Welcome Pale Fire Peoples! Today is the first day of the rest of your Deathmarch. By my (very rough) count, we have around 20-30 folks on board — this should be fun.
\nFor them what’re new to Deathmarching, here’s how it works: we’ll tackle the book in 40-50 pages\/week chunks. Don’t sweat it too much if you fall a little behind — most folks do at some point. Try to resist racing ahead so as to exentuate the commonality of referential data.
\nEvery Tuesday, I’ll post a thread right chere on cecilvortex.com. Use that thread for comments, which can be as low-key as “Hello Pale Fire Peoples!” or as erudite as [very erudite example here]. One request: If you’re re-reading the book, do yer best to avoid spoilers.
\nAnd that’s it. The entire sheebang.
\nThanks much for making the ‘march. The book’s entirely new to me and I’m really looking forward to tackling page 1. The first two words appear to be “Pale” and “Fire,” which are words I already know, so I’m feeling pretty good.
\nLet’s hit the Foreword and the poem this week. Depending on the edition, that appears to add up to around 40-50 pages of actual text.
\nNext week: See ya at the start of the Commentary (page 57 in the el [everyman’s library], 73 in vi [vintage international]).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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