[mrnoodle]

May I play? I know I wussed out of the CD thing, but that was because I didn't have time to put together a contribution worthy of the project.

I can do penance, if necessary.

I do have one concern. Among the well-read, there is a tendency to raise one's nose at books that aren't written by authors in certain academic strata. A snob-fest would be unbecoming, I think. Would there be a way to separate philosophical treatises from mass-media fiction from beat poetry? Not everyone has an interest in the same kind of material, and might only want to participate in certain categories.

I'm paranoid, I guess. People get almost as upset about their favorite authors as they do their favorite god or political figger.