But if folks want to close it, I'm not going to object. Just be a little sad.
This is me. Hell, I recommended The Hound of the Baskervilles and didn't even show up for discussion.
Still, more than willing to try again.
Oh, at first it was confusing. Just the idea of computers was like — whoa! I'm eleven hundred years old! I had trouble adjusting to the idea of Lutherans.
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A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
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Amy - Dec 08, 2005 1:19:42 pm PST #6003 of 10001
Because books.
Connie Neil - Dec 08, 2005 3:56:40 pm PST #6004 of 10001
brillig
I want to talk about Hound.
edit because there was only one Hound. Or not, depending on how you count.
brenda m - Dec 08, 2005 6:41:04 pm PST #6005 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
My first dog was named Baskerville. German Shepherd stray (in Manhattan of all places) who howled all night the first couple of weeks.
Walking my current dog the other night, an old lady muttered "Hound of the Baskervilles" as we passed her.
t /random
Lee - Dec 08, 2005 7:45:37 pm PST #6006 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I want to talk about Hound
Not to be argumentative, but then why didn't you (all)?
It seems like the only time interest in the thread gets revived is when the question of keeping the thread open comes up here. Maybe it's time to just chalk this up as something that didn't work, for whatever reason(s).
DXMachina - Dec 09, 2005 5:29:52 am PST #6007 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Goodbye and Good Riddance for 2005 is up.
"Goodbye and Good Riddance 2005: the Year of the Penguin" Dec 9, 2005 7:28:58 am PST
Connie Neil - Dec 09, 2005 5:56:48 am PST #6008 of 10001
brillig
Not to be argumentative, but then why didn't you (all)?
We had a schedule for reading some of the short stories first, then we wanted to give people time to read it.
Amy - Dec 09, 2005 6:02:20 am PST #6009 of 10001
Because books.
We had a schedule for reading some of the short stories first, then we wanted to give people time to read it.
The thing is, though, no one showed up.
Like I said, I'd be willing to try it again after the holidays, but I don't have great hopes for it. If the consensus is to close it, I'd be sad that we couldn't muster more enthusiasm for it, but it's not like there's not already a place to talk books in Literary.
§ ita § - Dec 09, 2005 6:06:47 am PST #6010 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
From the looks of things, Baskerville was scheduled for September. Which it no longer is.
It can be closed for potential reopening as easily as LotR, but from an outsider's perspective, I'm not sure if the experiment worked.
Scrappy - Dec 09, 2005 6:28:02 am PST #6011 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I was for it, but it didn't work in practice. I think there may be a way to make a Buffista book club work, but this wasn't it.
Kat - Dec 09, 2005 6:59:10 am PST #6012 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
So, is there a proposal to close it?