Cellar Book of the Month discussion group - Page 2

wolf · 03-07-2004, 12:30 AM

Awesome, awesome review, clodfobble.

I think you really touched at the existenial heart of one Happy Monkey, there.

Book club is an extraordinarily cool idea, slarti. It is clear that lumberjim is despondent over not having come up with the idea himself.

lumberjim · 03-07-2004, 01:32 AM

hey, my back hurts as it is from carrying you people.

actually, i get my inspiration from others, usually. as im sure most of us do. your keychain thread, wolf. the cd thing came from

f, the art gallery from ....damn, i cant remember, but i credited in the 1st post.....the whole dave thing was onyxcougar's idea .....

.....somtimes ideas kind of backfire......., and sometimes they're great. I also steal ideas from jinx, cuz she's too shy to post her own threads. ( she makes me do it)

you get the drift.

i'll post a new thread at the drop of a hat, that's all. I'm out of control.

Torrere · 03-07-2004, 01:45 AM

Nominations?

Well, the books on my stack are:

The Exile, by Albert Camus
The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century, by Barbara S. Tuchman (if I can find it).

I still haven't read Stranger in a Strange Land.

Others on the stack which probably are not valid entries:
Assassin's Apprentince, by Robin Hobb
Saturn's Quest, by Larry Niven

Have most of the people on the Cellar already read Guns, Germs and Steel?

Slartibartfast · 03-07-2004, 09:26 AM

Methods for choosing the book

1) Each month a new person chooses the book. We can pull names from a hat to determine order. This gives a lot of power to the chooser, but if everyone complains about the chosen book, it can be vetoed and the chooser has to pick an alternate book.

-OR-

2) The chosen person picks three books, then everyone votes on which of the three will be the book of the month.

-OR-

3) Everyone nominates a book, and then a vote is made (1st choice 3 points, 2nd choice 2 points, 3rd choice one point). The book with the most points becomes the book of the month.

Personally, I like method 1 or 2 the most, but I'll go with what people agree.

Slartibartfast · 03-07-2004, 09:45 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by wolf

Book club is an extraordinarily cool idea, slarti. It is clear that lumberjim is despondent over not having come up with the idea himself.

Thanks Wolf! Now I feel all warm and fuzzy inside. (must be that cat I swollowed)

LJ don't worry, you can still come up with Fish of the Month or Ideology of the Month, there is still a lot of ideas to choose from..

Torrere · 03-07-2004, 10:13 AM

The second method sounds good.

Everyone reciting a list of books a la me will probably result in a quickly overwhelmed and fading thread.

*Torrere ponders deleting the post

Slartibartfast · 03-07-2004, 10:35 AM

Two votes for Option 2 (torrere and I)

Anyone else?

wolf · 03-07-2004, 10:36 AM

I like option 2 as well ... makes the whole experience more participatory ...

Slartibartfast · 03-07-2004, 10:40 AM

And we should set April to be the first month. We will need to know which book it is by march 24.

That would give everyone a week to pick up the book, is that enough time?

wolf · 03-07-2004, 10:49 AM

allows sufficient time for amazon shipping and handling, I'd say ... even if people start late, having a month to read the book is more than sufficient, unless it's a really, really long book, which we said we weren't going to do.

Shattered Soul · 03-07-2004, 12:43 PM

Sounds good to me. Reading is my life.

*stands up, takes a deep breath, and says"

Hello, my name is Shattered Soul, and I'm a bibliophile...

Lady Sidhe · 03-07-2004, 12:46 PM

I'm right there with shattered. I'm usually reading a couple of books at a time, but I can always add one more.

Sidhe

SteveDallas · 03-07-2004, 01:59 PM

Yep, let's do it. I like option #2 for selecting the books.

Slartibartfast · 03-07-2004, 02:22 PM

Okay, it seems like we are going with choice 2. That means we need a list of interested parties.
So far, we've got

List updated

Beastie
Slarti
Wolf
Torrere
Lady Sidhe
SteveDallas
Shattered Soul
LumberJim
Neeke
Clodfobble
Brigliadore
Hot Pastrami ??
Jinx
Cam
Griff

We also need someone to pull names from a hat. This can be done two ways.

1) If we pull all the names out of the hat now, we know the lineup to begin with, and new entrants get tacked onto the end of the list.

2) Or, we only pull only one name out of the hat, new entrants get tossed in as they join. Every month a new name is pulled.

The second one gives the excitement of wondering every month if you are next, but the first seems a little more fair to the folks that were in from the beginning, as they are guaranteed to get to go before latecomers.

I like choice two, I could go for a little bit of the unexpected.

OnyxCougar · 03-07-2004, 02:29 PM

Uh....when did I sign up?

