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The books have two for three viewpoint characters, and chapters (roughly) cycle between them. I think the whole trilogy is shorter than the Book of the New Sun, so we could go with two chapters a week and finish in the autumn. (The interludes in the first couple of books are only a page or two, so don't count in terms of reading time.)
I think the whole trilogy is about the same size as The Book of the New Sun, if that influences anyone's thoughts.
Thank you!
I don't know how many pages are in each chapter, as I've only got the books on Kindle. But I've just re-read a couple of chapters, so two chapters a week should be fine.
Shall we start at that pace? We can always adjust if things are going too fast or too slow.
I've updated the schedule to indicate when we'd be reading if we did two chapters per week. If we discuss the first two chapters on 9 January, we'd finish the book on 20 August.
Okay, first attempt at the Google Calendar is up. I've made it public, so you shouldn't need to use Google Calendar to view it. Here's the link: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=uthpt0lpmhm58234gbgrjv04fc%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America%2FNew_York
If anyone wanted to embed it in a website, this is the code to use:
<iframe src="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=uthpt0lpmhm58234gbgrjv04fc%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America%2FNew_York" style="border: 0" width="800" height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>Let me know if you have any problem.
That looks fantastic, thanks @Michael_S_Miller !
I was going to to suggest perhaps having "recap weeks" after each book, to reflect on the book as a whole. But I don't think they're worth going through the effort of rejigging the calendar you've created.
Thanks, @Michael_S_Miller . I've adjusted the spreadsheet to have a recap week after each book. I think it will be useful for us to reflect on each book as a whole as we go: there are some big-picture themes that emerge from the books, which could do with discussion.
If you could adjust the calendar, that would be most excellent.
Awesome! The revised Google calendar is up: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=5iar78lru0hgailkc1uo6lh6ag%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America%2FNew_York
If anyone has any issues, or wants the specialized URLs for embedding, linking with iCal, or whatever, let me know.
I read the Prologue yesterday. Holy smokes was that amazing! 2020 is looking up already!
Broken Earth Trilogy purchased. Ready for the slow read.
I'm having trouble importing it into my Google Calendar set. Google Help says something about clicking the "get sharable link" option.
It's fun!
I think the embed link is not the one to use to import into Google calendar. When I try adding from URL and use this, I get the error message
Sorry, https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=5iar78lru0hgailkc1uo6lh6ag@group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/New_York is not a valid URL.
Ah, I see. That's the "public link".
But this is the "shareable link" https://calendar.google.com/calendar?cid=NWlhcjc4bHJ1MGhnYWlsa2MxdW82bGg2YWdAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ
Here's the web page embed code:
<iframe src="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=5iar78lru0hgailkc1uo6lh6ag%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America%2FNew_York" style="border: 0" width="800" height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>And here's the iCal format code:
https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/5iar78lru0hgailkc1uo6lh6ag%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.icsHope that helps! Happy New Year, everybody!
Broken Earth Trilogy purchased. Ready for the slow read.
That's working great for me. Thanks, @Michael_S_Miller !
Great, all sorted in my calendar... now I just have to buy the first book and read the first portion...
If I could get through the New Sun, I can get through anything...
Just in case people have missed it, I've posted the first thread about the book. Further threads will be in the Broken Earth category.
> If I could get through the New Sun, I can get through anything...
James's Joyce's Ulysses for 2021? I'll be out, but I'll enjoy watching everyone else.
Dammit, you are correct, curse you @dr_mitch! (shakes fist at sky) If I could not get through Moby Dick, I couldn't possibly wade through Ulysses!
Ulysses, or PK Dick’s Exegesis (as @BarnerCobblewood once quipped we should read) I struggle to see as being as useful.
> Just in case people have missed it, I've posted the first thread about the book. Further threads will be in the Broken Earth category.
Thanks! I had missed it on account of the default of no notifications for new categories...
Yeah, I still don’t have notifications exactly figured out, but I’ll find the posts and try to figure out how to turn on notifications there.
The Chapter 2 and 3 thread went up a couple of days ago.
I actually got the notification. Yay! But was working all weekend, morning, noon, and night, and didn’t have time to respond until now. Boo!