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Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes
I would agree with that and would back the combined group with a nomination.
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Originally Posted by issybird
I'm not interested in a short story anthology of different authors, if that's what the nominated category implies, but would back a short story collection of a single author if it's proposed.
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Originally Posted by CRussel
I could see a place for either, though I admit I'm much more likely to vote for one that is by a single author. I'd suggest that we let the category itself be as broad as possible, and let the individual month's voting deal with the particulars. (Though I'm not at all sure that this category will even make it in to the final list.)
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Originally Posted by issybird
I'm fine with the broad category, also. It's all a carp shoot anyway - both what will make it to the final list and what will be nominated/selected.
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It would appear that of those who cast votes for either Short Story Anthologies or Short Stories almost all seem willing to combine into a single Short Story Collection category (avoiding finely splitting the general idea)? All that is except for din155 who provided the initial nomination for both of these. Perhaps din155 could clarify what he intended by suggesting two short story nominations and if he would be content with reducing it to a single category? If so WTSharpe can this be done? If not I suggest Short Story Collection as a category.
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Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes
I won't be supporting classics in the vote. Since inception in 2008, the bookclub has read 38 classic books in 82 months (46.3%). Even excluding the categories that were MR Classic and Classic the totals are 27 in 71 (38.0%).
38% of the time the bookclub has chosen a classic book when it didn't have to. The bookclub will continue to seek out classics due to cost and availability. I don't see that changing if we don't have a classics category. The bookclub members aren't going to suddenly forget that classic books exist if we don't have that category.
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Not that I doubt your assertion I would ask what your working definition of classic was in making your statement. A book old enough to be in the public domain is not by definition a "classic," in fact few public domain books are classics. Patricia Clarke Memorial Library is a collection of public domain books, not classics.
I agree that is is a crap shoot whether any of these possibilities will receive enough votes in the coming poll to make it into a monthly category, but as I would like to see a short story category I'd like to be sure that votes not be split or diluted. I'd say that all categories proposed are a crap shoot though some would require a fluke run of box cars to be a monthly category (eg Science), while others (eg Science Fiction) any old toss of the dice will be good.
Just to stir the pot a little perhaps some one might wish to have a category of books written for children and adolescents? Based on the results to date of pdurrant's Best Fiction of the 20th Century polling such a category would receive a lot of votes from Mobile Read member's of all ages.