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| My Man Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse |
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3 | 16.67% |
| Anabasis, by Xenophon |
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7 | 38.89% |
| The Curse of Capistrano, by Johnston McCulley |
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2 | 11.11% |
| Homage to Catalonia, by George Orwell |
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6 | 33.33% |
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 Ok, here are the poll options for next month's book of the month. Vote early, vote often! You can vote for more than one book if you want. You can vote for a book you've already read if you want. As always, though, please only vote if you plan on actually participating in the discussion if that book is selected. Doesn't have to be a witty or brilliant comment or anything, "this book was too loving long" or whatever is fine, just please if you vote for a book think of it as making some minimal commitment. I use these polls as an interest check, so don't click if you aren't interested. Thanks! 1) My Man Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse The second collection to feature Wodehouse's Jeeves stories and the first to include more than one story, it's a nice snapshot of Wodehouse, and free online. Funny, sharp, satirical; what folks read for fun before there was Terry Pratchett. http://manybooks.net/titles/wodehousetext058jeev10.html 2) Xenophon's Anabasis The first war story ever told, and still one of the best. Xenophon was a student of Socrates (really, for true, this is non-fiction) who joined a Greek mercenary army. They got hired by a pretender to the Persian throne, marched a few thousand miles into Persia, fought a battle against the Persian king, won, but. . whoops. . the guy who had hired them died. Then the Persians killed all their generals under a flag of truce. Then Xenophon took charge and they fought their way a thousand miles back across Persia, step by step. Because the mercenary army had citizens from every Greek city, and because Xenophon was a student of Socrates, the book is a fascinating microcosm of Greek life, Greek politics, and greek philosophy, with near-constant action, betrayal, mystery, and danger. It's just a good book and you'll be a smart person for reading it because it's a literal Classic. 3) The Curse of Capistrano by Johnston McCulley This is the first, original Zorro novel. Western, spanish-influenced, plain fun without too many brain cells but at least it's an iconic character in the original. 4) Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell Orwell's account of his service in the Spanish Civil War. I've only read up to the part where he gets shot in the neck. This is the only book in this poll that isn't free on Kindle in the U.S., although it is out of copyright in other English-speaking countries. Hieronymous Alloy fucked around with this message at 06:06 on Jan 29, 2016 |
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Ok, looks like it'll be Anabasis. Awesome.
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Jan 31, 2016 17:56
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A fine choice; I read it many years ago in college and it was cool and good. One might not expect something written that goddamn many centuries ago to be a very exciting read but one would be wrong.
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Jan 31, 2016 21:02
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