View Poll Results: Which short story would you like to read in November?

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  • The Novel of the White Powder by Arthur Machen

    2 15.38%

  • The Battler by Ernest Hemingway

    4 30.77%

  • Kaleidoscope by Ray Bradbury

    3 23.08%

  • The New Atlantis by Francis Bacon

    0 0%

  • The Depressed Person by David Foster Wallace

    4 30.77%

  • The Pearl by John Steinbeck

    0 0%
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Thread: Short Story Club: November Poll

  1. 10-26-2010, 02:12 PM #1
    King Mob
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    Short Story Club: November Poll

    Six nominees. Start voting! There's only a few days...
    All aboard. All souls at half-mast. Aye-Aye. -Samuel Beckett, More Pricks Than Kicks
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  2. 10-26-2010, 02:24 PM #2
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    I read plenty of Hemingway as he is my favourite American author but I don't read enough Hemingway short stories. So I'm tempted to pick that.
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  3. 10-28-2010, 11:54 AM #3
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    Chose the DFW option, but only because I have read the Hemingway choice already. It is great, so I would be willing to read it again.
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  4. 10-28-2010, 02:08 PM #4
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    Holy crap... are we actually gonna read DFW?
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  5. 10-28-2010, 07:10 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rores28 View Post
    Holy crap... are we actually gonna read DFW?
    Has anyone read 'Infinite Jest' ?
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  6. 10-29-2010, 02:50 AM #6
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    It's ok Rores, I just brought Hemingway level. Rally the troops!
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  7. 10-29-2010, 11:53 AM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by Patrick_Bateman View Post
    Has anyone read 'Infinite Jest' ?
    haha no I look to within the next year.

    I've read Brief Interviews and Oblivion and was pretty impressed with both of them.
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  8. 10-29-2010, 12:12 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rores28 View Post
    haha no I look to within the next year.

    I've read Brief Interviews and Oblivion and was pretty impressed with both of them.
    I Just wondered, I haven't.
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  9. 11-04-2010, 04:21 PM #9
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    Reading Infinite Jest at the moment, pretty great so far. Think I need to put it down and read something else before I pick it back up though.
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  10. 11-05-2010, 11:15 AM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by tbarnes View Post
    Reading Infinite Jest at the moment, pretty great so far. Think I need to put it down and read something else before I pick it back up though.
    Why's that?
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  11. 12-27-2010, 02:41 AM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by baaaaadgoatjoke View Post
    Why's that?
    Her reason, I imagine, is because 'IJ' is like 1300 pages. When I first read it I plowed through 110 pages in the first day. I didn't maintain that average which still would've only let me finish in about two weeks, and that's less any scholarship or re-reading.

    Any book over 500 pages takes serious commitment. And any book which you know going into will likely take a month out of your life to indulge proves that reading is an ability, like holding one's breath... and utilizing this metaphor, some books make you wanna pass out.

    But it is a fantastic book, one of my 25 favorite novels, I only wish I had found it in highschool rather than after college.
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  12. 04-02-2011, 03:26 PM #12
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    The Depressed Person by David Foster Wallace fo sho
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  13. 05-14-2011, 02:16 AM #13
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    I love the pearl by john steinbeck, it is such an excellent story of good/evil
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  14. 05-16-2011, 11:07 PM #14
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    Why you post link in it.Its a meaning less content.
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  15. 06-02-2011, 08:41 PM #15
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    Is there a short story for the month of June 2011?
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