May Reading Poll

[Scheherazade]

Let's get voting for May!

Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0802140181/qid=1112341381/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-5769560-0730226?v=glance&s=books

Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegeut http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/5552667603/qid=1112343263/sr=2-3/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_3/103-5769560-0730226

Blindness by Jose Saramago http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0151002517/qid=1112341852/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/103-5769560-0730226

Gut Symmetries by Jeanette Winterson http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679777423/qid=1112341936/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-5769560-0730226

Atonement by Ian Mcewan http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/038572179X/qid=1112341982/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-5769560-0730226

Less Than Zero by Brett Easton Ellis http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0330294008/qid=1112344057/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_2_1/202-3475170-7685456

Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0575076267/qid=1112344089/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_2_1/202-3475170-7685456

By the Sword by Mercedes Lackey http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0886774632/qid=1112343999/sr=1-47/ref=sr_1_2_47/202-3475170-7685456

Davinci Code by Dan Brown http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385504209/qid=1112343065/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-5769560-0730226

Doll's House, Ghosts , Hedda Gabler and Master Builder by Henrik Ibsen http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0192833871/qid=1112343125/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/103-5769560-0730226?v=glance&s=books




Book Club Procedures (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?p=57103#post57103)

[Scheherazade]

If Hyperion[i] and The Fall of Hyperion win, should we treat them as one book or two (read them in two months)? They are together about 550 pages.

[Stanislaw]

Well, considering they are being elected in as one book, perhaps we should treat them as such, 550 pages isn't that bad.

[papayahed]

Let's read something good for may.

[Stanislaw]

Let's read something good for may.

May I suggest Breakfast of Champions...

[papayahed]

I was thinking "Blindness"?

[Jay]

I'm sure you wanted to say Gut Symmetries ;)

[Taliesin]

We suggest "Hyperion" and "The Fall of Hyperion".
It is science fiction, but far from shallow or anything like that. They are very deep and consider topics such as immortality, poetry, parently love, ecology and religion and gods. Have won the Hugo, Locus, Prix-cosmos, Seiun-Sho, Japan Hugo, British SF, SF chronicle awards (plus tFoH was a Nebula finalist).

[lhaeber]

I was thinking "Blindness"?

Go papaya, go papaya, :wave:

[Scheherazade]

Oh, a 4-way tie is just what we need! :D

[mono]

Wow, this looks very interesting, never having seen a four-way tie.
Regardless, I still hope for Gut Symmetries by Jeanette Winterson. :)

[papayahed]

Anybody want to make a deal? I'll barter for future vote.

[Stanislaw]

vote for breakfast and we won't assimilate you!!! :D

[papayahed]

vote for breakfast and we won't assimilate you!!! :D


Pizza the Hut isn't very frightening. :brow:

[Scheherazade]

Five-way tie!!!

[Jay]

Well, not anymore, but would be fun watching you flipping a five-sided coin to chose one :D

[Jay]

Regardless, I still hope for Gut Symmetries by Jeanette Winterson. :)

Now that's nicely put. Anyone else agrees? :p

[mono]

I would love to read some works by Henrik Ibsen; I would have to call that selection my second choice. As for Jeanette Winterson . . . well, just too many people have recommended me her works, of which I still borrow Art & Lies.

[blp]

Do the sci-fi fans realise how sci-fi naked lunch is?

[Jay]

Do the sci-fi fans realise how sci-fi naked lunch is?
Nope
*ten-character-rule :rolleyes:*

[Jay]

Gut Symmetries anyone? :D

[papayahed]

Not Naked Lunch!!! I've tried reading that book like 3 times and could never finish it.

[Taliesin]

Do the sci-fi fans realise how sci-fi naked lunch is?
Has it won a Hugo? Nebula? Anything of a similar grade?


While "Hyperion" and "The Fall of Hyperion" have..

[Scheherazade]

Yes, let's put all this sci-fi behind us and read some classics! I.e., I-B-S-E-N

[Jay]

Well, Winterson's 'classed' a modern classic so if you want to play classics... I have another option for you people :D

:angel:

[Taliesin]

Yes, let's put all this sci-fi behind us and read some classics! I.e., I-B-S-E-N

"Hyperion" is a classic.
Well, it at least will be one.

We don't understand why people are prejudiced against sci-fi (and fantasy) and consider it shallow.
Down with prejudices!

[Scheherazade]

We are prejudiced against neither science fiction nor fantasy but next month we would prefer to read something different. I.e., I-B-S-E-N

[Taliesin]

We are not prejudiced against sci-fi or fantasy but next month we would prefer to read something different. I.e., I-B-S-E-N
Seems like the "we" is catching?

[Scheherazade]

What is 'we' catching? We sincerely hope not a cold! ;)

[Jay]

Something different? HA, Winterson, doesn't get much different than that :D

Just a small edit for people who can't make out which book is by Jeanette Winterson... Gut Symmetries :p

[caspian]

hi people!!!

for H.Ibsen. Just to be nice to Scherezade. :nod: Clas. is always good.

