shouldnt you have a nana for I told you so ? followed by bawling!
So what are you going to do about it Papaya??
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shouldnt you have a nana for I told you so ? followed by bawling!
So what are you going to do about it Papaya??
Ditto.Quote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
Come on, we need to get some compensation for the victory of the author system.
So: we told you so!
try to read the books that win.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nightshade
:rolleyes: that wasnt what I meant!Quote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
What if we nominated Abdul Alhazred?
We have heard that his writings are very thrilling, although perhaps not very modern.
errrm Tal isnt that a book rather than an author? I just wikkied and it cam up as Lovecroft. It sounds very interesting though.
actually the more I read the more confused I am :confused: Who am I looking at?
1. Arkadi and Boriss Strugatski - Taliesin
2. John Updike - Pensive
3. Salman Rushdie - Schokokeks
4. Cormac McCarthy - Virgil
5. Truman Capote - Papayahed
6. Kurt Vonnegut - Charles Darnay
7. Oscar Wilde - Bazarov
8. D.H. Lawrence - Jamesian
9. Milan Kundera - Superunknown
10. Henry Rider Haggard - Grace86
11. Philip Roth - SleepyWitch
I have recently read Everyman by Roth and was not very impressed.
No, it is a fictional author.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nightshade
There is a mythical very evil book called Necroconicom in Lovecraft mythos, its' readers go insane and tend to die horrible deaths. Abdul Alhazred is the author of that book.
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Originally Posted by Scheherazade
i haven't read it yet.. still trying to catch up with his latest book before that (The Plot Against America).. hehe, I didn't even know about Everyman before i read your msg.
um, I'd recommend Portnoy's Complaint, The Human Stain or The Dying Animal...
that's the ones I remember definitely... i read a couple of others (the Zuckerman ones and some others about the guy from The Dying Animal) but they are all blurred and merged into one book in my mind... maybe the political ones are more distinctive?
I have not read any other books by Roth and I don't mind giving him another try if it is chosen.
I think the topic of Everyman did not agree with me as its timing was not very good and it was somehow too close to home, too near the bone... but c'est la vie! :)
I cannot decide whom to nominate either... Thinking of Stephen King, Willa Cather, Edith Wharton, Henry James, Ian McEwan...
May I humbly suggest Ian McEwan ? :p There were about five people recommending his books to me, especially Saturday. Plus, he's still alive and not one ofQuote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
that Nighty despises for this year :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Nightshade
I dont despise them Im just a bit sick of them really ( and I havent read as many as most people here) I actually quite like them but I never read the "worthy" stuff I prefer the stuff that seems to have slipped through the usual nets. D. M. Mullock Craik, The more obscure L M Alcotts, E H porter , Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, Maria edgeworth, George macdonald.Fanny Burney and thats just 19th centurey.Quote:
Originally Posted by Schokokeks
Can James and Wharton not both - technically - be considered "20th"-century?:D
I have been wanting to read his Atonement since last year but never had the chance. So, I might go ahead and nominate him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Schokokeks
I don't have any problems with 19th century authors actually; I will read almost anything and everything (Have read since every single BC book chosen since I joined the forum.) I have read only one of book of both James and Wharton and I really liked their styles and would like to explore their works more... whether through the BC or not :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jamesian
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Originally Posted by Scheherazade
Wouldn't it be neato to open it up so that we can nominate 2???? That would really broaden the field and perhaps make it more exciting? :D
That is a good suggestion actually. If we don't have 20 nominations by September 23rd, we might start accepting the second nominations (during the last week of the nominations).Quote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
All Right!!!:banana:Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
You've never read any Oscar Wilde, have you? Try reading The Importance of Being Earnest or The Picture of Dorian Grey (especially Lord Henry Wotton's witticisms) and then tell me with a straight face that Wilde isn't fun.Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
However, I've already cast my nomination, but if anyone wants a writer who's uproariously funny, you should nominate Joseph Heller. Or I'll nominate him if no one else does and we open up to 2 nominations per person.
