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The Bridge, by Iain Banks

6 (20.7%)

Blood Meridian, by Cormac McCarthy

5 (17.2%)

Maus, by Art Spiegelman

14 (48.3%)

At the Mountains of Madness, by H.P. Lovecraft

2 (6.9%)

And Here's the Kicker: Conversations with 21 Top Humor Writers on their Craft, by Mike Sacks

2 (6.9%)

Total Members Voted: 29

Voting closed: 27 May 2010, 19:13

[snalin]

Maybe I'll try this out. I don't spend much time in books usually, but that's because this subforum is mostly about Television series and I don't really like watching that stuff at all.

I've been planning on reading both Lovecraft and Maus, the first since so much pop culture is about his works, and I've read one of his shorter stories, which was amazing. I think I've read/heard about Maus, it's a graphic novel about jews in nazi-germany, right? Where the Jews are Mause - mice? Or am I thinking of something else?

[smack that isaiah]

I loved The Wasp Factory, so I'd be up for reading more Iain Banks.  I already had to read Maus (I and II) for school two years ago.  They were good (especially the beginning of II), but I wouldn't want to go back to them.  Holocaust readings in general--to me--are worth reading for the awareness of it, but I don't like going back to them (they're all so emotionally drawing).

I'll probably pick up and read the Iain Banks regardless of what wins.

I think I've read/heard about Maus, it's a graphic novel about jews in nazi-germany, right? Where the Jews are Mause - mice? Or am I thinking of something else?

yes.  And the Germans are cats, French are frogs, British are fish, Americans are dogs, etc (I can't recall Russians, I'm not sure they're in it).  Although, if any people of these nationalities are Jewish (birth or conversion), they are represented as mice regardless of their background.  It's a lovely metaphor,
and one of the best things about this is that it's written by the son of a Holocaust survivor, not the survivor himself, so there's the running narrative of him getting the story from his father and interpreting it.  These graphic novels have a different approach to the Holocaust than other Holocaust stories, which made it really stand out to me.

[october1983]

I'm basically down with reading anything on this list! Looking forward to it.

[Scandanavian War Machine]

crazy coincidence, batman!

I'm, like, halfway through The Mountains of Madness right now and it's really awesome. Think I might vote for Maus though, just cause I've never read it and it seems pretty interesting.

[Liz]

Goddamn it my book is going to lose again. I will read Blood Meridian without all of you twats!

[Blue Kitty]

You can do that, but I think very few people will discuss it




MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Barmymoo]

American democracy

Should I....? No, it would be like shooting ducks.

[Liz]

I am too sleepy to come up with a witty retort. Maybe tomorrow morning.

[Inlander]

We'll give you a couple of years.

Just like your electoral process.

[Liz]

hey-o

[Lines]

If it were two years ago, I'd say shut up you guys before someone decides to invade you and kill your leader, but it's not two years ago. So um. Shut up before someone decides to give you money and rainbows and healthcare and shit.

Yeah!

[Inlander]

Oh hey, I just realised that the first nominations thread had six books in the poll, didn't it? And I've only put five in this one.

Oh well. Next time.

[Lines]

Oh, I thought there were only 5. Oops.