FOFC Literature Draft - Picks Thread - Page 16

wade moore · 02-26-2008, 01:10 PM

Solid pick. Actually quite a relevent non-fiction piece while pandering to the FOFC hornballs at the same time.

Nicely done!

lordscarlet · 02-26-2008, 01:11 PM

Excellent.

ntndeacon · 02-26-2008, 01:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cartman

My next pick I had briefly considered putting under Poem, but thought it was a weak choice for that category. The category I'm going to put it under made a whole lot more sense. Most sports stories are either too "Hollywood", meaning the ending is entirely predictable, or too tabloid "example: Ball Four", meaning they pay too much attention to the off-the-field facets. My pick is elegantly simple. It shows the hopes and dreams of a team's fans hoping their hero can win the game for him. And in the end, he fails. Everyone knows the story of the Mudville Nine, and the score of 4-2, with but one inning left to play. My pick:

Casey at the Bat, Ernest Thayer

cartman's picks:

1. Fiction - 4.9 Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand
2. Single Short Story - 3.2 The Cask of Amontillado, Edgar Allan Poe
3. Poem - 5.2 Paul Revere's Ride, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
4. Fantasy/Science Fiction - 2.9 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
5. Series (A set of books continuing the same story and intended to be read sequentially) - 1.2: The Lord of The Rings Trilogy (Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King), J.R.R. Tolkein
6. Sport Related - 6.9: Casey At The Bat, Ernest Thayer
7. Children's
8. Non-Fiction
9. Biography/Autobiography
10. History

This is the first sports lit I thought off. it is a steal to get it this late.

lordscarlet · 02-26-2008, 01:12 PM

And with my 2,000th FOFC post, st.cronin selects:
7.3 Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert Pirsig [Non-Fiction]

st.cronin · 02-26-2008, 01:13 PM

Great pick.

lordscarlet · 02-26-2008, 01:14 PM

HAH. He's here.

ntndeacon · 02-26-2008, 01:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lordscarlet

I think this proves how broad and excellent literature is. I somewhat took on a bad topic for this draft in that way. Or I didn't narrow the categories enough. You can come up with 10 excellent lists and still have so many great works leftover. However, I don't think that diminishes the enjoyment of the process in any way.

I was talking to Wade about this yesterday. I absolutely love Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow, but I think it starts to fall off to varying degrees after that. I also really enjoyed the concept of Ender's Shadow and the fact that rewriting the same story worked is incredible. This may be similar to the Dune pick with some fall off, but I don't think as much. The lack of familiarity may be like the Hitchhiker's pick (really? people don't know that Hitchhicker's Guide is part of a series?). We shall see.

Of Course Ender's Shadow is a late book in that series.

lordscarlet · 02-26-2008, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ntndeacon

Of Course Ender's Shadow is a late book in that series.

Correct.

It starts a resurgence of the series, IMO. The Shadow books are good for a while, just as the original set is. But they start to fall off. It's a bit of a roller coaster of quality.

Warhammer · 02-26-2008, 01:17 PM

Kama Sutra - good pick. Although I'm more practicing the Mama Sutra with my wife right now...

st.cronin · 02-26-2008, 01:18 PM

I had the Kama Sutra on my list, but crossed it off for some reason.

Maple Leafs · 02-26-2008, 01:19 PM

I'm disturbed that "Kama Sutra" is apparently a book you think will make people want to smack their mothers.

Warhammer · 02-26-2008, 01:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by st.cronin

Great pick.

Of course you'd think your pick is a great pick!

lordscarlet · 02-26-2008, 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

I'm disturbed that "Kama Sutra" is apparently a book you think will make people want to smack their mothers.

You're up!

Warhammer · 02-26-2008, 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

I'm disturbed that "Kama Sutra" is apparently a book you think will make people want to smack their mothers.

No no no, I've learned that the opening flower position will cause the female to suddenly remember that she must pack the child's lunch for the next day. That is the Mama Sutra.

Maple Leafs · 02-26-2008, 01:23 PM

Fiction - 1.4 Hamlet, by William Shakespeare
Single Short Story
Poem - 4.7 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Fantasy/Science Fiction - 3.4 War of the Worlds, by H.G. Wells
Series
Sport Related - 7.4 Paper Lion, by George Plimpton
Children's - 5.4 The Cat in the Hat, by Dr. Seuss
Non-Fiction - 6.7 Analects, Confucius
Biography/Autobiography
History - 2.7 The Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank

DaddyTorgo · 02-26-2008, 01:23 PM

why does maple have 2 short stories listed?

and am i up now?

