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[mon]

4.07 And Then There Were None (aka Ten Little Indians) by Agatha Christie, mystery

Amazon.com

Considered the best mystery novel ever written by many readers, And Then There Were None is the story of 10 strangers, each lured to Indian Island by a mysterious host. Once his guests have arrived, the host accuses each person of murder. Unable to leave the island, the guests begin to share their darkest secrets--until they begin to die.

Haven't read many mysteries, but this was a good one. Also a play and a movie.

 

[Uncle Humuna]

4.07 And Then There Were None (aka Ten Little Indians) by Agatha Christie, mystery

Amazon.com

Considered the best mystery novel ever written by many readers, And Then There Were None is the story of 10 strangers, each lured to Indian Island by a mysterious host. Once his guests have arrived, the host accuses each person of murder. Unable to leave the island, the guests begin to share their darkest secrets--until they begin to die.

Haven't read many mysteries, but this was a good one. Also a play and a movie.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!I didn't think there was anyway this would get snaked.

Durn burn it.

(nice pick)

 

[DCThunder]

Is Ivan around?

 

[mon]

4.06 Walden by Henry David Thoreau - Non Fiction

WALDEN

Walden is neither a novel nor a true autobiography, but a social critique of the Western World, with each chapter heralding some aspect of humanity that needed to be either renounced or praised. Along with his critique of the civilized world, Thoreau examines other issues afflicting man in society, ranging from economy (the first chapter of the book) and reading to solitude and higher laws. He also takes time to talk about the experience at Walden Pond itself, commenting on the animals and the way people treated him for living there, using those experiences to bring out his philosophical positions. This extended commentary on nature has often been interpreted as a strong statement to the natural religion that transcendentalists like Thoreau and Emerson were preaching.

Excellent pick. Great book.

 

[Woz]

4.07 And Then There Were None (aka Ten Little Indians) by Agatha Christie, mystery

Amazon.com

Considered the best mystery novel ever written by many readers, And Then There Were None is the story of 10 strangers, each lured to Indian Island by a mysterious host. Once his guests have arrived, the host accuses each person of murder. Unable to leave the island, the guests begin to share their darkest secrets--until they begin to die.

Haven't read many mysteries, but this was a good one. Also a play and a movie.

Nice choice. I was camping on Christie with a later pick. Very solid entertainment.

 

[perry147]

4.06 Walden by Henry David Thoreau - Non Fiction

WALDEN

Walden is neither a novel nor a true autobiography, but a social critique of the Western World, with each chapter heralding some aspect of humanity that needed to be either renounced or praised. Along with his critique of the civilized world, Thoreau examines other issues afflicting man in society, ranging from economy (the first chapter of the book) and reading to solitude and higher laws. He also takes time to talk about the experience at Walden Pond itself, commenting on the animals and the way people treated him for living there, using those experiences to bring out his philosophical positions. This extended commentary on nature has often been interpreted as a strong statement to the natural religion that transcendentalists like Thoreau and Emerson were preaching.

Nice pick, had this 4th on my list for non-fiction books. Certainly offers a nice critique of western culture. While I do not agree with him on a lot of stuff, it's certainly a great read. 1. Prince

2. Works of Plato

3. ?

4. Walden

hmmm Sounds like we have read many of the same books Woz. I bet I can guess your third book.

 

[kupcho1]

4.07 And Then There Were None (aka Ten Little Indians) by Agatha Christie, mystery

Amazon.com

Considered the best mystery novel ever written by many readers, And Then There Were None is the story of 10 strangers, each lured to Indian Island by a mysterious host. Once his guests have arrived, the host accuses each person of murder. Unable to leave the island, the guests begin to share their darkest secrets--until they begin to die.

Haven't read many mysteries, but this was a good one. Also a play and a movie.

Who stole my cheatsheet?

