Diana and Y'all:
Just a few words to lobby for the "three chapters a month for a year" idea.
You'd be surprized how difficult it is to keep people on topic even in
"live" discussion groups. Its the hardest part. Believe me, I learned the
hard way. The structure and rules are everything.. and this is coming from a
guy who's into it for the MAGIC. Roberts rules and all that...
I like Roger's onion analogy and I think its quite right. But I suspect
secrets in Lila. I think the levels of MOQ's hierarchy are better imagined
as a series nested spheres rather than just simple layers, like an onion,
and not a cake. If we re-read the book together, I'll bet we'll see an
onion-like structure in the story and narrative as well. Betchya a buck. And
if we read the book as it was written, there will be no need to debate how
we slice that onion. Why complicate it with cutting issues, when Pirsig has
already decided how he'd like to take readers through the onion. (Is anyone
else starting to cry from all these onions?)
PLUS PLUS PLUS re-reading it together would help us to see the literary side
again. No one ever refers to those aspects in any way. We're missing half
the book! C'mon, you know its true. When was the last time anyone quoted
Dialogue or used a scene's impressions to make a point?
As to the issue of patience. I got nothin'. It takes time. In fact, a year
is rushing it, but 36 and 12 are just so nice together.
Think of the simplicity of the plan. I thinks that's its greatest advantage.
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