The thing is, though, that I don't want to take away what focus there is here. It would probably lead to both my own discussion and the "official" one having fewer people, and if I ever went to a gathering people would yell at me from the other side of the amphitheatre "Splitter!"
Let's just have a Russian Literature book of the month discussion club. In chronological order,
1. Pushkin Yevgeniy Onegin
2. Gogol The Nose and The Overcoat (some short stories will help with flow)
3. Turgenev Fathers and Sons
4/5. Tolstoy War and Peace Since its divided into four books, we can split it
6. Dostoyevsky Notes from Underground
7. Dostoyevsky The Brothers Karamazov
8. Bunin Sukhodl A nice short story break again
9. Zamyatin We
10. Pasternak Doctor Zhivago
11. Bulgakov The Master & Margarita
12. Lukyanenko Night Watch
There. One year of quality. And three of the last four are crossover into Science-Fiction.
Dare I ask about the book club's next selection and timing? 
- 09/02/2010 02:49:56 AM
1305 Views
- 09/02/2010 02:49:56 AM
1305 Views
You dare too much! 
- 09/02/2010 02:51:48 AM
1055 Views
- 09/02/2010 02:51:48 AM
1055 Views
Based on the length of the last one, why not The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire?
- 09/02/2010 01:29:13 PM
961 Views
At least that one would have a bit more depth to it
- 09/02/2010 01:46:29 PM
973 Views
Does anyone agree with Gibbon's conclusions?
- 09/02/2010 06:45:09 PM
922 Views
Currently, no. Not really.
- 09/02/2010 06:57:14 PM
1044 Views
I would have thought you would have enjoyed his ironic sendup of Christianity, though.
- 10/02/2010 01:58:12 PM
1152 Views
I was wondering myself.
- 09/02/2010 03:10:55 AM
890 Views
You know, I thought about doing that a long time ago
- 09/02/2010 01:30:40 PM
981 Views
Oh, go ahead and do it.
- 09/02/2010 06:51:35 PM
1083 Views
That would be outstanding. *NM*
- 09/02/2010 07:06:14 PM
468 Views
I'd be on board with it. I think Tom would be too. Sounds like you too.
- 09/02/2010 07:22:22 PM
920 Views
I don't think I'd manage to read all of them, but certainly some. *NM*
- 09/02/2010 07:55:44 PM
451 Views
I might be in on at least 2, 4/5, 6,, 7 and 11. Possibly 10, although I haven't read it in a while
- 09/02/2010 08:08:58 PM
888 Views
No love for Turgenev? Bazarov is one of the greatest characters in 19th century literature.
- 09/02/2010 08:22:57 PM
977 Views
Turgenev's Bazarov is the first person to say "God is dead" in print. *NM*
- 09/02/2010 09:29:19 PM
465 Views
And to this day those words are still shocking to read when I imagine
- 09/02/2010 11:09:57 PM
923 Views
Well, seeing the expressed interest...
- 09/02/2010 09:28:41 PM
942 Views
Re: Well, seeing the expressed interest...
- 10/02/2010 12:26:06 AM
1110 Views
So how about keeping Zamyatin and replacing Lukyanenko with Pelevin?
- 10/02/2010 02:45:33 AM
1068 Views
Sounds good.
- 10/02/2010 01:36:13 PM
1022 Views
It's called "Buddha's Little Finger" in English for some reason. See the amazon review as well. *NM*
- 10/02/2010 01:51:02 PM
463 Views
Sounds interesting. I'd be interested in reading it. *NM*
- 10/02/2010 05:44:20 PM
467 Views
Do we have a final list, then?
- 10/02/2010 05:53:46 PM
1023 Views
Well.
- 10/02/2010 06:36:00 PM
1081 Views
I will totally join in with the Master and Margarita discussion. Whichever book club it's in. *NM*
- 10/02/2010 06:49:03 PM
478 Views
We're probably not choosing Master and Margarita for our first selection.