Warhammer · 02-26-2008, 01:24 PM

Nice pick Maple Leafs, I was going to go this way if I didn't get Ball Four.

Maple Leafs · 02-26-2008, 01:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

why does maple have 2 short stories listed?

NOTHING TO SEE HERE!

lordscarlet · 02-26-2008, 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

why does maple have 2 short stories listed?

and am i up now?

Considering he has yet to make a short story pick that is a good question.

DaddyTorgo · 02-26-2008, 01:25 PM

just edit it out maple

DaddyTorgo · 02-26-2008, 01:26 PM

am i 7.5 or 7.6? i get confused by being in the middle

Izulde · 02-26-2008, 01:26 PM

Wow, that Kama Sutra pick was absolutely brilliant.

I really like cartman's list so far, with the exception of Atlas Shrugged, which I despise.

lordscarlet · 02-26-2008, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

am i 7.5 or 7.6? i get confused by being in the middle

You're next. It's in the first post.

wade moore · 02-26-2008, 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

am i 7.5 or 7.6? i get confused by being in the middle

7.5

Your odd rounds will always be 5, evens always 6.

Izulde · 02-26-2008, 01:28 PM

dola, Atlas Shrugged, which I hate and "Paul Revere's Ride", because I think there's far too many other better poems out there.

Vince · 02-26-2008, 01:28 PM

Kama Sutra = brilliant.

Izulde · 02-26-2008, 01:29 PM

and wade and LS tag-team to cockblock the dola.

st.cronin · 02-26-2008, 01:29 PM

So, that means, my team has girl on girl porn, and cartman's has boy on boy porn. I wonder which will be more popular among the voters.

DaddyTorgo · 02-26-2008, 01:30 PM

can i have 2 picks for one category? or can we have a wildcard category?

lordscarlet · 02-26-2008, 01:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

can i have 2 picks for one category? or can we have a wildcard category?

We have two wildcard categories. Fiction and Non-Fiction.

DaddyTorgo · 02-26-2008, 01:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lordscarlet

We have two wildcard categories. Fiction and Non-Fiction.

no no no. i mean like another "whatever you want" category. cuz i have 2 selections for this next pick that are both "smack your mama" picks and i want both of them

lordscarlet · 02-26-2008, 01:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

no no no. i mean like another "whatever you want" category. cuz i have 2 selections for this next pick that are both "smack your mama" picks and i want both of them

I guess you'll have to select either backhanded or open palm, but not both.

DaddyTorgo · 02-26-2008, 01:42 PM

dammit. one is more "classic" and one is more for the "smarks"

st.cronin · 02-26-2008, 01:42 PM

Don't trust your instincts.

lordscarlet · 02-26-2008, 01:43 PM

Everyone goes through this on their picks.

st.cronin · 02-26-2008, 01:46 PM

DT = Minnesota Vikings

cartman · 02-26-2008, 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

dammit. one is more "classic" and one is more for the "smarks"

That's why I felt "Kama Sutra" was the ultimate pick. Covers both bases.

Warhammer · 02-26-2008, 01:49 PM

Can I make my pick yet?

DaddyTorgo · 02-26-2008, 01:49 PM

1. Fiction: Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong
2. Single Short Story: The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Tolstoy
3. Poem: 5.5 Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman
4. Fantasy/Science Fiction: 4.6 FARENHEIT 451, RAY BRADBURY
5. Series (A set of books continuing the same story and intended to be read sequentially) 1.5 The Foundation Series, Isaac Asimov
6. Sport Related
7. Children's 3.5 Children's and Household Tales (1857 - 211 stories) by The Brothers Grimm
8. Non-Fiction
9. Biography/Autobiography 2.6 Autobiographical Notes, Albert Einstein
10. History

Lathum · 02-26-2008, 01:50 PM

DT's pick better deliever with all the shit he's talking

Lathum · 02-26-2008, 01:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

1. Fiction: Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong
2. Single Short Story: The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Tolstoy
3. Poem: 5.5 Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman
4. Fantasy/Science Fiction: 4.6 FARENHEIT 451, RAY BRADBURY
5. Series (A set of books continuing the same story and intended to be read sequentially) 1.5 The Foundation Series, Isaac Asimov
6. Sport Related
7. Children's 3.5 Children's and Household Tales (1857 - 211 stories) by The Brothers Grimm
8. Non-Fiction
9. Biography/Autobiography 2.6 Autobiographical Notes, Albert Einstein
10. History

dude, you call that smack yo mama?