 

[Woz]

4.06 Walden by Henry David Thoreau - Non Fiction

WALDEN

Walden is neither a novel nor a true autobiography, but a social critique of the Western World, with each chapter heralding some aspect of humanity that needed to be either renounced or praised. Along with his critique of the civilized world, Thoreau examines other issues afflicting man in society, ranging from economy (the first chapter of the book) and reading to solitude and higher laws. He also takes time to talk about the experience at Walden Pond itself, commenting on the animals and the way people treated him for living there, using those experiences to bring out his philosophical positions. This extended commentary on nature has often been interpreted as a strong statement to the natural religion that transcendentalists like Thoreau and Emerson were preaching.

Nice pick, had this 4th on my list for non-fiction books. Certainly offers a nice critique of western culture. While I do not agree with him on a lot of stuff, it's certainly a great read. 1. Prince

2. Works of Plato

3. ?

4. Walden

hmmm Sounds like we have read many of the same books Woz. I bet I can guess your third book.

Give it a shot in pm.

 

[perry147]

4.06 Walden by Henry David Thoreau - Non Fiction

WALDEN

Walden is neither a novel nor a true autobiography, but a social critique of the Western World, with each chapter heralding some aspect of humanity that needed to be either renounced or praised. Along with his critique of the civilized world, Thoreau examines other issues afflicting man in society, ranging from economy (the first chapter of the book) and reading to solitude and higher laws. He also takes time to talk about the experience at Walden Pond itself, commenting on the animals and the way people treated him for living there, using those experiences to bring out his philosophical positions. This extended commentary on nature has often been interpreted as a strong statement to the natural religion that transcendentalists like Thoreau and Emerson were preaching.

Nice pick, had this 4th on my list for non-fiction books. Certainly offers a nice critique of western culture. While I do not agree with him on a lot of stuff, it's certainly a great read. 1. Prince

2. Works of Plato

3. ?

4. Walden

hmmm Sounds like we have read many of the same books Woz. I bet I can guess your third book.

Give it a shot in pm.

I want to use it as a flex.

 

[DCThunder]

I got a mystery that's I'll wager is on no one's cheat sheet.

 

[Woz]

4.06 Walden by Henry David Thoreau - Non Fiction

WALDEN

Walden is neither a novel nor a true autobiography, but a social critique of the Western World, with each chapter heralding some aspect of humanity that needed to be either renounced or praised. Along with his critique of the civilized world, Thoreau examines other issues afflicting man in society, ranging from economy (the first chapter of the book) and reading to solitude and higher laws. He also takes time to talk about the experience at Walden Pond itself, commenting on the animals and the way people treated him for living there, using those experiences to bring out his philosophical positions. This extended commentary on nature has often been interpreted as a strong statement to the natural religion that transcendentalists like Thoreau and Emerson were preaching.

Nice pick, had this 4th on my list for non-fiction books. Certainly offers a nice critique of western culture. While I do not agree with him on a lot of stuff, it's certainly a great read. 1. Prince

2. Works of Plato

3. ?

4. Walden

hmmm Sounds like we have read many of the same books Woz. I bet I can guess your third book.

Give it a shot in pm.

I want to use it as a flex.

Fair enough. I'll let you know if you make the pick or it'll be obvious if I make it.

 

[mon]

Looks like I got lucky and made that pick just in time. Kupcho1, if you want your cheatsheet back, you'll have to pay for it.

 

[DCThunder]

I just got a PM from rikishi with two picks, so if Ivan will pick, I'll get to post his and mine for the turn.

 

[rikishiboy]

I will be available to pick myself if I come up in the next 45 minutes. If its after that I have Pmed my picks to DC Thunder. I will write on my picks after work (including my last 2). To day is abusy day so am glad I am seperated by many picks.

 

[mon]

I just got a PM from rikishi with two picks, so if Ivan will pick, I'll get to post his and mine for the turn.

Ivan's got 10 minutes left on the clock.

 

[perry147]

I just got a PM from rikishi with two picks, so if Ivan will pick, I'll get to post his and mine for the turn.

Ivan's got 10 minutes left on the clock.

Can someone do a team page update?

