Short Story Club: September nominations and poll

[Rores28]

yea I wasn't sure if we should create a new thread or what. Anyway I do have a nomination and it is for "The Soul is not a Smithy" by David Foster Wallace.... it is in the short story collection Oblivion

It is unfortunately as far as I know not available for free online.

[Virgil]

I'll nominate Gogol's "The Overcoat."

[Dark Muse]

A Whisper in the Dark by Louisa May Alcott

[stlukesguild]

Heinrich von Kleist- The Marquise of O.

[OrphanPip]

"Dead Man's Path" by Chinua Achebe, checked and easy to find online. (This is a very short story)

[King Mob]

OK, then! It seems the Short Story Club is a huge phenomenon! Let's hope it keeps that way!

So, nominate the stories! We'll do as in August, eight nominees from which we will read the first two.

Edit: Sheherezade will be moving the nominations from the other thread to this one. These are the nominations so far:

"The Soul is not a Smithy" by David Foster Wallace

"The Overcoat" by Nikolai Gogol

"A Whisper in the Dark" by Louisa May Alcott

"The Marquise of O." by Heinrich von Kleist

"Dead Man's Path" by Chinua Achebe

[Veho]

I nominate 'Lust, Caution' by Eileen Chang.

[Scheherazade]

I would like to nominate "Araby" by Joyce.

[King Mob]

I will nominate Murder Mysteries by Neil Gaiman. So we've got the eight nominees:

"The Soul is not a Smithy" by David Foster Wallace

"The Overcoat" by Nikolai Gogol

"A Whisper in the Dark" by Louisa May Alcott

"The Marquise of O." by Heinrich von Kleist

"Dead Man's Path" by Chinua Achebe

"Lust, Caution" by Eileen Chang

"Araby" by James Joyce

"Murder Mysteries" by Neil Gaiman

And Rores28, it seems you'll have to add the poll to this thread:smile5:

[Dark Muse]

I would like to nominate "Araby" by Joyce.

Araby was like one of my favorite stories in The Dubliners collection.

[EJMathews]

Will there be a poll, or should we voice an opinion by posting to this thread?

[MadcapLaugher]

I'd like to second Araby by Joyce. Any of the stories from Dubliners would be a great choice though.

[Rores28]

Alright, polls up.

As a side note "The Soul is Not a Smithy" is a reference to a passage in "The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man," if that makes it any more desirable. Specifically it is challenging something that Stephen Daedalus says.

[LMK]

These are very good and the decision was very difficult, hopefully we can keep them in the next poll as well, or maybe allow re-nominations?

[King Mob]

As a side note "The Soul is Not a Smithy" is a reference to a passage in "The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man," if that makes it any more desirable. Specifically it is challenging something that Stephen Daedalus says.

I hadn't noticed! I knew the words soul and smithy ringed a bell. "To forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated consciense of my race" says Daedalus. This makes it more desirable indeed. And I haven't read anything by Foster Wallace.
Then again Araby is my favourite story from Dubliners, and there's so much we can discuss about it.
And then again I myself nominated Gaiman's Murder Mysteries... mmmmm this is going to be a difficult decision...


These are very good and the decision was very difficult, hopefully we can keep them in the next poll as well, or maybe allow re-nominations?

Yes, re-nominations are allowed. In fact Gogol's The Overcoat was re-nominated.

[aliengirl]

So many good choices. It is really difficult to choose one and leave the other. Is "A Whisper in the Dark" by Louisa May Alcott available online?

[EJMathews]

The only think I've read by Louisa May Alcott is Little Women, well I did read part of Jo's Boys, or something like that, I can't remember, it's been a long time.

[Virgil]

The Overcoat is one of the classics and a must read for students of the short story. :wink5:

[Dark Muse]

So many good choices. It is really difficult to choose one and leave the other. Is "A Whisper in the Dark" by Louisa May Alcott available online?

I have found two sites which have it online:

http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/whisper.html

http://www.horrormasters.com/Text/a0549.pdf

[aliengirl]

Thanks a lot Dark Muse! You have made my work easier. Now I have to choose any two out of the three stories I've already selected. ... I think The Overcoat is one of them.

[Patrick_Bateman]

The marquise of O because it's in my Amazon basket already

[Rores28]

Looks like we'll be reading the Overcoat.... but what if we have a tie? Create a new poll with just those two options?

[LMK]

When does the voting end?

[Scheherazade]

Looks like we'll be reading the Overcoat.... but what if we have a tie? Create a new poll with just those two options?We can read one of the stories during the first half the month and the other during the second.

:)

[LMK]

I don't know about a tie, perhaps the one that reached the voting number first or a coin toss.

We are voting for two stories; one to discuss the first half of September and one to discuss the second half.

If I am mistaken, please correct me someone.

[Rores28]

No you are right LMK... the voting ends at the end of the month, and it looks like there is no longer a tie. So as it stands, Overcoat the first half and Araby the second..... 6 more days....

[Rores28]

Alright less than 24 hours to go... looks like Overcoat and then Araby

Someone have a link for Overcoat?

[Rores28]

Ok poll's officially closed. Overcoat for the first half... Araby for the second.

[Patrick_Bateman]

I'm just going to read the Marquise of O