- 10/02/2010 08:16:36 PM
1077 Views
In regards to order, a slightly different proprosal.
- 10/02/2010 09:41:38 PM
887 Views
At least I have an idea now of what books to watch for when I am out.
- 10/02/2010 11:04:26 PM
903 Views
Hmm
- 10/02/2010 12:20:52 PM
899 Views
The first book is one that I discussed at wotmania - Москва-Петушки
- 10/02/2010 01:46:57 PM
1127 Views
I might be able to squeeze that in with my other readings
- 10/02/2010 12:53:02 AM
1061 Views
Have you read Pelevin?
- 10/02/2010 03:16:22 AM
878 Views
No
- 10/02/2010 04:44:18 AM
931 Views
Strange - several of his books have been published in English and made a splash.
- 10/02/2010 01:50:34 PM
870 Views
I think you should go for it. Haven't we only been doing the book club every other month anyway?
- 09/02/2010 09:44:46 PM
937 Views
I wouldn't want to exclude Russian literature from the main book club, though.
- 09/02/2010 10:11:08 PM
952 Views
I don't think that it would have to exclude Russian literature from the regular book club.
- 09/02/2010 10:39:41 PM
953 Views
I suppose that I could just go ahead regardless.
- 10/02/2010 03:18:01 AM
904 Views
Ehem. This could be a joint collaboration between us. *NM*
- 10/02/2010 01:37:36 PM
435 Views
That was certainly what I meant, if not what the text of my previous reply implies or states.
- 10/02/2010 01:52:36 PM
904 Views
I was wondering this as well.
- 09/02/2010 01:25:09 PM
918 Views
We'll try to make sure the next book is even longer than this one was.
- 09/02/2010 01:31:44 PM
905 Views
The choice is obvious, then. A la Recherche du Temps Perdu. 
*NM*
- 09/02/2010 01:48:15 PM
440 Views
*NM*
- 09/02/2010 01:48:15 PM
440 Views
Oh, that's a good choice. Let's give everyone a week to finish, though.
- 09/02/2010 06:42:59 PM
959 Views
I need more time than that...
- 09/02/2010 08:45:03 PM
860 Views
Maybe you'll get a special dispensation, but nine is really as much as we can give.
- 09/02/2010 09:30:30 PM
921 Views
- 09/02/2010 09:30:30 PM
921 Views
It would have been ok if I had started as soon as I knew the choice.
- 09/02/2010 02:17:43 PM
910 Views
Patience
- 09/02/2010 02:15:14 PM
880 Views
Is Larry right? Are you ecstatic about the prospect of an independent book club? *NM*
- 10/02/2010 03:18:44 AM
468 Views
The intent has always been to encourage people to hold and lead discussions.
- 10/02/2010 04:29:23 PM
970 Views
Lol. I figured it was put off for at least a month to let things cool down. *NM*
- 10/02/2010 12:32:05 AM
478 Views
*NM*
- 10/02/2010 12:32:05 AM
478 Views
How about the три мушкетёра?
- 10/02/2010 05:32:55 AM
866 Views
Wouldn't that be French?
- 10/02/2010 12:21:50 PM
916 Views
I nominate The Road by Cormac McCarthy!
- 10/02/2010 04:55:24 PM
1085 Views
Yeah...uh...I think post this has turned into the inception of the Russian book club. *NM*
- 10/02/2010 05:55:06 PM
381 Views
Lol... I'll be back once we go west again... *NM*
- 10/02/2010 07:11:53 PM
610 Views
*NM*
- 10/02/2010 07:11:53 PM
610 Views
What do you have against Russian books? 
*NM*
- 10/02/2010 08:19:16 PM
414 Views
*NM*
- 10/02/2010 08:19:16 PM
414 Views
I don't have any, and I only nominated The Road because I had read it...
- 10/02/2010 08:33:57 PM
1253 Views
Well I went ahead and ordered Doctor Zhivago and another The Master and Margarita
- 13/02/2010 12:13:15 AM
983 Views