 

[kupcho1]

1.01 - rikishiboy - The Foundation Series - Isaac Asimov - Series1.02 - DC Thunder - The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Classic1.03 - Ivankaramazov - The Stand - Stephen King - Horror1.04 - mon - The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck - Classic1.05 - perry147 - The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkein - Science Fiction/Fantasy1.06 - Uncle Humuna - Moby **** - Herman Melville - Classic1.07 - kupcho1 - 孫子兵法 (The Art of War) - 孫子 (Sun Tzu) - Nonfiction1.08 - Woz - The Best Tales of Edgar Allen Poe - Edgar Allen Poe - Short Story Collection1.09 - cosjobs - Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurtry - Drama1.10 - Assani Fisher - 1984 - George Orwell - Classic2.01 - Assani Fisher - Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger - Drama2.02 - cosjobs - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain - Classic2.03 - Woz - Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift - Classic2.04 - kupcho1 - A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole - Drama2.05 - Uncle Humuna - Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut - Flex2.06 - perry147 - The Iliad - Homer - Classic2.07 - mon - Catch 22 - Joseph Heller - Flex2.08 - Ivankaramazov - Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk - Thriller2.09 - DC Thunder - Horatio Hornblower Series - C.S. Forester - Series2.10 - rikishiboy - Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes - Classic3.01 - rikishiboy - Frankenstein - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - Horror3.02 - DC Thunder - The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas - Thriller3.03 - Ivankaramazov - Brave New World - Aldous Huxley - Science Fiction/Fantasy3.04 - mon - Tales of H. P. Lovecraft - H. P. Lovecraft - Horror3.05 - perry147 - Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand - Drama3.06 - Uncle Humuna - Dune - Frank Herbert - Science Fiction/Fantasy3.07 - kupcho1 - Ulysses - James Joyce - Classic3.08 - Woz - The Prince - Machiavelli - Nonfiction3.09 - cosjobs - The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch - Philip K. **** - Horror3.10 - Assani Fisher - Plato's Dialogs - Plato - Series4.01 - Assani Fisher - When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi - David Maraniss - Nonfiction4.02 - cosjobs - Travis McGee Series - John D. MacDonald - Series4.03 - Woz - It - Stephen King - Horror4.04 - kupcho1 - A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess - Science Fiction/Fantasy4.05 - Uncle Humuna - The Jack Ryan Series - Tom Clancy - Series4.06 - perry147 - Walden - Henry David Thoreau - Nonfiction4.07 - mon - And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie - Mystery4.08 - Ivankaramazov - - - rikishiboy 1 - The Foundation Series - Isaac Asimov - Series2 - Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes - Classic3 - Frankenstein - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - Horror4 - - - 5 - - - 6 - - - 7 - - - 8 - - - 9 - - - 10 - - - DC Thunder 1 - The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Classic2 - Horatio Hornblower Series - C.S. Forester - Series3 - The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas - Thriller4 - - - 5 - - - 6 - - - 7 - - - 8 - - - 9 - - - 10 - - - Ivankaramazov 1 - The Stand - Stephen King - Horror2 - Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk - Thriller3 - Brave New World - Aldous Huxley - Science Fiction/Fantasy4 - - - 5 - - - 6 - - - 7 - - - 8 - - - 9 - - - 10 - - - mon 1 - The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck - Classic2 - Catch 22 - Joseph Heller - Flex3 - Tales of H. P. Lovecraft - H. P. Lovecraft - Horror4 - And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie - Mystery5 - - - 6 - - - 7 - - - 8 - - - 9 - - - 10 - - - perry147 1 - The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkein - Science Fiction/Fantasy2 - The Iliad - Homer - Classic3 - Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand - Drama4 - Walden - Henry David Thoreau - Nonfiction5 - - - 6 - - - 7 - - - 8 - - - 9 - - - 10 - - - Uncle Humuna 1 - Moby **** - Herman Melville - Classic2 - Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut - Flex3 - Dune - Frank Herbert - Science Fiction/Fantasy4 - The Jack Ryan Series - Tom Clancy - Series5 - - - 6 - - - 7 - - - 8 - - - 9 - - - 10 - - - kupcho1 1 - 孫子兵法 (The Art of War) - 孫子 (Sun Tzu) - Nonfiction2 - A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole - Drama3 - Ulysses - James Joyce - Classic4 - A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess - Science Fiction/Fantasy5 - - - 6 - - - 7 - - - 8 - - - 9 - - - 10 - - - Woz 1 - The Best Tales of Edgar Allen Poe - Edgar Allen Poe - Short Story Collection2 - Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift - Classic3 - The Prince - Machiavelli - Nonfiction4 - It - Stephen King - Horror5 - - - 6 - - - 7 - - - 8 - - - 9 - - - 10 - - - cosjobs 1 - Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurtry - Drama2 - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain - Classic3 - The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch - Philip K. **** - Horror4 - Travis McGee Series - John D. MacDonald - Series5 - - - 6 - - - 7 - - - 8 - - - 9 - - - 10 - - - Assani Fisher 1 - 1984 - George Orwell - Classic2 - Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger - Drama3 - Plato's Dialogs - Plato - Series4 - When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi - David Maraniss - Nonfiction5 - - - 6 - - - 7 - - - 8 - - - 9 - - - 10 - - - Classic - 9Drama - 4Flex - 2Horror - 5Mystery - 1Nonfiction - 4Science Fiction/Fantasy - 4Series - 5Short Story Collection - 1Thriller - 2

