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readingthepast2009-05-30 03:59 pm
damned_colonial) wrote in readingthepast2009-05-30 03:59 pm
Mod post: theme suggestions
Please suggest themes you'd like to see covered here! Cut and paste the following into a comment:
ETA: please put your theme in the subject of your comment!
Theme:
Are you prepared to run it? Yes/No
Suggested books, if you have them already:
What does it mean to run the theme?
1. At least one month in advance, you'll let everyone know about the theme and your suggested reading for it. You need to suggest at least 3 works of fiction.
2. On the first of the month, you will post a welcome/introduction/kickoff for the theme.
3. Throughout the month, you'll take an active part in discussion of the theme.
You do not have to be an expert on the theme to run it. You just need to have an interest in it.
ETA: please put your theme in the subject of your comment!
Theme:
Are you prepared to run it? Yes/No
Suggested books, if you have them already:
What does it mean to run the theme?
1. At least one month in advance, you'll let everyone know about the theme and your suggested reading for it. You need to suggest at least 3 works of fiction.
2. On the first of the month, you will post a welcome/introduction/kickoff for the theme.
3. Throughout the month, you'll take an active part in discussion of the theme.
You do not have to be an expert on the theme to run it. You just need to have an interest in it.
Medieval Central Eurasia
Are you prepared to run it? Yes, as long as it is during the summer when I'm not in school. (Generally mid-June-Oct. 1)
Suggested books, if you have them already:
YA, Book of a Thousand Days, retelling of a fairy tale with nomads.
There is a graphic novel retelling of The Secret History of the Mongols which I could track down, and other materials. I don't recommend the recent novelization of the Secret History; I tried to read it and it was absolutely awful. Better off reading the prose translation by Paul Kahn.
This area encompasses Mongolia, Afganistan, the ancient kingdoms of Sogdiana, Bactria, The Uighur lands, Persia/Iran, and so on. I can come up with a much firmer geographical area if people are interested. I will also happily hunt up more books, when/if the time comes.