I think the point that was getting made was that the general climate in Literary was not hospitable to having in-depth discussions of literary texts.
I think there's some confusion about what different people mean by "in-depth discussion." (Or, at least, I'm confused.) To me, it means people talking for awhile about the same book, and having some sort of sustained discussion going beyond "I like it," "Me too!" "I don't." So, discussing characters, plot, whether it would have been better with a different ending, whatever. Are you using it to mean something more specific?
No Hil, that's what I meant.
ETA- actually perhaps a little deeper than characters and plot. Interpretations, meanings (in all forms) is more what I was going for.
I think I use "I like it" "Me too" as shorthand for the surface discussions that go on in there mostly.
Okay, wow.
It seems I stated it too harshly, but no -- sometimes one is just wrong. And that one
certainly
includes myself -- I've been wrong right here in the last hour.
The fact that you mistakenly thought most threads didn't get created means ... it means you mistakenly thought most threads didn't get created. That's ALL. It does not speak to the strength or prevalence of an anti-proliferation group.
It just means you were mistaken.
And to think my primary participation in this discussion was to comment about differences in perception, and now I'm getting the big smackdown for it?
No, you claimed that more threads had been prevented by anti-proliferationista arguments than had actually happened. The numbers don't support you, therefore, your number-based assertion was wrong.
How is that a smackdown?
I should probably know this - how long do we discuss?
how long do we discuss?
Until the propser's head explodes.
Or seven days.
I thought it was four. And then voting for three.
Or is it talking for three and voting for four?
Or maybe it's easier to just go with the head exploding thing.
I'm a little lost on how exactly a Book Club would work, and it might be buried in here, and I skipped and so I beg forgiveness.
How does a book get assigned? What's the lead time to expect it will be read? Is a new book proposed, voted upon (misterpoll?), and then announced in Press? Will there be a list of books so that people can pick something from the list and wait for discussion to start? At some point, won't there be so many books assigned that it then becomes another literary thread?
These, and more questions, next time on the Allyson Skimmed Show.
How does a book get assigned? What's the lead time to expect it will be read? Is a new book proposed, voted upon (misterpoll?), and then announced in Press? Will there be a list of books so that people can pick something from the list and wait for discussion to start? At some point, won't there be so many books assigned that it then becomes another literary thread?
The beauty part? All that is for discussion in thread if it passes. Or, I guess in Lit if it doesn't and people are still interested in trying. Or nowhere if neither.
Seven days? Dear god. That seems long. I'm liking four.
