Given the interest expressed elsewhere, I think this is a runner.
In order to make it as fair a reflection of the board's opinions as possible, I suggest that we have a Group Stage, comprised of various genres, the winners of each group progressing to the knock out stages.
My initial thoughts on the Groups:
Biography
Autobiography
Science Fiction
Classical Literature
General Fiction
Horror
Crime
Non Fiction
Please post your suggestions for additional Group Categories, no real need to limit the number of groups.
Your book nominations are also welcome! Please state the Group Category to place them in if not obvious.
I'll kick off with Catch 22 (Joseph Heller), Consider Phlebas (Iain M Banks), Helliconia (Brian Aldiss), A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
Illuminatus! (Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson)
In order to make it as fair a reflection of the board's opinions as possible, I suggest that we have a Group Stage, comprised of various genres, the winners of each group progressing to the knock out stages.
My initial thoughts on the Groups:
Biography
Autobiography
Science Fiction
Classical Literature
General Fiction
Horror
Crime
Non Fiction
Please post your suggestions for additional Group Categories, no real need to limit the number of groups.
Your book nominations are also welcome! Please state the Group Category to place them in if not obvious.
I'll kick off with Catch 22 (Joseph Heller), Consider Phlebas (Iain M Banks), Helliconia (Brian Aldiss), A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
Illuminatus! (Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson)