Hey flist, you know you want to....

[thegreenkitty]

Drop Everything and Read!!!

They say that flattery is a wonderful form of persuasion (an excellent book, btw!), so I will start with that.  Oh flist, you amaze me with your brilliance.  Seriously, it is not often that so many intelligent, thoughtful, and lovely individuals are found all in one place.  Who would've guessed that place would be fandom

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[coffeesuperhero]

I actually have a question about this! What counts as classic lit, for the purposes of this comm? (Apologies if you totally defined this elsewhere and I missed it-- I'm, ah, supposed to be working, and I'm just scanning LJ, lol.)

If I wanted to talk about, oh, I don't know, for example: a series of short stories or books by Yukio Mishima. Would those be fair game?

[thegreenkitty]

Hee! Yes to the "also, a crazy man"...I think that's part of the intrigue.

[coffeesuperhero]

Hooray! I've only ever read a few of his short stories, but I'd really like to explore more of his works. I'm glad I'm not alone!

[thegreenkitty]

IMHO Mishima would certainly count as classic lit. (My completely objective decision was made based on some quick fake research...*cough* wiki *cough*...but dude was nominated multiple times for a Nobel prize, so I say he counts

[thegreenkitty]

Hee! Add QoT to the Liz/Erin side and I think the "yea" vote has it. (Although honestly I think Naz will be in favor as well. She's just--unlike me--actually working at the moment so I can't ask and be sure.) ;)

[coffeesuperhero]

Excellent! Princess Liz told me I could include it, and now I will! :D :D :D

Hee, I'm a procrastinator, too, bb, don't worry. I'd love to include Eco, and maybe Calvino? Invisible Cities is really, really good. Who else? So many authors! Gabriel Garcia Marquez? Chinua Achebe? Maybe this will finally give me the kick in the ass I apparently need to actually read Things Fall Apart. I will think of a list!

Well hey, if there's smut in it for me... ;) I will put up an advertisement on the old livejournal when I get home from my meetings tonight, and for sure I'll join the comm. I can't say that my comments on anything will be particularly insightful, but hopefully they'll at least be amusing.

[thegreenkitty]

Oh, I adore Invisible Cities. Haven't read it in years...will put it on the list. I'd also love to read more Hegel although I dunno if there would be many takers on that one.

Ugh, you'll have to get Naz to lead Things Fall Apart. I really disliked it. There are only two parts and one is completely devoted to discussion of yams. It fell in the Animal Farm/Lord of the Flies category of "I have a brain, you needn't bash me over the head with your chosen theme" IMO.

Yay for free pimping!! Thx, babe! Will get cracking on finishing the smut. Yeah, I don't really try for insightful or amusing anymore...I just kinda babble. (See my LJ post about loss of brain cells and declining IQ for more info.) ;)

[coffeesuperhero]

Oh my various gods, I loathe Lord of the Flies. LOATHE LOATHE LOATHE. Give me Heart of Darkness any godsdamned day.

Animal Farm just tickles me! But I really don't much care for 1984.

The Scarlet Letter, now there's a book where I felt like I'd been beaten over the head with the symbolism stick. Really, Hawthorne in general rubs me the wrong way, though.

[thegreenkitty]

Agreed, I'm fine with Heart of Darkness.

1984 was fine when I read it but that was seriously 15 years ago so who knows what I'd think of it now. Heh, I could see how Animal Farm might be amusing if I was intoxicated...maybe.

Ugh, The Scarlet Letter. Oh please give me a break. Hawthorne has maybe one short story that I can stand. I do like the history/comraderie of that era of writers. The whole Hawthorne/Poe/Melville/Emerson/Thoreau combo sitting around chattering intrigues me.

Heh, I'm also not a fan of Dickens or Dickinson if we are gonna discuss further bashing of readers with the symbolism stick. :P