 

[mon]

Ivan's time is up. DC Thunder?

 

[DCThunder]

Kupcho, should I pick?

 

[mon]

FWIW, I'll be out of the office from about 1:00 to 4:00 CT. I doubt the draft will get back to me, but if it does just wait out the half hour and then skip me. I'll jump in when I get back.

 

[kupcho1]

FWIW, I'll be out of the office from about 1:00 to 4:00 CT. I doubt the draft will get back to me, but if it does just wait out the half hour and then skip me. I'll jump in when I get back.

I guess that says it all.

 

[mon]

Guys, you don't need permission to pick. We all can figure out when someone's 30 minutes is up.

 

[DCThunder]

4.09--The Collected Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway. -Short storiesHemingway was more than a writer of novels, he also wrote a lot of great short stories, such as:“Indian Camp”“The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife”“The End of Something”“The Three-Day Blow”“The Killers”“A Way You’ll Never Be”“In Another Country”“Big Two-Hearted River—Parts I & II”“The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber”“Hills Like White Elephants”“A Clean, Well-Lighted Place”“The Snows of Kilimanjaro”.From his earlier stories through the later, darker stories, from the woods of North Michigan to the plains of Africa, Hemingway used his spare prose style to tell good stories and posit eternal truths about courage, man-hood and grace under fire. If Fitzgerald wasn't the greatest American writer of the first half of the 20th century, then Hemingway could lay claim to the title.

 

[cosjobs]

4.09--The Collected Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway.

Hemingway was more than a writer of novels, he also wrote a lot of great short stories, such as:

“Indian Camp”

“The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife”

“The End of Something”

“The Three-Day Blow”

“The Killers”

“A Way You’ll Never Be”

“In Another Country”

“Big Two-Hearted River—Parts I & II”

“The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber”

“Hills Like White Elephants”

“A Clean, Well-Lighted Place”

“The Snows of Kilimanjaro”.

From his earlier stories through the later, darker stories, from the woods of North Michigan to the plains of Africa, Hemingway used his spare prose style to tell good stories and posit eternal truths about courage, man-hood and grace under fire. If Fitzgerald wasn't the greatest American writer of the first half of the 20th century, then Hemingway could lay claim to the title.

Good pick. It was under my radar, but should not have been.

 

[perry147]

4.09--The Collected Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway. -Short stories

Hemingway was more than a writer of novels, he also wrote a lot of great short stories, such as:

“Indian Camp”

“The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife”

“The End of Something”

“The Three-Day Blow”

“The Killers”

“A Way You’ll Never Be”

“In Another Country”

“Big Two-Hearted River—Parts I & II”

“The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber”

“Hills Like White Elephants”

“A Clean, Well-Lighted Place”

“The Snows of Kilimanjaro”.

