>hardboiled@juno.com[SMTP:hardboiled@juno.com] wrote: > >>>There's alot of material out there and if one (or a few ) authors eventually come out as the creme de la creme' . . .<< Or, creme de la crime. . . > >>>then we could process the whole series (as long as it is not an >extremely long series. That might bog down the list. We could >just spilt up into small groups and do it while still reading the >list's monthly book. A Spillane fans could do Spillane and still do the monthly book, the same with Chandler, etc...)<< Sounds like a workable option to me. After all, some folks will already be well-versed in the specifics of some series or groups of authors while other readers will be relative newcomers to those or other writers. Mr. Cyberboiled's suggestion allows a balance. As does the idea of reading the short stories in an anthology instead of working through >entire novels.--Duane > > > - # RARA-AVIS: To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" # to majordomo@icomm.ca