Literary The MobileRead Literary Book Club October 2011 Nominations - Page 2

sun surfer · 09-26-2011, 03:34 AM

I'll third Voyage and second Candida. They sound interesting and similar to Hamlet53, they are the two I haven't seen before.

Nominations so far:

Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet [3]
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams [4]
Voyage by Tom Stoppard [3]
Candida by George Bernard Shaw [2]
Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard [3]

There is about a day and a half left for nominations.

fantasyfan · 09-26-2011, 06:21 AM

I'll use my last nomination to third Candida. I like Shaw because he always has a lateral take on his subjects and this play sounds very interesting.

issybird · 09-26-2011, 07:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fantasyfan

I like Shaw because he always has a lateral take on his subjects

Me, too!

Vandy · 09-26-2011, 01:10 PM

*** NOMINATION RESULTS FOR THE OCTOBER BOOK CHOICE ***

Choices are shown in Vote order first then alphabetically.

NOTE: Nomination will continue until 27 SEPTEMBER or when five books receives five votes each.

Nominations . . . . . Book Title / Author

(5) . . . . . . . . . . . Candida by George Bernard Shaw
(5) . . . . . . . . . . . The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
(5) . . . . . . . . . . . Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard
(4) . . . . . . . . . . . Peer Gynt by Isben
(4) . . . . . . . . . . . Voyage (Coast of Utopia Trilogy) by Tom Stoppard
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet

Condillac · 09-26-2011, 01:13 PM

I'll third Candida.

Vandy · 09-26-2011, 01:31 PM

I will use my first nomination to fifth The Glass Menagerie.

John F · 09-26-2011, 01:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by toomanybooks

I will second Glengarry Glenn Ross.

I nominate the first play in Tom Stoppard's Coast of Utopia trilogy, Voyage.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Coast_of_Utopia

The Coast of Utopia trilogy is about the philosophical debates in prerevolutionary Russia between 1833 and 1866.

The ebook is available from Kobo and Amazon for $7.99.

I'm not seeing it at kobo, and I only see the PDF at Amazon. Is it available in EPub in the US?

[Edit] I was referring to Glengarry Glenn Ross. Is Glengarry Glenn Ross available as an EPub?

paola · 09-26-2011, 04:12 PM

uh, back from catching up with work after the holidays - probably it is too late for a fresh nomination, but I will try nonetheless: so my first nomination is Ibsen's Peer Gynt - here is the blurb from Amazon:

"Peer Gynt was Ibsen's last work to use poetry as a medium of dramatic expression, and the poetry is brilliantly appropriate to the imaginative swings between Scandinavian oral folk traditions, the Morrocan coast, the Sahara Desert, and the absurdist images of the Cairo madhouse. This translation is taken from the acclaimed Oxford Ibsen. John McFarlane is Emeritus Professor of European Literature at the University of East Anglia, and General Editor of the Oxford Ibsen. "
There are various free versions available, e.g. here.

As for my other two nominations, I'll fifth "Candida" and I will fourth "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead".

issybird · 09-26-2011, 05:56 PM

Second Peer Gynt.

JSWolf · 09-26-2011, 05:59 PM

I will fourth Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard

Bookworm_Girl · 09-26-2011, 06:31 PM

I will also vote for Candida. It's been on my TBR list for awhile. I will also vote for The Glass Menagerie.

sun surfer · 09-26-2011, 06:56 PM

Peer Gynt looks very interesting, but I've already used all my nominations.

Bookworm_Girl, both Candida and The Glass Menagerie are already fully nominated so you still have all three nominations left to use.

Nominations through post #29:

Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet [3]
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams [5]
Voyage by Tom Stoppard [3]
Candida by George Bernard Shaw [5]
Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard [5]
Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen [4]

toomanybooks · 09-26-2011, 07:08 PM

I'll third Peer Gynt with my last nomination.

Condillac · 09-27-2011, 12:29 AM

I'll fourth Peer Gynt

sun surfer · 09-27-2011, 07:28 AM

Nominations will close in about six hours.

09-26-2011, 06:21 AM	#17
fantasyfan Wizard Posts: 1,375 Karma: 26915798 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Ireland Device: Kindle Oasis 3, 4G, iPad Air 2, iPhone IE	I'll use my last nomination to third Candida. I like Shaw because he always has a lateral take on his subjects and this play sounds very interesting. Last edited by fantasyfan; 09-26-2011 at 07:04 AM.

