01-20-2013, 02:32 PM | #31 |
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Romance and Sci-FI Bad to worse. I know I will be voting for Lolita and maybe some other nominee not yet present that may make it to the vote.
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01-20-2013, 02:39 PM | #32 | |||
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01-20-2013, 02:51 PM | #33 | |
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Well, thanks to this discussion, I'll try to get a copy of Reading Lolita in Tehran by Iranian author and professor Azar Nafisi now.
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01-20-2013, 03:00 PM | #34 | |
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So well done on looking for something different, though I suspect it is a back-door way of getting something Sci-Fi selected . Please let's not go there again. You've had your say on the subject, and we all know how you feel about it. If it gets nominated, and you don't like it, don't vote for it. |
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01-20-2013, 03:09 PM | #35 |
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I'd like to second Greatest Knight by Elizabeth Chadwick and Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold. I don't know this books yet, and I'd like to change that.
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01-20-2013, 03:24 PM | #37 | |
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Shards of Honor is not a romance disguised as science fiction. It's a science fiction story with some romance. It's the first book that starts a line of very popular books. They series is not science fiction with romance. Lois McMasters Bujold does not write romance and then hides it in a science fiction or fantasy setting. |
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The Vorkosigan Saga (Shards of Honor is the 1st book in the series) comes highly recommended by many. It has been on my TBR for quite a while, and this would be as good an escuse as any to get started on it. |
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Oh and Shards of Honor and the 2nd book in the series are available in a single eBook volume at BAEN for only $5. Last edited by JSWolf; 01-20-2013 at 06:49 PM. |
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01-20-2013, 03:36 PM | #40 |
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Well, Mr Jon.. "And she wasn't really expecting to fall in love with a 40-plus barbarian known to cosmopolitan galactics as the Butcher of Komarr" - I'm really curious about this now.. Let's hope this young, beautiful und innocent Cordelia Naismith is older than 21.
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I am out of nominations. Sorry. |
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01-20-2013, 03:59 PM | #42 |
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This will probably sound odd coming from someone who is quite conservative and nominated Portrait of Jennie, but since there seems to be considerable controversy about Lolita and its suitability for a forum selection, some points are worth considering.
First of all, Lolita is emphatically not a novel which glorifies paedophilia. Nabokov stated that Humbert is "a vicious and cruel wretch and a hateful person". He called the novel "a study in tyranny" and the central character is insane. The references to Edgar Allen Poe tie into this. We are dealing with a twisted and deeply flawed character. Secondly, as a literary creation, Lolita is brilliantly written and considered one of the 100 best novels of the twentieth century. It implies that only a profoundly sick cultural ethos would produce a monster like Humbert. Thirdly, this brings us to the question as to whether or not in is a suitable novel for a "family friendly" literary forum. And I am totally opposed to works written for purely prurient tastes. Well, Lolita is taught in universities. Should it be discussed in a forum of this type? There is no doubt but that this is a very disturbing novel and I can personally understand why some people would rather not read it--but the same would apply to King Lear which is even more disturbing--cosmically, ethically, spiritually So-- does "family friendly" exclude that--one of the most titanic works in Western Literature? Or any work that is disturbing? Personally, while everyone has a right to opt out of anything they find not worth their reading time, a genuinely literary work examining significant themes should always be allowed for those who feel its significance deserves examination. Last edited by fantasyfan; 01-20-2013 at 06:23 PM. |
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I'll thierd Circle of Friends by Maeve Binchy.
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01-20-2013, 04:13 PM | #44 |
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I'll third "The Greatest Knight" by Chadwick.
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I'll throw Water for Elephants out there for nomination.
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