[Scheherazade]

hi people!!!

for H.Ibsen. Just to be nice to Scherezade. :nod: Clas. is always good.
Thank you, Caspian! :) Care for a KitKat?

[Jay]

I offer two KitKats to anyone who votes for Gut Symmetries :D
If you make it beat Naked Lunch, you get an extra amount of KitKats :p

[papayahed]

I offer two KitKats to anyone who votes for Gut Symmetries :D
If you make it beat Naked Lunch, you get an extra amount of KitKats :p

I'll throw in 2 kitkats also.

[Jay]

Have you voted yet, Papaya? :D

[papayahed]

Yes, I broke my rule of waiting until the end and I voted for my own suggestion. When will I learn!!!!!

[Jay]

:D How about... NEVER? :D

[mono]

Argh, *writhing in my seat, as my 'guts' anticipate 'symmetry.' ;)

[Psyche]

I voted for Gut Symetries, not for the Kit-Kats, but I do love em! Puh-leeease, vote for this book. It is absolutely mind blowing. (and for me, life changing)

[caspian]

LOL,thanks sche. I was sure that I would get reward. :p :D

[Jay]

Everything I read by Jeanette Winterson yet was really great. She certainly can write.

[Scheherazade]

Last three days of voting, folks...

[shortysweetp]

i just realized that i have already read Hedda Gabler in my college humanities class. right after we read madame bovary and i think we had to compare the two women. i had to read a doll's house my senior year of high school and did a critical analyze of it. both good but i will have to stick with my original vote.

[Bandini]

Read the two I really want to read - Naked Lunch and Less than Zero. Don't know much about the others. Fill me in?

[Scheherazade]

Click on the links and you will be able to get more information about the books:

Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0802140181/qid=1112341381/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-5769560-0730226?v=glance&s=books

Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegeut http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/5552667603/qid=1112343263/sr=2-3/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_3/103-5769560-0730226

Blindness by Jose Saramago http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0151002517/qid=1112341852/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/103-5769560-0730226

Gut Symmetries by Jeanette Winterson http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679777423/qid=1112341936/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-5769560-0730226

Atonement by Ian Mcewan http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/038572179X/qid=1112341982/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-5769560-0730226

Less Than Zero by Brett Easton Ellis http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0330294008/qid=1112344057/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_2_1/202-3475170-7685456

Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0575076267/qid=1112344089/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_2_1/202-3475170-7685456

By the Sword by Mercedes Lackey http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0886774632/qid=1112343999/sr=1-47/ref=sr_1_2_47/202-3475170-7685456

Davinci Code by Dan Brown http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385504209/qid=1112343065/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-5769560-0730226

Doll's House, Ghosts , Hedda Gabler and Master Builder by Henrik Ibsen http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0192833871/qid=1112343125/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/103-5769560-0730226?v=glance&s=books


Usually the first post in the thread has the information about the books.

[Bandini]

Why thank you. I'm crashing now, but I'll have a look soon. Though I really am spending too much time online since I stumbled across this site. It's a good wate of time.

[Scheherazade]

I know... It should come with a warning:


***Highly Addictive***
***Enter at your own risk!***

;)

[papayahed]

ok, kitkats to anyone that votes for hyperion.

[Scheherazade]

Going once...

[Scheherazade]

Going twice...

[papayahed]

What happens in a tie? Do we get to have a vote off between the 2?

[Jay]

Scher flips a coin :D

A wagon of KitKats to the first two people who vote for Gut Symmetries :p

[Taliesin]

*Nail-biting emoticon*

Only a few days...

Would anyone like to vote for Hyperion&TFoH? Then there'd be no need for the coin

[Scheherazade]

*shines her coin and gets ready to flip...

who wants to call?

[Jay]

Somehow the coin is about to choose Gut Symmetries... magic :D

[Scheherazade]

If it lends on its side! :D

[papayahed]

If it lends on its side! :D

Wouldn't it be breakfast of champions if it lands on it's side???

[Scheherazade]

Sure, the other side! :D

[Scheherazade]

Last 6 1/2 hours of voting!!!! :D

[Jay]

*hands Scher a coin*

You're so going to be tired today :p

[Scheherazade]

I know... Some of us lead hard lives! ;)

OK...

Head Hyperion, tail Lunch...

And the winner is...

Watch this space! ;)

[Bandini]

Do you do an online book club type thingy with the winner?

[Bandini]

I'd sort of forsworn Sci-Fi after my 'teenage overdose', but 'Hyperion' sounds interesting.

[Scheherazade]

Yes, we read the winning book during the month and discuss it. You can find more about the Book Club here (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4104)

[Scheherazade]

I'd sort of forsworn Sci-Fi after my 'teenage overdose', but 'Hyperion' sounds interesting.
Lucky for you as Hyperion is May's book: http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4456