The only thing that worries me is that often our threads debating which book to choose alongside the 'Who's In" thread have more posts in that all the threads discussing the actual book. Just worried this will increase that. You could also retro theme the last couple of book club reads: Gritty Fantasy for Prince of Thorns, Alternative Fantasy History for Spring Heeled Jack and Vampire Fantasy for Fevre Dream. My choice would be piratical themed fantasy. Reds Seas Under Red Skies, Ship of Magic and Stranger Tides could all be choices!
Where do pirates do their shopping?Spoiler for Hiden: Arrrrgggghhhh-gos!!! (Sorry that may be a UK only joke!)
Knew that'd bring you out. Can we add space pirates or am I getting into the SF side of things?
See we're getting into the weirdness of classifications here. What are Chris Wooding's The Tales of the Ketty Jay classified as? They're about pirates/smugglers and there is magic, but they also get around in flying ships with guns and stuff. Mind you not even the author knows how to classify them.
Quote from: Elfy on December 12, 2012, 10:28:19 PMSee we're getting into the weirdness of classifications here. What are Chris Wooding's The Tales of the Ketty Jay classified as? They're about pirates/smugglers and there is magic, but they also get around in flying ships with guns and stuff. Mind you not even the author knows how to classify them.Well they could certainly go under pirates anyway.
I'm not sure something fitting under multiple categories is a problem, is it? It is non-exclusive. E.g. If Chris Wooding's book is nominated in pirate month, I'm not sure it means we can't nominate it in 'like firefly but fantasy' month or 'fantasy books nominated for the clarke award' month or 'really good series' month. Etc. etc.
I'm not sure something fitting under multiple categories is a problem, is it? It is non-exclusive. E.g. If Chris Wooding's book is nominated in pirate month, I'm not sure it means we can't nominate it in 'like firefly but fantasy' month or 'fantasy books nominated for the clarke award' month or 'really good series' month. Etc. etc.How do pirates know they're pirates?Spoiler for Hiden: Because they think, therefore they ARRRRRR!