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Bookclub voting Thread

I’m posting one hour earlier because I’m hanging out early this Saturday.

There were too many tied books with 6 upmarseys, so I ended up peaking just 4 instead of 5.

The nominees are

Kazuo Ishiguro

John Williams

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Voting closes by 19:00 E.T. Tomorrow, by them the most voted one will be the next bookclub selection. Discussion threads on the new book will begin in a TBD date in august as many haven’t finished Master and Margarita yet.

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:#marseywithgun:

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:hesrightyouknow:

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Can we use approval voting :marseynerd2:

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What’s that? :marseyhmmm:

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Voters vote "yes" or "no" on each option. The option with the most yes's wins. It's good for elections with many candidates because it selects the candidate with the widest approval instead of the candidate with a small core of devotees.

Compare to, say, Latin American Presidential elections.

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Compare to, say, Latin ameriKKKan Presidential elections.

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We could have a second round with rhe two most upmarseyd ones, that’s the LATAM way.

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That being said, I think you shouldn't remake this election. Just something to consider for next time.

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Yes, we’ll keep improving with time

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zoz

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zle

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zozzle

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You mean Faust part 1? Or both parts combined?

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Ideally both, but we could start with Part I, and then vote again before continuing Part II

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Faust part 2 is completely opaque without deep literary analysis and dissection of the wordplay, doubly so in translation. the book club format works a lot better with prose than poetry

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Interesting, maybe we should just go with Part I and then vote for another selection,

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Yeah just doing part 1 would be more productive. If it’s too short you could maybe read a play or short story as well

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I tried Don Quixote and the first like 3 chapters were fun but that shit gets old fast. He shows up, he bes an r-slur, he leaves.

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Yes, first part was a little bit of a slog.

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En un lugar de la Mancha de cuyo nombre no quiero acordarme, no ha mucho tiempo que vivía un hidalgo de los de lanza en astillero, adarga antigua, rocín flaco y galgo corredor.

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Faust is a hard read btw and he translation matters a lot. So just keep that in mind.

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Yes, if Faust wins we should agree upon a translation. Same thing for the anglos reading Don Quijote

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kaufmann has my fav nietzsche translations so i vote him, also its the one i own

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I recommend the Walter Arndt it’s the whole play and also keeps the lyricism

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Would Don Quixote be both parts? Been a long time since I read it, but I enjoyed the second more than the first.

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Yes

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And I already have my copy :marseyreading:

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