09-26-2011, 01:10 PM	#19
Vandy ...always be humble. Posts: 116 Karma: 505917 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Fort Myers, FL USA Device: iPhone 5s, iPod Touch 3rd Gen, Kindle 3 WiFi, Kindle Fire	October Nominations Results * NOMINATION RESULTS FOR THE OCTOBER BOOK CHOICE * Choices are shown in Vote order first then alphabetically. NOTE: Nomination will continue until 27 SEPTEMBER or when five books receives five votes each. Nominations . . . . . Book Title / Author (5) . . . . . . . . . . . Candida by George Bernard Shaw (5) . . . . . . . . . . . The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams (5) . . . . . . . . . . . Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard (4) . . . . . . . . . . . Peer Gynt by Isben (4) . . . . . . . . . . . Voyage (Coast of Utopia Trilogy) by Tom Stoppard (3) . . . . . . . . . . . Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet Last edited by Vandy; 09-27-2011 at 01:18 PM.

09-26-2011, 06:56 PM	#27
sun surfer languorous autodidact ✦ Posts: 4,235 Karma: 44667380 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: smiling with the rising sun Device: onyx boox poke 2 colour, kindle voyage	Peer Gynt looks very interesting, but I've already used all my nominations. Bookworm_Girl, both Candida and The Glass Menagerie are already fully nominated so you still have all three nominations left to use. Nominations through post #29: Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet [3] The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams [5] Voyage by Tom Stoppard [3] Candida by George Bernard Shaw [5] Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard [5] Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen [4] Last edited by sun surfer; 09-27-2011 at 07:26 AM.

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09-26-2011, 03:34 AM	#16
sun surfer languorous autodidact ✦ Posts: 4,235 Karma: 44667380 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: smiling with the rising sun Device: onyx boox poke 2 colour, kindle voyage	I'll third Voyage and second Candida. They sound interesting and similar to Hamlet53, they are the two I haven't seen before. Nominations so far: Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet [3] The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams [4] Voyage by Tom Stoppard [3] Candida by George Bernard Shaw [2] Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard [3] There is about a day and a half left for nominations.

09-26-2011, 01:13 PM	#20
Condillac Member Posts: 19 Karma: 21334 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Brazil Device: Kindle 3	I'll third Candida.

09-26-2011, 01:31 PM	#21
Vandy ...always be humble. Posts: 116 Karma: 505917 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Fort Myers, FL USA Device: iPhone 5s, iPod Touch 3rd Gen, Kindle 3 WiFi, Kindle Fire	I will use my first nomination to fifth The Glass Menagerie.

09-26-2011, 04:12 PM	#23
paola Wizard Posts: 2,832 Karma: 5843878 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: UK Device: Pocketbook Pro 903, (beloved Pocketbook 360 RIP), Kobo Mini, Kobo Aura	uh, back from catching up with work after the holidays - probably it is too late for a fresh nomination, but I will try nonetheless: so my first nomination is Ibsen's Peer Gynt - here is the blurb from Amazon: "Peer Gynt was Ibsen's last work to use poetry as a medium of dramatic expression, and the poetry is brilliantly appropriate to the imaginative swings between Scandinavian oral folk traditions, the Morrocan coast, the Sahara Desert, and the absurdist images of the Cairo madhouse. This translation is taken from the acclaimed Oxford Ibsen. John McFarlane is Emeritus Professor of European Literature at the University of East Anglia, and General Editor of the Oxford Ibsen. " There are various free versions available, e.g. here. As for my other two nominations, I'll fifth "Candida" and I will fourth "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead".

09-26-2011, 05:56 PM	#24
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 20,666 Karma: 225870683 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: H2O, Aura One, PW5	Second Peer Gynt.

09-26-2011, 05:59 PM	#25
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 76,468 Karma: 136564696 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I will fourth Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard

09-26-2011, 06:31 PM	#26
Bookworm_Girl E-reader Enthusiast Posts: 4,873 Karma: 36507503 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Southwest, USA Device: Kindle Oasis 3; Kobo Aura One; iPad Mini 5	I will also vote for Candida. It's been on my TBR list for awhile. I will also vote for The Glass Menagerie.

09-26-2011, 07:08 PM	#28
toomanybooks Addict Posts: 302 Karma: 1039424 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: Ipad, Ipod Touch, KIndle Fire	I'll third Peer Gynt with my last nomination.

09-27-2011, 12:29 AM	#29
Condillac Member Posts: 19 Karma: 21334 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Brazil Device: Kindle 3	I'll fourth Peer Gynt

09-27-2011, 07:28 AM	#30
sun surfer languorous autodidact ✦ Posts: 4,235 Karma: 44667380 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: smiling with the rising sun Device: onyx boox poke 2 colour, kindle voyage	Nominations will close in about six hours.

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