03-07-2004, 12:30 AM	#16
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Awesome, awesome review, clodfobble. I think you really touched at the existenial heart of one Happy Monkey, there. Book club is an extraordinarily cool idea, slarti. It is clear that lumberjim is despondent over not having come up with the idea himself. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-07-2004, 01:32 AM	#17
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	hey, my back hurts as it is from carrying you people. actually, i get my inspiration from others, usually. as im sure most of us do. your keychain thread, wolf. the cd thing came from f, the art gallery from ....damn, i cant remember, but i credited in the 1st post.....the whole dave thing was onyxcougar's idea ..........somtimes ideas kind of backfire......., and sometimes they're great. I also steal ideas from jinx, cuz she's too shy to post her own threads. ( she makes me do it) you get the drift. i'll post a new thread at the drop of a hat, that's all. I'm out of control. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

03-07-2004, 01:45 AM	#18
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	Nominations? Well, the books on my stack are: The Exile, by Albert Camus The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century, by Barbara S. Tuchman (if I can find it). I still haven't read Stranger in a Strange Land. Others on the stack which probably are not valid entries: Assassin's Apprentince, by Robin Hobb Saturn's Quest, by Larry Niven Have most of the people on the Cellar already read Guns, Germs and Steel? Last edited by Torrere; 03-07-2004 at 02:03 AM.

03-07-2004, 10:36 AM	#23
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I like option 2 as well ... makes the whole experience more participatory ... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-07-2004, 10:49 AM	#25
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	allows sufficient time for amazon shipping and handling, I'd say ... even if people start late, having a month to read the book is more than sufficient, unless it's a really, really long book, which we said we weren't going to do. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-07-2004, 09:26 AM	#19
Slartibartfast \|-0-\| <-0-> \|-0-\| Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 516	Methods for choosing the book 1) Each month a new person chooses the book. We can pull names from a hat to determine order. This gives a lot of power to the chooser, but if everyone complains about the chosen book, it can be vetoed and the chooser has to pick an alternate book. -OR- 2) The chosen person picks three books, then everyone votes on which of the three will be the book of the month. -OR- 3) Everyone nominates a book, and then a vote is made (1st choice 3 points, 2nd choice 2 points, 3rd choice one point). The book with the most points becomes the book of the month. Personally, I like method 1 or 2 the most, but I'll go with what people agree.

03-07-2004, 10:13 AM	#21
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	The second method sounds good. Everyone reciting a list of books a la me will probably result in a quickly overwhelmed and fading thread. *Torrere ponders deleting the post

03-07-2004, 10:35 AM	#22
Slartibartfast \|-0-\| <-0-> \|-0-\| Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 516	Two votes for Option 2 (torrere and I) Anyone else?

03-07-2004, 10:40 AM	#24
Slartibartfast \|-0-\| <-0-> \|-0-\| Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 516	And we should set April to be the first month. We will need to know which book it is by march 24. That would give everyone a week to pick up the book, is that enough time?

03-07-2004, 12:43 PM	#26
Shattered Soul Shuttered and locked Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 97	Sounds good to me. Reading is my life. *stands up, takes a deep breath, and says" Hello, my name is Shattered Soul, and I'm a bibliophile... __________________ I find it kinda funny, I find it kinda sad...the dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had....

03-07-2004, 12:46 PM	#27
Lady Sidhe That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.... Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Hammond, La. Posts: 978	I'm right there with shattered. I'm usually reading a couple of books at a time, but I can always add one more. Sidhe __________________ My free will...I never leave home without it. --House Someday I want to be rich. Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be. -Rita Rudner

03-07-2004, 01:59 PM	#28
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Yep, let's do it. I like option #2 for selecting the books.

03-07-2004, 02:22 PM	#29
Slartibartfast \|-0-\| <-0-> \|-0-\| Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 516	Okay, it seems like we are going with choice 2. That means we need a list of interested parties. So far, we've got List updated Beastie Slarti Wolf Torrere Lady Sidhe SteveDallas Shattered Soul LumberJim Neeke Clodfobble Brigliadore Hot Pastrami ?? Jinx Cam Griff We also need someone to pull names from a hat. This can be done two ways. 1) If we pull all the names out of the hat now, we know the lineup to begin with, and new entrants get tacked onto the end of the list. 2) Or, we only pull only one name out of the hat, new entrants get tossed in as they join. Every month a new name is pulled. The second one gives the excitement of wondering every month if you are next, but the first seems a little more fair to the folks that were in from the beginning, as they are guaranteed to get to go before latecomers. I like choice two, I could go for a little bit of the unexpected. Last edited by Slartibartfast; 03-07-2004 at 07:32 PM.

03-07-2004, 02:29 PM	#30
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	Uh....when did I sign up?

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