you can, will you put links to previous chapter threads at the beginning of each new thread?
Option three is the most logical as some chapters may wax while others wane. That seems the only way to maintain the momentum.
Hehe...I wonder what huge dead spot you mean...:)
I would probably opt for option 3, but then again, I have read the book probably six or seven times...:)
I am trying not to reveal too much to anyone who hasn’t read it before.
Nice job getting it started. Timely subject, no?
Excellent analysis of the Rotten Tree. Excellent. I saw it the same way, but hadn’t considered the fact that it had been rotting all that time and he hadn’t even known it, like a man with a terminal cancer growing who has not even begun to show symptoms.
It goes to the heart of your comment: At what point is the cancer/rot terminal for the host?
I vote for two chapters.
Hey Pub,
I vote keep it at one a week.
Thanks
Grant
I think the current pace is fine.
Many are reading the book for the first time and others are refreshing their memories as we go along. A chapter a week allows them to do that without being pressed to hurry.
Just my $.02.
Please add me to your Book Club!
Heck. I haven’t even purchased the book yet. LOL. I am sure it is here somewhere, so I best pull if off the bookshelf and get to work to keep up!
my vote would be for either 1 chapter a week, or post a new thread when momentum lags. 2 Chapters a week may be a bit much for many people.
My dad had a plank certificate from the first USS Tarawa (CV 40).
I was on the most recent one, LHA-1. Scheduled for decommission this March, I believe.
I found my book but it is so old that I’m afraid it’ll fall apart if I attempt to read it. I’m trying to get a new copy (bookstore sold out - will probably have to order online). So, I vote for one chapter per week. :)
The lowest price for the book I found online is:
http://www.aynrandbookstore2.com/products.asp?dept=13
They are less than Amazon and our local Barnes and Noble. I haven’t ordered from them, so I won’t vouch for their service.
Since you’re soliciting opinions, here’s mine. One chapter at a time permits everybody to make either time, or adjustments. Downtime then goes to rumination. We should all be appropriately deliberative. That is the point, yes?
Thanks for the link! :)
I’d be fine with two chapters a week. But that’s in part because I’m a fast reader and I’m already nine chapters in. :)
The problem is that Galt's Gulch was protected by a holographic projection. But it's hard to hide when the government can penetrate any space in the US.
...is fiction. I try to understand the philosophy of Ayn Rand from the characters and events in the book.
A is A, as fiction is fiction. When the story is taken too literally the message is diminished. Enjoy the story for its entertainment value.
Atlas Shrugged gives the reader a special viewing lens to help deal with the insanity in the world.
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