We had an amazing turnout at the preliminary vote, consisting of 335 total votes and at least 47 participants!
This is the final vote and will determine what book we will read. Up for the vote are the four most popular books from the previous vote, as well as a few others (Moby Dick, Gravity’s Rainbow, and The Bible to be specific). You are allowed to vote for as many of the books as you want. As with the previous poll, this one will be open for 24 hours, so act quickly!
In this thread, we should also determine when we are starting the chosen book, form an agreeable reading schedule, and create a download URL for those who read on ebooks. If the book is in a language other than english (ex: Crime and Punishment), we should also agree on a translation. If you do not speak english, lo siento, está en su propio.
I bought Gravity's Rainbow last week and i've already read DQ, C&P, Moby Dick and IJ.
So please anons, do me a favour, don't make me buy Blood Meridian.
Vote GR, you know it's the right thing to do.
Love, user.
Alexander Perez
I think out of sheer practicality we're gonna have to push the start date to early February at the earliest. Even if we can decide today which edition to read, some people are gonna have to order their copy online (I just assume people are willing to shill out for a physical book while I know a good chunk of us read on their computers or tablets/e-readers).
As for a reading schedule, we'll have to see once the voting is over but generally 30-40 pages a day is a good pace where we can get it done by the month while also allowing us time and room to discuss the passages.
Nolan Green
This guy here. This sounds good to me, i've still got 300 pages of Ulysses to go so i should be ready come February.
Vote GR, folks.
Andrew Reed
Oxen of the Sun?
Samuel Phillips
Vote Moby Dick or your mom will die tonight.
Eli Long
Nice spanish you got there dumbass
Estoy en mi propio?
Logan Mitchell
I've read all this shit, it's all Veeky Forumscore. What the fuck is this garbage? Mutiny now.
Joseph Sullivan
I was trying to say that "you are on your own"? I don't see any problem with that. Then again, my Spanish is a bit rusty
Ethan Walker
Needlessly harsh from my part. You are on your own would be "Estas solo"
Parker Sullivan
>You are allowed to vote for as many of the books as you want.
why?
Dylan Martin
Becuase this is a democracy you commie fuck
Jose Gomez
My thinking was that if you could vote for multiple books, people would be more likely to actually read the book. Maybe if your first choice doesn't win, your second choice will?
Logan Jones
Arriving there, i'm actually looking forward to it. My favourite chapter so far was Proteus, read it four times now. I like how demanding and rewarding it was, really makes a reader work for every bit of beauty.
Isaac Bennett
Fuck, this was for you actually.
Sebastian Taylor
>tfw inifinite meme and the holy meme are getting BTFO
>not pulling for DQ for wacky adventures or Moby Dick for the greatest nautical story to have ever been told
Blake Wood
I don't know if there's some kind of imagined pressure about "getting" or understanding everything in a book on a first read-through, but my favourite parts of reading Joyce, Proust, Melville, Faulkner, Stendhal were rereading and arriving at an understanding on my own rather than reading an academic essay or summary guide that covers the basic points.
Tyler Hernandez
Eh, I think a better translation would be "estas por tu propia cuenta", rather than "estas solo", to fit the context. Sorry for the nitpicking. t. Native Spanish Speaker.
Benjamin Green
I was thinking we might tack on Paradise Lost to this list!! I have to read the whole thing for class and I think it would be fun to read with Veeky Forums all the while.
Christopher Cook
that's not how democracy works
Gavin Moore
Unfortunately the poll has already been published, so I can't add more books. Maybe if you could generate enough interest in it, you could start your own reading group?
Oliver Gutierrez
Which is why is was reading Proteus 4 times. I'll be reading a summary on each chapter and analysis after i'm done but i want to form my own thoughts first. I did read a summary and analysis on chapter 1 though, just to get me going, i felt like that was justified for Ulysses, since English is a second language. I'm definitly going to re-read it.
Gavin Bell
Don Quixote over Moby Dick? Veeky Forums pleb central confirmed.
Jeremiah Baker
maybe more people have just read Moby Dick already ;)
Oliver Roberts
Very stoked about this! I hope Mine wins ^_^
Nolan Gutierrez
can't argue with that (: desu im reading moby dick rn and wanna read with Veeky Forums frends
Easton Myers
Hermano. Estas por tu cuenta suena rarisimo. Apañetalas tu solo quiza sea lo mejor
Michael Young
I voted for everything except the bible.
Tyler Scott
both are masterpieces, how is Veeky Forums "pleb central"? you're the one exposing yourself as a pleb
Gabriel Williams
>Apañetalas tu solo Sí, claro.
Landon Reed
best donkey hotay translation?
Kevin Kelly
looks like im going to my local bookseller for dis wan
Joseph Rodriguez
Smollett
Alexander Sanchez
Reading American Psycho, thinking Moby Dick next.
Is that a good transition?
Noah Smith
It's definitely an improvement
Sebastian Flores
>183 votes
You faggots better all join the reading group.
Luke Nelson
Whale penis almost in the lead.
Landon Ward
Crime and Punishment was on the original list? It's a great book but it's barely 200 pages and rarely ever exceeds 3 syllables on a word.
James Wood
183 cast votes, not IPs.
Blake Lewis
It has IP duplication checking.