From his earlier stories through the later, darker stories, from the woods of North Michigan to the plains of Africa, Hemingway used his spare prose style to tell good stories and posit eternal truths about courage, man-hood and grace under fire. If Fitzgerald wasn't the greatest American writer of the first half of the 20th century, then Hemingway could lay claim to the title.

Great pick; I read the short stories before I read any of his other works and had this in mind for my short story pick.

 

[rikishiboy]

I am gonna go with something modern and something that has promoted controversey leading to many analytical follw up movies (as documentaries) and books....so with 4.10 I select the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. This is my Thriller.For my next pick I will take a collect of short stories by one of my favorite authors. I have not read many short story collections so wanted to be sure to get this....It's 5.1 12 Red Herring by Jeffrey Archer. My Short Story Collection.

 

[rikishiboy]

If by chance my turn is up again..I give permission to skip my pick..I will add when I return.

 

[DCThunder]

5.02-The Name of the Rose--Umberto Ecco-MysteryI could probably wait and take this medieval mystery story of murder in an Italian monastary, but I'll take it now and get this category over with. It's been said that no other best seller was ever bought and then never read, but I did plow through almost all of it and while it's not my cup of tea, it is a well crafted story by a non-American writer. I might have to go back and give it another try.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

4.08 The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Drama)

(Thanks to kupcho for uncorking the homer picks)

 

[IvanKaramazov]

5.03 The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon (Mystery)

 

[perry147]

I am gonna go with something modern and something that has promoted controversey leading to many analytical follw up movies (as documentaries) and books....so with 4.10 I select the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. This is my Thriller.

For my next pick I will take a collect of short stories by one of my favorite authors. I have not read many short story collections so wanted to be sure to get this....It's 5.1 12 Red Herring by Jeffrey Archer. My Short Story Collection.

Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown - I bought this book for a trip and left it in the hotel room, got to the airport (to late to go back to hotel) on layover I brought it again but left it on the plane. I refuse to buy any book three times, I guess it is god's will that I do not read this book.oh Yea - Good pick for a thriller

 

[mon]

5.04 The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien, sci fi/fantasy

I loved this book as a kid. Great read for young and old alike. Really a tough decision between this and one other book, which I think will also get drafted.

 

[Uncle Humuna]

4.09--The Collected Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway. -Short stories

Hemingway was more than a writer of novels, he also wrote a lot of great short stories, such as:

“Indian Camp”

“The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife”

“The End of Something”

“The Three-Day Blow”

“The Killers”

“A Way You’ll Never Be”

“In Another Country”

“Big Two-Hearted River—Parts I & II”

“The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber”

“Hills Like White Elephants”

“A Clean, Well-Lighted Place”

“The Snows of Kilimanjaro”.

From his earlier stories through the later, darker stories, from the woods of North Michigan to the plains of Africa, Hemingway used his spare prose style to tell good stories and posit eternal truths about courage, man-hood and grace under fire. If Fitzgerald wasn't the greatest American writer of the first half of the 20th century, then Hemingway could lay claim to the title.

:scratchesoffshortlist:

 

[perry147]

5.02-The Name of the Rose--Umberto Ecco-Mystery

I could probably wait and take this medieval mystery story of murder in an Italian monastary, but I'll take it now and get this category over with. It's been said that no other best seller was ever bought and then never read, but I did plow through almost all of it and while it's not my cup of tea, it is a well crafted story by a non-American writer. I might have to go back and give it another try.

Nice pick. Just do not try to read "Foucault's Pendulum" his other great work.Foucault's Pendulum is tedious and difficult to read and I have heard it is very good but kinda like 1984 with the intellectual detail.

 

[perry147]

5.04 The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien, sci fi/fantasy

I loved this book as a kid. Great read for young and old alike. Really a tough decision between this and one other book, which I think will also get drafted.

I already drafted LOTR - I think that includes "The Hobbit".

