Posted by Sterling on 10/2/2009, 15:57:33, in reply to "Re: Guardian List: "1000 Novels Everyone Must Read""
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The ReadLit Ultimate List. I like it. What fun!
Your idea of how to compile it sounds good. For example, I, too, hated The Sheltering Sky, but I think it is a very well-written book. It just took me somewhere I didn't want to go.
How do we impose our list on the rest of the world? H-m-m.
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: My sentiments exactly.
:
: Now, here is what I think *WE* should do. First let me
: clarify who we are. We are an authority. We have been
: around for for quite a few years now and our
: collective readings are nothing to sneeze at. Why
: don't we make our own list and impose it on the rest
: of the world?
:
: It needs a very good title. The title must explain why
: we felt the need for yet another list. Like Joffre's
: "Yes, those are great books, well worth your
: time, but here are some books we think Harold sells
: short." Something ridiculously long and
: explanatory.
:
: Then we will come up with a system to choose the
: ReadLit Ultimate List.
:
: We should have vote and veto rights. We should not
: veto a book just because we didin't like it. Books
: should be vetoed out only when we passionately think
: that they don't belong to a great books list. For
: instance, I didn't like The Sheltering Sky but I would
: not veto it because I don't think it is a really
: really bad book. But I would veto The Kite Runner
: because I think it is absolutely awful, really truly a
: bad book.
:
: A good and fair system which would lend to a list we
: all agree upon.
:
: What do you say?
:
: Lale
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