Austin Wright
I just tried to vote again and it worked
Gabriel Allen
When I try to vote again it says "Your Vote has been Counted! You have already voted on this poll." and the count does not increase.
Adrian Ross
Don Quixote translations. Which are good, which are bad, and which is best?
Aiden Harris
>C&P barely 200 pages >can't tell if stupid or making a joke
Jonathan Williams
After doing some brief research, I found that Grossman is considered to be pretty good. Harold Bloom said that it was the best translation, so take that for what it's worth
Jack Myers
>I recommend to anyone who desires a true appreciation of the novel the translations by ODJ and Lathrop.
>Don Quixote. The Ormsby Translation, Revised. Backgrounds and Sources. Criticism. Edited by Joseph R. Jones and Kenneth Douglas. (Henceforth referred to as ODJ, in the order of the participation of each.) New York: W. W. Norton, 1981.
>Don Quixote. Fourth-Centenary Translation. Trans. and with notes by Tom Lathrop. Illustrated by Jack Davis. Newark, DE: European Masterpieces, 2007.
Luke Smith
What happens in the case of a tie? Moby Penis and Don Quixote are really close
Michael Foster
I could turn the tide of this vote right now but I won't.
If the votes are very close we should have one more round of just the two or three options and give people one vote.
Matthew Hall
C&P > Don Quixote > Moby-Dick.
Jayden Reyes
What's up boys, OP here.
This began to worry me after seeing Moby-Dick and Don Quixote go back and forth a few times.
If the vote is close, but there is still a winner, I think that we should just stick with it. It seems to me that most people who are voting for Moby Dick are also voting for Don Quixote, which should hopefully mean that they would be satisfied with either outcome.
If a tie occurs, I would most likely open another poll (for 24 hours, as usual) with Moby-Dick and Don Quixote and only allow one vote per person
I'm open to suggestions if anyone thinks I should go about this differently.
Benjamin Brown
My suggestion is that we read Moby Dick because it's my birthday.
Tyler Bailey
Happy birthday user!
I will not discard the voting process, however, if the poll results in a tie, we will read Moby-Dick.
Ian Lopez
Yeah, ok, it's longer than I remember, and I suppose it's equally as difficult as other books Veeky Forums has done (except GR). It's not a bad choice then, at all.
Can Harold Bloom properly read and assess Spanish, or is he just listing random shit again?
Angel Rivera
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Liam Thompson
And so democracy fails once again
Ryan Ortiz
Happy birthday to the user.
Owen Brooks
It is my birthday tomorrow. I prefer Don Quixote. Thanks in advance!
Eli Kelly
>#notmyreadinggroup
Luke Bennett
I don't exactly understand why you are upset. No one is forcing you to read one book or another. If I had to make a guess, you probably voted for both books anyways.
Dylan Anderson
It was just a shitty joke, I'm fine with either choice
Zachary Clark
Moby Dick sucks, just read this instead to get the basic feeling.
I would really want to do Paradise Lost but please don't take the suggestion to do it congruously with this; I've read Moby-Dick but I will join in if The Dairy Queene wins, because I haven't read it, therefore cutting my reading time. If a Paradife Loft group springs up after, I'll join in.
Jonathan White
Call me Winning.
Nicholas Sullivan
The bible is really getting BTFO
Oliver Myers
So which translation?
Michael Stewart
I'm going to read the Grossman one because it's well received as a first read and widely available. If I do a second read I'd go for Lathrop.
Ryan Murphy
The Bible had no chance in the first place. Most people don't want to read the Bible cover to cover.
Luis Ramirez
Moby duck or I walk
Parker Taylor
I imagine reading the bible alone to be quite boring, it's mainly just letters but reading it with Veeky Forums... i don't know, it would probably turn to nto one big meme
Anthony Rodriguez
I'll join in if Moby Dick or Don Q, but not if the others. I've read some, doing Bible at own pace and not in for C+P yet.
William Lewis
>people actually voted for Whale Penis: A Story of Nothing.
Ethan Mitchell
>Bible getting wrecked We're doing it lads!
Aiden Rivera
I voted for Don Quixote.
I made it exactly 33% of the way through Moby Dick before getting bored unto death of all the whaling trivia.
Pic related is mfw I got to that part.
Brandon Sullivan
I sure hope you like mules.
Christian Nguyen
>OP didn't tick IP duplication checking
Some biblefag is going to proxy spam the bible in 15 minutes, calling it now
Austin Wilson
since theres a lot of us who wants to read moby dick, is anyone up for another reading group
Brody Roberts
Alright lads, voting is over. DON QUIXOTE HAS WON BY 3 VOTES!!! I will start a planning thread in a little while. OP btw
Cameron Barnes
I used proxies to bump donny q to the top
Jackson Taylor
I just wanted you to be saved, user.
Oliver Adams
>wanting to cannibalize a group before it even starts
stop. this is how these things fall apart.
Grayson Bell
How do we know you're OP and not just Don Quixote supporter. I demand the poll be open for another 2 hours.
Ryder Nguyen
I'd be interested if someone else organized it, yeah.
Carson Wilson
Just wait for the next one, it'll be a month max.
Samuel Powell
>8995289 Absolutely fucking this
Behead all those who want to create a hundred different reading groups at the same time. You're gonna fuck the whole gig up for everyone.