 

[mon]

5.03 The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon (Mystery)

LOL, I am also reading this one right now. I have a habit of reading 2-3 books at a time. I just started it and it seems a little hard to get into. So you're saying it's definitely worth finishing, I guess. My first Pynchon book, by the way.

 

[mon]

5.04 The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien, sci fi/fantasy

I loved this book as a kid. Great read for young and old alike. Really a tough decision between this and one other book, which I think will also get drafted.

I already drafted LOTR - I think that includes "The Hobbit".

I researched that, and I don't think so. If my pick is overruled, I want some hard evidence.

 

[NCCommish]

5.04 The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien, sci fi/fantasy

I loved this book as a kid. Great read for young and old alike. Really a tough decision between this and one other book, which I think will also get drafted.

I already drafted LOTR - I think that includes "The Hobbit".

Nope they are considered seperate. Fellowship, Two Towers and Return make up the trilogy. Hobbit stands alone.

 

[Woz]

5.04 The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien, sci fi/fantasy

I loved this book as a kid. Great read for young and old alike. Really a tough decision between this and one other book, which I think will also get drafted.

I already drafted LOTR - I think that includes "The Hobbit".

Nope they are considered seperate. Fellowship, Two Towers and Return make up the trilogy. Hobbit stands alone.

I agree, that's always been my take on it. So who's up and can we get an update?

 

[IvanKaramazov]

4.08 The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Drama)

I guess it won't surprise many people to know that this is one of my all-time favorite books, and I had it as a must-draft. So far, all the books I've chosen have been fairly short and easy reads, so a good, dense Russian novel is good for variety. This is also my first selection from outside the 20th century. Dostoevsky is arguably the greatest novelist who ever lived. He is to the novel what Shakespeare is to the play. Both men share a rare gift for creating living, breathing, three-dimensional characters who seem to live independently of their creators. I could not in good conscience complete this draft without having this particular author represented in my library.

The Brothers Karamazov is, in my opinion, Dostoevksy's best work. When the degenerate Fyodor Karamazov is murdered, his four sons (Alyosha, Dmitri, Ivan, and Svidrigalov) must deal with the aftermath. As you'd expect, Dostoevsky plumbs the depths of each of these characters and in the process raises a variety of philosophical points with heavy Christian overtones. Redemptive suffering, psychological sickness, the broad nature of "guilt," etc. all play a role here.

This novel is the only one I'm aware of that features a chapter that is often sold and read as a stand-alone work. "The Grand Inquisitor" is a short story written by Ivan in which Christ returns to earth during the Spanish inquisition. He's imprisoned and accosted by the Grand Inquisitor for giving mankind too much freedom, a mistake the church has taken upon itself to rectify. It's a good, theologically meaty work written by a diseased mind, which Dostoevsky renders with perfect pitch.

From a draft strategy perspective, I was tempted to go with a different Dostoevsky work. Unfortunately, The Brothers Karamazov is not as widely read as a couple of his other books. But I can't pass over my favorite, and I'm confident that even if the judges/voters haven't read this particular book, they're at least familiar enough with it and its author to appreciate its literary merits.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

5.03 The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon (Mystery)

LOL, I am also reading this one right now. I have a habit of reading 2-3 books at a time. I just started it and it seems a little hard to get into. So you're saying it's definitely worth finishing, I guess. My first Pynchon book, by the way.

Stick with it. It's worth it.

 

[kupcho1]

5.04 The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien, sci fi/fantasy

I loved this book as a kid. Great read for young and old alike. Really a tough decision between this and one other book, which I think will also get drafted.

I already drafted LOTR - I think that includes "The Hobbit".

Nope they are considered seperate. Fellowship, Two Towers and Return make up the trilogy. Hobbit stands alone.

That's why he'll make a good judge.