Izulde · 02-26-2008, 01:51 PM

I considered Rot3K for series, and it would've been great there.

For fiction, it's okay.

Warhammer · 02-26-2008, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Izulde

I considered Rot3K for series, and it would've been great there.

For fiction, it's okay.

I think this was the smack yo mama he was talking about.

DaddyTorgo · 02-26-2008, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Izulde

I considered Rot3K for series, and it would've been great there.

For fiction, it's okay.

not a series...it's one big multi-volume work

DaddyTorgo · 02-26-2008, 01:53 PM

w/e - f*ck all you haters

Izulde · 02-26-2008, 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Warhammer

I think this was the smack yo mama he was talking about.

Yeah and it's nowhere near smack yo mama in fiction. It's average. It would've been a really nick pick in series, though.

Izulde · 02-26-2008, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

not a series...it's one big multi-volume work

I think multi-volume works are one of those things where you can go either way on. Technically it's one book, but the actual form is multiple books.

DaddyTorgo · 02-26-2008, 01:56 PM

w/e - not a surprise...nobody likes the vast majority of my draft anyways, with the exception of the brother's grimm pick.

guess i should have gone with my other thought, although i'm sure that would have been met with deafening silence. doubtful that my history + nonfiction books can pull it out for me anyways, so w/e

Warhammer · 02-26-2008, 01:58 PM

I really liked the Asimov pick.

DaddyTorgo · 02-26-2008, 01:59 PM

sorry. and warhammer likes some of my picks. and i think EF liked one of them.

02-26-2008, 01:11 PM	#752
lordscarlet Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Washington, DC	*Excellent.* __________________ Sixteen Colors ANSI/ASCII Art Archive "...the better half of the Moores..." -cthomer5000

02-26-2008, 01:12 PM	#754
lordscarlet Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Washington, DC	And with my 2,000th FOFC post, st.cronin selects: 7.3 Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert Pirsig [Non-Fiction] __________________ Sixteen Colors ANSI/ASCII Art Archive "...the better half of the Moores..." -cthomer5000

02-26-2008, 01:13 PM	#755
st.cronin General Manager Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New Mexico	Great pick. __________________ co-commish: bb-bbcf.net knives out

02-26-2008, 01:14 PM	#756
lordscarlet Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Washington, DC	HAH. He's here. __________________ Sixteen Colors ANSI/ASCII Art Archive "...the better half of the Moores..." -cthomer5000

02-26-2008, 01:18 PM	#760
st.cronin General Manager Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New Mexico	I had the Kama Sutra on my list, but crossed it off for some reason. __________________ co-commish: bb-bbcf.net knives out

02-26-2008, 01:17 PM	#759
Warhammer Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dayton, OH	Kama Sutra - good pick. Although I'm more practicing the Mama Sutra with my wife right now...

02-26-2008, 01:19 PM	#761
Maple Leafs Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002	I'm disturbed that "Kama Sutra" is apparently a book you think will make people want to smack their mothers. __________________ Down Goes Brown: Toronto Maple Leafs Humor and Analysis

02-26-2008, 01:23 PM	#765
Maple Leafs Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002	Fiction - 1.4 Hamlet, by William Shakespeare Single Short Story Poem - 4.7 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Fantasy/Science Fiction - 3.4 War of the Worlds, by H.G. Wells Series Sport Related - 7.4 Paper Lion, by George Plimpton Children's - 5.4 The Cat in the Hat, by Dr. Seuss Non-Fiction - 6.7 Analects, Confucius Biography/Autobiography History - 2.7 The Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank __________________ Down Goes Brown: Toronto Maple Leafs Humor and Analysis Last edited by Maple Leafs : 02-26-2008 at 01:24 PM.

02-26-2008, 01:23 PM	#766
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	why does maple have 2 short stories listed? and am i up now?

02-26-2008, 01:24 PM	#767
Warhammer Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dayton, OH	Nice pick Maple Leafs, I was going to go this way if I didn't get Ball Four.

