02-05-2015, 05:48 PM | #61 |
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If we do use Tom's idea of each of us nominating a list to vote on, I've come up with a preliminary list thinking about what everyone wants:
January - Second Chance February - Romance March - Modern Science Fiction April - Mystery May - Modern Nonfiction June - Adventure Fiction July - Free For All August - Modern Young Adult September - Fantasy October - Modern Thriller November - Classic December - Short Any category with "modern" would be limited to a certain time period - I'm thinking maybe 35 years which would basically give us from the '80s on, but I'd like to hear what others think on that length of time. I chose categories to add modern to that would seem to most lend themselves to newer books, and if anyone wants to nominate an older book in any of those categories, they'd be free to in July's Free For All month. This would ensure we have at least a third of the year without any older, classic or public domain nominations for the most part. |
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So the "Modern" in the post above only relates to when the book is written and not when it is set?
Many of these proposed lists don't have Historical Fiction as a category, and that is my only complaint with them. What is an example of Adventure Fiction? |
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I like Historical Fiction, but it was never voted in as a category so I'm not sure how popular it would be. You could however nominate historical fiction books in Free For All. Adventure Fiction is taking our Adventure/Travel category and restricting it to fiction. You could have westerns, Quartermain-type books, Verne-type books, international spy books, certain historical fiction or really just any book where there's a real adventure going on. |
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02-05-2015, 06:24 PM | #64 |
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I like the mega poll idea.
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One of the ways in which I was utilising the book club was to experience books I would not necessarily know about or experience if left to my own devices. It's not the only reason, but one of them. So previously I've been in favour of themes like "Classics", "Banned Books", "Award Winners" etc... as they encouraged me to move out of the genres I read most often.
When I look at the books I read over the course of a year, they are predominantly Science Fiction with all its sub-genres: cyberpunk, space opera, post-apocalyptic, dystopian etc... The book club offerings create an interesting punctuation mark in the reading. Suddenly you'll come across authors like Naguib Mahfouz, whom I'd never heard of before I started participating in the book clubs here. But regardless of the value I've received, I'm starting to change my mind about how I perceive the value of the main book club. We now have the literary club which is pushing the boundaries of my reading experience almost every month. Maybe it would be fun for the main book club to focus on satisfying other reading experiences - where genres like science fiction, fantasy, mystery, thriller, historical, romance etc.. are genres that are celebrated boldly and even possibly to the detriment of more literary or classical offerings. There's nothing inherently wrong with that kind of decision, and it doesn't prevent a classic being nominated for a theme in which it would fit. And we still have the literary club that focuses a bit more on these works for those that would like to dive in. I'm very much a "go with the flow" kind of guy when it comes to this site, so I'll just keep on keeping on regardless of what is decided. So my rambling thoughts are just that...for what they're worth. |
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Here are my thoughts on categories if we do go with the "bunch of lists" approach:
January: Second Chance - Make it easy on WT Sharpe in December February: Published Last Year - Wonderful new category suggestion March: Classics - Opposite of February April: Action/Adventure - Need some action after the classics May: Science Fiction - Just like some people's term papers June: Non-Fiction - Getting out of school, need to keep up our education July: Free-For-All - Middle of the summer let's make it easy on ourselves August: Mystery/Crime - It's a crime to have to go inside with weather like this. September: Fantasy - Start of school we need some escapism October: Thriller/Suspense - Horror should be thrilling November: Napoleonic Era Naval Fiction - Let's see if you are paying attention, leaving this open for now December: Short Stories - December is a busy month so let's keep it short Reasoning:
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What is your definition of classic? There was one quoted in this thread that (IMHO) doesn't work.
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For the 2016 categories, as a 1st step, can we....
Perhaps we should post a poll on what selection process we should use.
* Vote on individual lists. * Vote on 30 categories and keep the 11 most popular. * A hybrid approach: Vote on 30 categories, keep the 6 most popular, then have members draw up lists of the 5 remaining categories and vote on them. * Let me dictate the categories (Dazrin and sun surfer suggested this). * Other.... |
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I actually don't mind this approach. Although, I might not so eagerly support the philosopher-king notion when it comes to running many societies, I don't mind it so much in this microcosm. It could turn out to be quite elegant and efficient. And we still have all the democracy of nominations and voting to cling to.
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Well, if I have to choose a method for this category churn, I think I favour letting our fearless leader do it. I have several reasons for this. First, it avoids the endless campaigning for the preferred method. Thus letting us all save up our energy for complaining about the actual categories chosen. It also lets us focus this discussion around the actual categories, rather than the way we choose them. And, frankly, I care about that much more than about pointless discussions about the method we us to get to them.
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