View Poll Results: Which thriller would you like to read in January?

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  • Next Episode

    5 18.52%

  • Crime and Punishment

    3 11.11%

  • The Eight

    2 7.41%

  • The Day Of The Jackal

    4 14.81%

  • Rebecca

    2 7.41%

  • The New York Trilogy

    7 25.93%

  • The Ghost

    2 7.41%

  • The Sea Hawk

    0 0%

  • Night Watch

    2 7.41%

  • In the Heat of the Night

    0 0%
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Thread: Jan '09 / Thriller Poll

  1. 11-03-2008, 07:48 PM #16
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    The nominations so far:

    1. Next Episode by Hubert Aquin

    2. Crime and Punishment

    3. The Eight by Katherine Neville

    4. The Day Of The Jackal by Frederick Forsyth

    5. Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier

    6. The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster

    Quote Originally Posted by Ronak View Post
    I nominate Deception Point by Dan Brown
    Ronak, only members with 50+ can nominate; so, if you increase your post count by the end of the month, your nomination can be taken into account.
    Quote Originally Posted by Virgil View Post
    Is there a definition for thriller? I'd like to nominate something but I don't what exactly is a thriller. Aren't almost all novels thrillers if you really think about it?
    Not Heart of Darkness, I hope!

    In a way, yes; we can fit books into different categories. The Wiki gives a description but there are many sub-genres as well (which is why I think Crime and Punishment would be acceptable as a Psychological Thriller).

    We can all sit and discuss genre-issues instead of reading the books but, as I often mention, author/country/genre of the month is just an excuse for us to read a different book every month. It does not matter that much which book has been chosen as long as there are people willing to read and discuss it.
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  2. 11-03-2008, 07:55 PM #17
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    Virgil, no, the Death of Virgil would not qualify as a thriller

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  3. 11-03-2008, 07:57 PM #18
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    Quote Originally Posted by Niamh View Post
    Can i vote for Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier?
    No because it's horrible
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  4. 11-03-2008, 08:54 PM #19
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    Aside on Rebecca

    Quote Originally Posted by papayahed View Post
    No because it's horrible
    The first third wasn't that bad. I read part of it for a Yahoo Reading Group I am no longer with, and skipped over to the end. It seemed familiar so maybe

    1. I read it before
    2. all romantic thrillers are pretty much the same, but for a light read I think it wears fairly well.

    Virgil: Maybe you are busy but I did list a couple definitions of the genre during the Crime and Punishment debate on the first page of the thread.

    Though I will concede to Sche that C&P has some psychological stressors, I still think putting it in that thriller sub-genre is stretching things,, but I yield to the masses after this comment. Dostoevsky rules the roost around here, apparently.
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  5. 11-05-2008, 09:00 AM #20
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  6. 11-05-2008, 05:46 PM #21
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jozanny View Post
    [COLOR="DarkRed"]The first third wasn't that bad. I read part of it for a Yahoo Reading Group I am no longer with, and skipped over to the end. It seemed familiar so maybe

    1. I read it before
    2. all romantic thrillers are pretty much the same, but for a light read I think it wears fairly well.
    ehh, the movie ruined it for me. The movie was suspenseful and left me with a creepy feeling, the book felt anemic compared to it.
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  7. 11-08-2008, 10:14 AM #22
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    Quote Originally Posted by papayahed View Post
    The Eight - Katherine Neville
    hey... I''ve been wanting to read that one for a while.

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    Nominations so far:

    1. Next Episode by Hubert Aquin

    2. Crime and Punishment

    3. The Eight by Katherine Neville

    4. The Day Of The Jackal by Frederick Forsyth

    5. Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier

    6. The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster
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  9. 11-12-2008, 02:55 PM #24
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ronak View Post
    I nominate Deception Point by Dan Brown
    On a day when Dan Brown will be seriously discussed on this forum, I will resign from it!

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  10. 11-14-2008, 05:09 AM #25
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    Quote Originally Posted by bazarov View Post
    On a day when Dan Brown will be seriously discussed on this forum, I will resign from it!

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    I suspect you would not be the only one!

    May I suggest The Ghost by Robert Harris? It seems appropriate as it's about writng a book.
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  11. 11-16-2008, 06:53 PM #26
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    I'd like to nominate The Sea Hawk by Rafael Sabatini:
    http://www.amazon.com/Sea-Hawk-Rafae...6875965&sr=1-1
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  12. 11-16-2008, 07:02 PM #27
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    Nominations so far:

    1. Next Episode by Hubert Aquin

    2. Crime and Punishment

    3. The Eight by Katherine Neville

    4. The Day Of The Jackal by Frederick Forsyth

    5. Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier

    6. The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster

    7. The Ghost by Robert Harris

    8. The Sea Hawk by Rafael Sabatini

    Last two nominations up for grabs!
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  13. 11-22-2008, 10:32 PM #28
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    how about Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith?
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  14. 11-23-2008, 06:30 AM #29
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    I nominate "Night Watch" by Sergey Lukyanenko. Not entirely sure whether it qualifies as a thriller or not, though.
    Last edited by Taliesin; 11-23-2008 at 06:34 AM.
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  15. 11-23-2008, 10:20 AM #30
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    I want to change mine to In the Heat of the Night by Truman Capote. Is that OK? I'm wishing I had just kept my mouth shut.
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