Pros Novel Read-Along - anyone fancy it again?

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I'm still pondering on a surprise reaction to my last post, where it was suggested that the Circuit Archive version of Waiting to Fall by Rob, was incomplete, but no evidence or reason for this was offered, and then as I was replying to comments today, I had a sudden idea... *g*

It was suggested that I or someone else check the Circuit Archive version alongside a paper version to find out if anything was missing - but to be honest I'm pretty reluctant to ask anyone to compare two versions of 600+ pages when there's no evidence of a problem (considering several previous reviews/discussions of the story etc.) and the person couldn't narrow it down any more than "I think you should do it".

But... *g* It's been a couple of years since we played Pros Novel Read-Along, and Waiting to Fall was one of the novels on the list of suggestions, so maybe we could kill two birds with one stone as a Pros community - and it's a "classic" Pros fic.

Basically, we all read the same chapter/s over the week and then get together to say what we thought about it at the end of that week. We had some interesting chat last time, and it was kind of fun. I could make the weekly post on a Friday night perhaps (or if anyone else wants to we can take turns), and then people could jump in over the weekend when it suits them, for the chatting bit. Maybe it'll even help the last few months/weeks/whatever we're hoping for of lockdown go a bit more quickly! And if we see anything odd about the text, then we'll know (not that we'll be able to change it, sadly - but we'll know).

Let's have a poll to see if we fancy it, for the fun of click-y buttons. *g*
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Comments

[hagsrus.livejournal.com]

If any missing text does come to light I can check the proslib copy and correct if necessary --I think we received the same file as CA and the size looks about the same.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh excellent - then at least we'll have one copy that's correct. Although to be honest I really don't expect to find issues, since there's not any solid information about what they might be... *g* So it would be just for the (hopeful) fun of reading the story! *g*

[macklingirl.livejournal.com]

The reason why I didn't volunteer to do posts is that I'm up to the neck with work and I'm not sure I'll be able to make much of a post and answer to a lot of comments. But if it would be necessary I think I could find some free time to jump in (better tell me two days before if needed).

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

No worries - thanks for thinking about it! I'm happy to make the weekly posts, I just thought I should offer it out in case anyone else would like to as well... *g* Really it's people jumping in and commenting that make a discussion fun. *g*

[tinturtle]

Sounds fun and like a good way to maintain motivation through such a long fic. I don't know what making posts entails, but I might be able to help with it after I have observed other people doing it.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Brilliant - we'll see how far we get! *g* And thanks - the weekly post can be as detailed or brief as you like really. See what you think after we've done a few, I'm sure you'd do a great job. *g*