Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
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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.
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?
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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.
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?
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.
For randomizing purposes we could trust a human to pull a name out of a hat.
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.
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.
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.
For randomizing purposes we could trust a human to pull a name out of a hat.
How retro. I like it.