 

[kupcho1]

1.01 - rikishiboy - The Foundation Series - Isaac Asimov - Series

1.02 - DC Thunder - The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Classic

1.03 - Ivankaramazov - The Stand - Stephen King - Horror

1.04 - mon - The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck - Classic

1.05 - perry147 - The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkein - Science Fiction/Fantasy

1.06 - Uncle Humuna - Moby **** - Herman Melville - Classic

1.07 - kupcho1 - 孫子兵法 (The Art of War) - 孫子 (Sun Tzu) - Nonfiction

1.08 - Woz - The Best Tales of Edgar Allen Poe - Edgar Allen Poe - Short Story Collection

1.09 - cosjobs - Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurtry - Drama

1.10 - Assani Fisher - 1984 - George Orwell - Classic

2.01 - Assani Fisher - Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger - Drama

2.02 - cosjobs - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain - Classic

2.03 - Woz - Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift - Classic

2.04 - kupcho1 - A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole - Drama

2.05 - Uncle Humuna - Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut - Flex

2.06 - perry147 - The Iliad - Homer - Classic

2.07 - mon - Catch 22 - Joseph Heller - Flex

2.08 - Ivankaramazov - Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk - Thriller

2.09 - DC Thunder - Horatio Hornblower Series - C.S. Forester - Series

2.10 - rikishiboy - Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes - Classic

3.01 - rikishiboy - Frankenstein - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - Horror

3.02 - DC Thunder - The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas - Thriller

3.03 - Ivankaramazov - Brave New World - Aldous Huxley - Science Fiction/Fantasy

3.04 - mon - Tales of H. P. Lovecraft - H. P. Lovecraft - Horror

3.05 - perry147 - Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand - Drama

3.06 - Uncle Humuna - Dune - Frank Herbert - Science Fiction/Fantasy

3.07 - kupcho1 - Ulysses - James Joyce - Classic

3.08 - Woz - The Prince - Machiavelli - Nonfiction

3.09 - cosjobs - The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch - Philip K. **** - Horror

3.10 - Assani Fisher - Plato's Dialogs - Plato - Series

4.01 - Assani Fisher - When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi - David Maraniss - Nonfiction

4.02 - cosjobs - Travis McGee Series - John D. MacDonald - Series

4.03 - Woz - It - Stephen King - Horror

4.04 - kupcho1 - A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess - Science Fiction/Fantasy

4.05 - Uncle Humuna - The Jack Ryan Series - Tom Clancy - Series

4.06 - perry147 - Walden - Henry David Thoreau - Nonfiction

4.07 - mon - And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie - Mystery

4.08 - Ivankaramazov - The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky - Classic

4.09 - DC Thunder - The Collected Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway - Ernest Hemingway - Short Story Collection

4.10 - rikishiboy - The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown - Thriller

5.01 - rikishiboy - Red Herring - Jeffrey Archer - Short Story Collection

5.02 - DC Thunder - The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco - Mystery

5.03 - Ivankaramazov - The Crying of Lot 49 - Thomas Pynchon - Mystery

5.04 - mon - The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkein - Science Fiction/Fantasy

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rikishiboy

1 - The Foundation Series - Isaac Asimov - Series

2 - Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes - Classic

3 - Frankenstein - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - Horror

4 - The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown - Thriller

5 - Red Herring - Jeffrey Archer - Short Story Collection

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DC Thunder

1 - The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Classic

2 - Horatio Hornblower Series - C.S. Forester - Series

3 - The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas - Thriller

4 - The Collected Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway - Ernest Hemingway - Short Story Collection

5 - The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco - Mystery

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Ivankaramazov

1 - The Stand - Stephen King - Horror

2 - Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk - Thriller

3 - Brave New World - Aldous Huxley - Science Fiction/Fantasy

4 - The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky - Classic

5 - The Crying of Lot 49 - Thomas Pynchon - Mystery

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mon

1 - The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck - Classic

2 - Catch 22 - Joseph Heller - Flex

3 - Tales of H. P. Lovecraft - H. P. Lovecraft - Horror

4 - And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie - Mystery

5 - The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkein - Science Fiction/Fantasy

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perry147

1 - The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkein - Science Fiction/Fantasy

