Mod post: theme suggestions

[damned_colonial]

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.

Comments

Re: US Civil War

[cofax7]

Shaara's Killer Angels? It's not entirely fiction, but it sure reads like it.

Re: US Civil War

[damned_colonial]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Killer_Angels calls it a historical novel. I see it's also the book that was adapted into the movie "Gettysburg". Sounds like a great choice to me!

Wikipedia has a whole category for Civil War novels, too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:American_Civil_War_novels

Oh... DUH. Of course we have to have Gone With the Wind.

Actually, that sounds like an awesome set of books to me. Little Women (contemporary), GWTW (1939), Killer Angels (1974), March (rewriting of Little Women), The Wind Done Gone (rewriting of GWTW).

Re: US Civil War

[damned_colonial]

Oh, and, Red Badge of Courage (1895) looks like a good one.

Re: US Civil War

[lookingland]

that would be an obvious choice for the online "free" work.

: D

Re: US Civil War

[beckyzoole]

I love this reading list! It has the added bonus of being "balanced" for North/South points of view.

I would add Killer Angels, too, for a look at the war itself.

Edited to add: Oh, and I would love to help run this. I'm a little bit of a Civil War geek.