SSSS Forum Re-read - SCHEDULE

[Jitter]

This thread will include the reading schedule, meaning which section we intend to read, and focus the discussion on, which week. Discussion about the schedule and how to divide the arcs and weeks should go to the planning thread, so that finding the schedule here is easy.

This reread will assume everyone has read already at least once, so there are NO spoiler warnings. Discussion may include any references to future events. The schedule is to help us keep the discussion going, but you are of course welcome to participate in the discussions even if you are reading with a different timing, or not at all at this time.

Note that the Info Pages are included in the weekly reading chunks, but have their own discussion thread.

September-October 2023


Copenhagen - chapters 5-8


Chapter 8
No more (this) sad dog after this 364-370 - 4.-10.9.
Snowstorm 371-380 - 11.-17.9.
We don’t make mistakes 381-390 - 18.-24.9.
Scouting and magic 391-401 - 25.9.-1.10.
Towards Amalienborg 402-412 - 2.-8.10.


Chapter 7

Sadness with cats - 346-354 15.-19.3.
More sad dog - 355-363 20.-26.3.


Helpful - 302-317 - 2.-8.1.2023
Dreaming is awesome! - 318-334 - 9.-15.1.
A sad dog appears - 335-345 - 16.-22.1.

Christmas break! Chapter 7 will start on 2 January 2023.

Chapter 6
Not dead (yet) p 277 - 287    21.-27.11.
Reynir p 288 - 301    28.11.-4.12
Chapter break week    5-11-12.

Chapter 5
Into the City p. 223 - 233 - 3.-9.10.
Site 24: Funky smells and musty books p 234 - 241 11.-15.10.
Site 24: Books! p 242 - 249 17.-23.10. 
Site 24: Puny little thing p 250 - 260 24.-30.10.
Site 24: The great escape p 261 - 268 31.10. - 6.11.
Time to wind down p 269 - 276 7.-13.11.
Chapter break - catchup week 14.-21.11.


Previously on SSSS re-read

Into Silence - chapters 3&4
All Aboard the Night Train - pages 142-152 - July 4 - 10
Hyvää yötä - pages 153-161 - July 11 - 17
Eml, meet the Hipposhrimp - pages 162-170 July 18 - 31
Arrival to Øresund - pages 171-178 August 1 -
Chapter break week

Chapter 4:
Introductions - p 179-186 -  Aug 15-21
The Cat Tank - p 187 - 193 - Aug 22-28
Bridge over Troubled Water - p 194 - 203 - Aug 29-Sep 4
Into Dreamworld - p 204 - 208 - Sep 5-11
On and under the Dream Sea - 209 - 213 Sep 12-18
Out in the Open - p 214 - 222 - Sep 19-25
Chapter break - catchup week Sep 26 -
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The Preparations - Prologue Y90, chapters 1-2
The Quartet in Reykjavik - pages 56-68 (includes several info pages) - May 9-15
Keuruu - pages 69-78 - May 16-22
Pori - Keuruu Waterway - pages 79-91 - May 23-29
Getting to Björköfjärden - pages 92-103 - May 30 - June 5
First Impressions - pages 104-115 - June 6-12
Arriving in Mora - 116 - 126 - June 13-19
Mora HQ - pages 127 - 141 - June 20-26
Chapter break - catchup week June 27 - July 3


Prologue
4-10.4. Dalsnes - pages 1-11
11.-17.4. Bornholm Ferry - pages 12-23
18.-24.4. Mikkeli - pages 24-35
25.4. - 1.5. Sweden - pages 36-45
2.5. - 8.5. M/S Tor - pages 46-55 (including photo montages)

[Jitter]

The schedule seems to be getting too fast with the numbers of comments for pages growing. Should we make the sections shorter or have two weeks for each bit?

Also I’d like to encourage everyone who is re-reading faster to just discuss any point of the story as they wish! The schedule is just to help coincide people on the same pages. Currently we have ongoing discussion in two to three threads and it works well!

Do you suppose it would be helpful to open all of the threads so anyone wanting to make a comment has a thread ready and waiting? I know someone commented early about reading faster, who was that? @thorny was it you? Anyways if you are reading this and the “scheduled pace” is too slow, please let me know how to help stimulate discussion?

[thorny]

I don't think it was me, though I'm not sure. I think the scheduled pace is about right, given that I try to read at least a page of the comments; but I don't think any given pace will be right for everybody.

I do think it's good to have the older sections continue to have active threads, both for slower readers and for anyone who comes along later, even years later, and wants to talk about them; and I've been reading those also, because someone may easily have noticed something interesting that we didn't discuss on the original schedule. But I think maybe opening threads for everything from our current very early section all the way to the end of the comic would be too much all at once -- I won't be upset if outvoted on that though.

I do agree that people should be able to mention pages we haven't gotten to yet, so we can talk about foreshadowing and/or inconsistencies as we notice them.

[tehta]

I agree with thorny that having all the threads open now would be confusing. (I already keep forgetting which thread I am commenting in.)
I think I can keep up with this pace, but would be fine with going slower, too.

[Jitter]

I updated chapter 4 into the schedule. The dreamworld sequence with Handsy Moose is a bit on the longish side, should it be divided in two?

[tehta]

Going by how lazy we are all being, I say yes.

[Jitter]

It divides pretty well into first just getting to Dreamworld and then meeting some others there, so I made it two weeks.

[Jitter]

Updated the schedule and inverted it to show the current one on the top. I made the chunks a bit longer now because there are sooo many comments that it's impossible read them all. I'll keep adding chunks later.

[Jitter]

Updated Chapter 6, which features The Crate, into the schedule. It’s so short that I only made it two parts.

[Jitter]

There’s not much discussion about Chapter 6 (for example none from me) but let’s start the year with Chapter 7, which brings new discoveries to some of the team members

[Jitter]

Sorry for my absence for a while! I have now updated the schedule. The rest of March and April will take us all the way into Amalienborg in central Copenhagen. With interesting developments on the way!

BTW if the schedule runs to its end and I’m for some reason updating ir, anyone can add more weeks and sections. If you are not a mod, you can’t modify the opening post, in which case just add the new weeks as reply!

[Bippity Boppity Boop]

Heya, I'd like to join in on this reread (yes, I've read the entire comic before, though I haven't read aRTD yet), but I can't figure out when we're supposed to read which parts. I see that the comic has been divided into sections, but I don't really understand the date formatting. Can anyone help me out?
Thanks in advance!

Boop

[LooNEY_DAC]

It's Euro formatting, where they put the day before the month and use periods instead of slashes.

Here's the Chapter 8 schedule with US-style dates in red as an example:
Chapter 8 (but see rest of Chp 7 below first)
No more (this) sad dog after this 364-370 - 27.3.-2.4. 3/27 - 4/2
Snowstorm 371-380 - 3.-9.4. 4/3 - 4/9
We don’t make mistakes 381-390 - 10.-16.4 4/10 - 4/16
Scouting and magic 391-401 - 17.-23.4. 4/17 - 4/23
Towards Amalienborg 402-412 - 24.-30.4. 4/24 - 4/30

Does that help?

[Bippity Boppity Boop]

Thanks! Yes, that does help. I was confused because it doesn't include a number for the year, and some don't include a number for the month. Thanks again @LooNEY_DAC!

[noonnoommoon]

Is this still happening, or has it been abandoned?