Is it possible for someone to post something in Press once the title has been chosen?
I'd do it if nobody else did. We want all the Buffistas to know what we're reading and to feel comfortable to drop in and share their thoughts.
Flames wouldn't be eternal if they actually consumed anything.
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The Buffista Book Club: the Harry Potter iteration
This thread is a focused discussion group. Please see the first post below for the current topic and upcoming book discussions. While natter will inevitably happen, we encourage you to treat this like a virtual book club and try to keep your posts in that spirit.
By consensus, this thread is reopened specifically to discuss Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It will be closed again once that discussion has run its course.
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Wolfram - Jul 13, 2004 12:02:08 pm PDT #56 of 3301
Visilurking
-t - Jul 13, 2004 12:02:20 pm PDT #57 of 3301
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I don't think we have an operational randomization process, at least, I've been assuming it's more of a black box.
And it occurs to me that this thread has been open for about 2 hours. More people with different opinions on everything may yet drop in.
And I'm just fine with Wolfram picking the first book, too. We could just let the book chooser position rotate, for that matter.
Connie Neil - Jul 13, 2004 12:02:20 pm PDT #58 of 3301
brillig
Randomization off the top of my head:
Make the list, post the list, use whatever number post comes up and add the numbers together, pick that number book?
Daisy Jane - Jul 13, 2004 12:04:40 pm PDT #59 of 3301
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Louisiana Power and Light, by ?
John Dufresne
I'll go with whatever- though it does seem that we should figger out how to limit the pool. Maybe up to 10(something) suggestions then weeding and randomizing with the weeded getting to be part of the 10(something next time?
I'mma go smoke.
Wolfram - Jul 13, 2004 12:05:34 pm PDT #60 of 3301
Visilurking
Question about Mary Reilly - Do you think we should read the original Jekyll/Hyde story before reading the re-telling? Is it something we might want to try as a pairing?
Topic!Cindy - Jul 13, 2004 12:06:09 pm PDT #61 of 3301
What is even happening?
How about this time, either someone (Wolfram, Heather, whomever) just pick from the suggestions, and then we work on a process. I'm inclined to keep an ongoing list, and let people pick from it, rather than do something mathy. But in the long run, I don't really care, because if we're not happy with the process, we can change it.
Trudy Booth - Jul 13, 2004 12:06:51 pm PDT #62 of 3301
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
For randomizing purposes we could trust a human to pull a name out of a hat.
Polter-Cow - Jul 13, 2004 12:07:16 pm PDT #63 of 3301
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Make the list, post the list, use whatever number post comes up and add the numbers together, pick that number book?
Nilly would be proud.
billytea - Jul 13, 2004 12:07:48 pm PDT #64 of 3301
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
For randomizing purposes we could trust a human to pull a name out of a hat.
True. And if we're lucky, it'll match one of the book suggestions.
Topic!Cindy - Jul 13, 2004 12:09:51 pm PDT #65 of 3301
What is even happening?
Question about Mary Reilly - Do you think we should read the original Jekyll/Hyde story before reading the re-telling? Is it something we might want to try as a pairing?
I see that as a pairing. I see Paradise Lost and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as a pairing, too.
For randomizing purposes we could trust a human to pull a name out of a hat.
Yes.