ABC - Authors, Books, and Chat or Comments about Books We Love; Books We Hate: A discussion about books of all kinds, concentrating on but not limited to our own libraries and including new, mainstream and non-mainstream, in- and out-of-print, rare, antique, signed and unsigned, fiction and non-fiction.
We appreciate everyone's courtesy.
Typical initial posts will be a description of the book's content or attributes, why we love or dislike it, what's special about it, and recommendations to read or forget it.
Follow-up posts could lead anywhere, but should be focused on the books and authors, the effects of the books on our lives, and so forth.
All discussion on books will be allowed, but the following are not permitted:
1. Personal attacks on contributors such as "If you read that book you must be a moron," and "You are a bleeding heart liberal," and the typical flame fare often seen on SI. Applies to both ends of the political spectrum. Comments about the authors under discussion shall be civil, but civil provocative comments about provocative authors such as Ann Coulter and Noam Chomsky are allowed.
2. Profanity not originated in the text of the book under discussion, with the exception of "damn", "hell", and "crap," which might be needed for emphasis.
3. Pornography. Discussion of classical authors such as D H Lawrence and Henry Miller is allowed, but confine comments to the literary value of the work.
The topic moderator is the final arbiter and he or she shall pay particular attention to recommendations thread founders, Tom Clarke and Goldworldnet. |