Yes, I've read The Importance of Being Ernest and found it to be a lot of fun.:thumbs_up :)Quote:
Originally Posted by superunknown
The Picture of Dorian Gray is really an excellent book.Quote:
Originally Posted by superunknown
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Originally Posted by bazarov
I think we had discussed this book before.
Arkadi and Boriss Strugatski and Viktor Pelevin - Taliesin
John Updike - Pensive
Salman Rushdie and H.G. Wells - Schokokeks
Cormac McCarthy and David Lodge - Virgil
Truman Capote - Papayahed
Kurt Vonnegut - Charles Darnay
Oscar Wilde and Mihail Bulgakov - Bazarov
D.H. Lawrence and Edith Wharton - Jamesian
Milan Kundera - Superunknown
Henry Rider Haggard and Ovid - Grace86
Philip Roth - SleepyWitch
John Irving and Henry James - Scheherazade
Angela Carter and Ian McEwan - Jay
H.P Lovecraft and Terry Pratchet by AimusSage
Bernard Shaw and Stella Gibbons by Nightshade
Let the second round of nominations begin!
If that means we can nominate another, then I'll nominate David Lodge.
If this is allowed, then we will nominate Viktor Pelevin
Damn, I'm still having a hard time narrowing it down, ok either:
Chuck Palahniuk, Kurt Vonnegut, Jeffrey Eugenides .............Anybody got any suggestions? Any newbies want to narrow it down?
I think I will nominate John Irving and Henry James.
Papaya> Vonnegut has already been nominated by Charles Darnay.
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Originally Posted by Scheherazade
Opps, ok then:
Chuck Palahniuk or Jeffrey Eugenides
Seeing as I missed round 1 and it's already round 2, I'd like to nominate Angela Carter and Ian McEwan. Two birds, one stone ;)
Someone mentioned that the list seemed kind of boring ealier on, but I am a bit embarrassed to admit that a lot of these authors I have not heard of. So I am excited to see which twelve will finally be picked.
I will have to pick my second author...
How about Ovid? I am reading a portion of Metamorphoses for Lit class and it sounds wonderful....hardly boring!!
Grace, please feel free to nominate any author you would like to read. This is just nominations yet so when it comes to voting, eveyone will vote for the authors they would like to read. :)
I would like to nominate H.P Lovecraft or Terry Pratchet for some lighter reading, but considering I only once read a book for this bookclub, only realising afterwards I read it in the same month, feel free to discard my nominations, as I will read both authors someday anyway. :D
Alright Scher...then Ovid it is!! :p
Mihail Bulgakov. I could reread Master and Margarita without a problem:D
ummm Bernard shaw ?:D
I was justthink about his stuff yesterday and I rembered how much I enjoy them :nod:
Probably wont get through but how about Stella Gibbions??
Yippie, second nomination ! :banana:
Then mine will be:
Salman Rushdie and H.G. Wells
grace86, great that you bring in Ovid !! Ancient literature offers some real jewels that are so rarely read...
I'll throw a coffee party for those who'd like to read the Latin original with me ;) :p
Edith Wharton
Nominations so far:
Arkadi and Boriss Strugatski and Viktor Pelevin - Taliesin
John Updike - Pensive
Salman Rushdie and H.G. Wells - Schokokeks
Cormac McCarthy and David Lodge - Virgil
Truman Capote - Papayahed
Kurt Vonnegut - Charles Darnay
Oscar Wilde and Mihail Bulgakov - Bazarov
D.H. Lawrence and Edith Wharton - Jamesian
Milan Kundera - Superunknown
Henry Rider Haggard and Ovid - Grace86
Philip Roth - SleepyWitch
John Irving and Henry James - Scheherazade
Angela Carter and Ian McEwan - Jay
H.P Lovecraft and Terry Pratchet by AimusSage
Bernard Shaw and Stella Gibbons by Nightshade
Somebody Help me!!!!
Who should I nominate:
Chuck Palahniuk or Jeffrey Eugenides
Don't make me flip a coin!!
Go for Jeffrey Eugenides. I've wanted to read his stuff. :p