The Great American Novel....s Draft
4:09 PM
After much squabbling, griping, bickering, whining, walking back and forth over the Brooklyn Bridge, and the inevitable couple of vicious mob killings, we squeaked out quite a lovely American Novels draft, if I do say so myself. All novels originally published in the U.S. were eligible.
Thus marks the end of the Era of Cutesy Little Comments about Justin in the Sidebar. And the beginning of the glorious Era in which Three-Person Drafts Are Considered Acceptable.
Sydney: Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath
Justin: Melville, Moby-Dick
Sarah: Nabokov, Lolita
Sarah: Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
Justin: Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Sydney: Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Sydney: Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises
Justin: Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury
Sarah: Ellison, Invisible Man
Sarah: Wharton, The Age of Innocence
Justin: Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
Sydney: Irving, The World According the Garp
Sydney: Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five
Justin: Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Sarah: Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls
Sarah: Stegner, Angle of Repose
Justin: Kerouac, On the Road
Sydney: Roth, American Pastoral
Sydney: James, Portrait of a Lady
Justin: Salinger, Catcher in the Rye
Sarah: Morrison, Beloved
Sarah: Wolfe, Bonfire of the Vanities
Justin: Heller, Catch-22
Sydney: Alcott, Little Women
Sydney: Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Justin: Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Sarah: Roth, Portnoy’s Complaint
Sarah: Mitchell, Gone with the Wind
Justin: London, Call of the Wild
Sydney: Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Thus marks the end of the Era of Cutesy Little Comments about Justin in the Sidebar. And the beginning of the glorious Era in which Three-Person Drafts Are Considered Acceptable.
Sydney: Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath
Justin: Melville, Moby-Dick
Sarah: Nabokov, Lolita
Sarah: Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
Justin: Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Sydney: Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Sydney: Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises
Justin: Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury
Sarah: Ellison, Invisible Man
Sarah: Wharton, The Age of Innocence
Justin: Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
Sydney: Irving, The World According the Garp
Sydney: Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five
Justin: Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Sarah: Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls
Sarah: Stegner, Angle of Repose
Justin: Kerouac, On the Road
Sydney: Roth, American Pastoral
Sydney: James, Portrait of a Lady
Justin: Salinger, Catcher in the Rye
Sarah: Morrison, Beloved
Sarah: Wolfe, Bonfire of the Vanities
Justin: Heller, Catch-22
Sydney: Alcott, Little Women
Sydney: Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Justin: Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Sarah: Roth, Portnoy’s Complaint
Sarah: Mitchell, Gone with the Wind
Justin: London, Call of the Wild
Sydney: Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
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17 Comments:
Sorry, guys, but no commentary is necessary.
Sydney wins. End of message.
nah. irving and vonnegut came out way to early. and what the hell was the last pick?
Do Androids Dream of Electric SHEEP. When judging the Great American Novel...s, it helps to be able to read.
Well, that's more a case of proofreading as opposed to reading in general. But all is well now, thanks to me. Our dear grammar/spelling nazi of an administratrix made a typo! Let's all make fun of her! bahaha
quick question: how many of you were English/Lit majors? Have any of you taken an American Novel course? Have any of you taken any critical theory courses applied to literature, i.e. literature theory?
this is definitely what happens when you let the nutjobs run loose with the place...what a disaster
nah. this was a reasonably solid draft. anyone who says otherwise is just trying to be snobby for snobbiness' sake.
we had momentum?
I'm just sad that we inadvertently left out Updike.
Also, I would like to point out that only one person (SARAH) had actually READ all of the books that she selected in the draft. Do I get extra points for that? What do you think, pretend literature professor?
eh. who's actually read 'sound and the fury' or 'uncle tom's cabin' anyway?
I have, and you definnitely get points for reading all your books, as should you all, but where is the skill in a three person draft, the only person who marginally made a mistake is Sydney, come on your last pick is a joke, there are a plethora of better books out there, an Updike, Toole? Also who is this justin fellow, does he even count for anything besides snide comments on the side board?
Also, Absalom, Absalom! is a far superior book. Oh and one more thing where is Sherwood Anderson's masterpiece Winesburg Ohio, does anyone remember him, he was Hemmingway before there was a Hemmingway, the same goes for Faulkner. Anderson is the acknowledged mentor of some of America's most brilliant novelists including the before mentioned Ernest H., and William F. Pitiful he wasnt selected.
Dan:
T.S. Eliot
George Eliot
That concludes today's lesson.
oh right. scratch that. ts eliot is ok. george eliot (aka maryann evans) should die. immediately. if she weren't already dead.
At first I was confused as to why you would attack such an author of great breadth as T.S.; his literary criticism is also on par with Matthew Arnold's as some of the best by someone that can be called a good writer. Ezra Pound of course helped make TS what he is, man was he an editor, anyway, lets not forget DH Lawrence, rocking horse winner anyone? Faulkner is a difficult read, but well worth your time, like I said, I prefer Sherwood Anderson, Hemmingway and Steinbeck, but if you're reading Faulkner go for Absalom, Absalom! phenomenal book for what I judge to be your generation (mid 20s).
Man, I can't believe we're getting more flack about this one than about Fruits & Vegetables.
more albert! we demand more albert! why was he not included in this mundane and boring draft! he would have spiced it up and made the picks that we know needed to be made. we demand answers.
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