2 - The Iliad - Homer - Classic

3 - Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand - Drama

4 - Walden - Henry David Thoreau - Nonfiction

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Uncle Humuna

1 - Moby **** - Herman Melville - Classic

2 - Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut - Flex

3 - Dune - Frank Herbert - Science Fiction/Fantasy

4 - The Jack Ryan Series - Tom Clancy - Series

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kupcho1

1 - 孫子兵法 (The Art of War) - 孫子 (Sun Tzu) - Nonfiction

2 - A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole - Drama

3 - Ulysses - James Joyce - Classic

4 - A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess - Science Fiction/Fantasy

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Woz

1 - The Best Tales of Edgar Allen Poe - Edgar Allen Poe - Short Story Collection

2 - Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift - Classic

3 - The Prince - Machiavelli - Nonfiction

4 - It - Stephen King - Horror

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cosjobs

1 - Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurtry - Drama

2 - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain - Classic

3 - The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch - Philip K. **** - Horror

4 - Travis McGee Series - John D. MacDonald - Series

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Assani Fisher

1 - 1984 - George Orwell - Classic

2 - Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger - Drama

3 - Plato's Dialogs - Plato - Series

4 - When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi - David Maraniss - Nonfiction

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Classic - 10

Drama - 4

Flex - 2

Horror - 5

Mystery - 3

Nonfiction - 4

Science Fiction/Fantasy - 5

Series - 5

Short Story Collection - 3

Thriller - 3

perry147 on the clock

Heading out to dinner. Be back in a few hours

 

[perry147]

5.05 - American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis ) - Horror

Link

In the novel, Bateman (the main character) describes how he kills and tortures a large number of people.

The greed, disgust, the sadistic pleasure Bateman takes in murder, and the homicidal rage that motivates them, are the only forms of emotion of which Bateman is capable.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

5.03 The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon (Mystery)

Edit: Mild spoilers ahead in white.Oedipa Maas has just been informed of her ex-husbands death. She's been named executrix of his estate. In the course of unravelling his business dealings, she stumbles upon a bizarre conspiracy involving Jacobian revenge plays, the postal system, and a mysterious entity called Trystero. Or it may all be an elaborate practical joke. Either way, Oedipa finds herself consumed in her search for the truth.

This is Pynchon's most accessible work, by far. It's short, but it's extremely dense. Most of the normal themes in Pynchon's other novels are here: weird conspiracies, underground social networks, overwhelming paranoia, satires of corporate culture, quirky wordplay, and even a drug-induced phantasia. Pynchon leaves us questioning whether our search for order in the world is really just a fool's errand, resulting in us imposing order on intrinsically meaningless pieces of data (like naming a random cluster of a stars a "constellation"). This isn't the unrelenting indictment of Western culture that we see in some of this other work, but you germs of his ideas come through quite clearly.

I'm glad I could find a spot for this in my library. I'm not a big believer in postmodernism myself, but this is a good one for provoking thought.

 

[mon]

This draft is pretty cool. Starting to see some personalities and trends come out. I admire everyone's picks so far. A couple of classics have been picked which I've always wanted to read, but for some reason haven't yet. I think this draft will inspire me to do so.Good job, everyone.

 

[Uncle Humuna]

5.06 "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Mystery)

 

[Uncle Humuna]

This draft is pretty cool. Starting to see some personalities and trends come out. I admire everyone's picks so far. A couple of classics have been picked which I've always wanted to read, but for some reason haven't yet. I think this draft will inspire me to do so.

Good job, everyone.

Much like the Desert Island Album draft, I believe this excercise will prove to be very inspirational (and very educational!)

 

[NCCommish]

This draft is pretty cool. Starting to see some personalities and trends come out. I admire everyone's picks so far. A couple of classics have been picked which I've always wanted to read, but for some reason haven't yet. I think this draft will inspire me to do so.

Good job, everyone.

Much like the Desert Island Album draft, I believe this excercise will prove to be very inspirational (and very educational!)

I agree.

 

[Woz]

Come on kupcho, my boss here at work is away from the desk and I can pick freely here.