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Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes
We have great discussions on getting books nominated, but less so on the actual books themselves. Part of that might be missing the mark with what people want to read, but we'll have that issue no matter what the categories are. As long as people are having fun and finding things to read I believe the club is successful. I guess that's why I put more credence in nomination and voting numbers than in book discussion. I certainly understand the importance of discussion for some. It sucks to read a book and have no one to discuss it with, even if all we have to say is that was tiresome or that made me laugh so hard.
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Ain't that the truth! We have better discussions just on the categories than we do on most actual books. But then again, I'm having fun.
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Originally Posted by sun surfer
Actually, my views have changed a little since I made that category suggestion. I do really like Tom's suggestion and choosing that way we'd end up with a cohesive list for the year. While I like the categories we have now, some don't make sense taken as a whole. For instance, we have Science Fiction but no Fantasy. If we use my idea from the last category vote that you're proposing, something similar could happen. However, if more people and Tom prefer to do it the way you're suggesting then I'm on board (after all, I did come up with the idea so I should like it  ). |
I have changed a bit since I posted that too, mostly from reading the 2009
discussion on choosing categories for 2010 and having a sense of deja vu. They seemed to be having some of the same issues we are having now. I wasn't involved then (hadn't even heard of MR then), but it is eery how similar some of the complaints were. As I said in #44 above, the process then was similar to what has been going on here but with no vote at the end; pilotbob posted his proposed list after seeing a bunch of others, got some comments back, updated it a couple times and then said "This is it." I wonder if voting on this is actually hurting us rather than helping us. There are times when the democratic process just causes more hassle than necessary.
At this point though, I will be satisfied with however we end up doing this. It is time for some churning of the categories in one way or another and I am enjoying the discussion regardless.
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Actually, [i]Perdido Street Station[i] is written by China Miéville. It is rather well written.
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Oops.
I knew that sounded wrong, but I think the point stands. I do intend to try both Miéville and Murakami here in the future though and from what I have heard they could both go into the literary or main clubs.