02-26-2008, 01:25 PM	#770
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	just edit it out maple

02-26-2008, 01:26 PM	#771
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	am i 7.5 or 7.6? i get confused by being in the middle

02-26-2008, 01:26 PM	#772
Izulde Head Coach Join Date: Sep 2004	Wow, that Kama Sutra pick was absolutely brilliant. I really like cartman's list so far, with the exception of Atlas Shrugged, which I despise. __________________ 2006 Golden Scribe Nominee 2006 Golden Scribe Winner Best Non-Sport Dynasty: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty) Rookie Writer of the Year Dynasty of the Year: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty)

02-26-2008, 01:28 PM	#775
Izulde Head Coach Join Date: Sep 2004	dola, Atlas Shrugged, which I hate and "Paul Revere's Ride", because I think there's far too many other better poems out there. __________________ 2006 Golden Scribe Nominee 2006 Golden Scribe Winner Best Non-Sport Dynasty: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty) Rookie Writer of the Year Dynasty of the Year: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty)

02-26-2008, 01:28 PM	#776
Vince Pro Starter Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Willow Glen, CA	Kama Sutra = brilliant. __________________ Every time a Dodger scores a run, an angel has its wings ripped off by a demon, and is forced to tearfully beg the demon to cauterize the wounds.The demon will refuse, and the sobbing angel will lie in a puddle of angel blood and feathers for eternity, wondering why the Dodgers are allowed to score runs.That’s not me talking: that’s science. McCoveyChronicles.com.

02-26-2008, 01:29 PM	#777
Izulde Head Coach Join Date: Sep 2004	and wade and LS tag-team to cockblock the dola. __________________ 2006 Golden Scribe Nominee 2006 Golden Scribe Winner Best Non-Sport Dynasty: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty) Rookie Writer of the Year Dynasty of the Year: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty)

02-26-2008, 01:29 PM	#778
st.cronin General Manager Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New Mexico	So, that means, my team has girl on girl porn, and cartman's has boy on boy porn. I wonder which will be more popular among the voters. __________________ co-commish: bb-bbcf.net knives out

02-26-2008, 01:30 PM	#779
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	can i have 2 picks for one category? or can we have a wildcard category?

02-26-2008, 01:42 PM	#783
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	dammit. one is more "classic" and one is more for the "smarks"

02-26-2008, 01:42 PM	#784
st.cronin General Manager Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New Mexico	Don't trust your instincts. __________________ co-commish: bb-bbcf.net knives out

02-26-2008, 01:43 PM	#785
lordscarlet Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Washington, DC	Everyone goes through this on their picks. __________________ Sixteen Colors ANSI/ASCII Art Archive "...the better half of the Moores..." -cthomer5000

02-26-2008, 01:46 PM	#786
st.cronin General Manager Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New Mexico	DT = Minnesota Vikings __________________ co-commish: bb-bbcf.net knives out

02-26-2008, 01:49 PM	#788
Warhammer Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dayton, OH	Can I make my pick yet?

02-26-2008, 01:49 PM	#789
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	1. Fiction: Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 2. Single Short Story: The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Tolstoy 3. Poem: 5.5 Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman 4. Fantasy/Science Fiction: 4.6 FARENHEIT 451, RAY BRADBURY 5. Series (A set of books continuing the same story and intended to be read sequentially) 1.5 The Foundation Series, Isaac Asimov 6. Sport Related 7. Children's 3.5 Children's and Household Tales (1857 - 211 stories) by The Brothers Grimm 8. Non-Fiction 9. Biography/Autobiography 2.6 Autobiographical Notes, Albert Einstein 10. History

02-26-2008, 01:50 PM	#790
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	DT's pick better deliever with all the shit he's talking

02-26-2008, 01:51 PM	#792
Izulde Head Coach Join Date: Sep 2004	I considered Rot3K for series, and it would've been great there. For fiction, it's okay. __________________ 2006 Golden Scribe Nominee 2006 Golden Scribe Winner Best Non-Sport Dynasty: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty) Rookie Writer of the Year Dynasty of the Year: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty)

02-26-2008, 01:53 PM	#795
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	w/e - f*ck all you haters

02-26-2008, 01:56 PM	#798
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	w/e - not a surprise...nobody likes the vast majority of my draft anyways, with the exception of the brother's grimm pick. guess i should have gone with my other thought, although i'm sure that would have been met with deafening silence. doubtful that my history + nonfiction books can pull it out for me anyways, so w/e

02-26-2008, 01:58 PM	#799
Warhammer Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dayton, OH	I really liked the Asimov pick.

02-26-2008, 01:59 PM	#800
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	sorry. and warhammer likes some of my picks. and i think EF liked one of them.

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