Spring 2013 20th Century Questions and Answers

[Liz M]

Post your questions about 20th Century here.

[Bea]

I think I am going to try for 1980-1989. I have a lot of books on my shelves from the 80s.

[Karen Michele]

Are we posting our plans or just going for it?

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

As the criteria is original publication date, your plans do not need to be approved. But that doesn't mean we don't want to see what you're up to. Feel free to post some ideas.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Don, your posted timeline won't work because the books all have 21st Century publication dates.

[Jenifer]

A helpful link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_cen...

[Rebekah]

Great link! I was also thinking about going to an award list like the National Book Award and reading 10 winners in a row.

[Rosemary]

Wow Rebekah that would be a great way to do this!

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Often those are awarded in different years than original publication, so watch out for that.

[Rebekah]

Ususally the year after, but they would still be in chronological order

[Jane from B.C.]

I have a question about publication dates. I am considering a book published in 1967 in Canada, but not published in the US until 1973. Can I use either?

(Here is information about the book:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Heard_...)

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Jane from BC wrote: "I have a question about publication dates. I am considering a book published in 1967 in Canada, but not published in the US until 1973. Can I use either?

(Here is information about the book:
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We should use the original publication date, which would be 1967. I will fix the GR book record, which is incorrect.

[Jane from B.C.]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Jane from BC wrote: "I have a question about publication dates. I am considering a book published in 1967 in Canada, but not published in the US until 1973. Can I use either?

(Here is informatio..."

Thanks!

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Jane from BC: you should look again at your 1970 entry for 84, Charing Cross Road. The most popular edition is only 97 pages, not meeting our 100 page minimum.

[Jane from B.C.]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Jane from BC: you should look again at your 1970 entry for 84, Charing Cross Road. The most popular edition is only 97 pages, not meeting our 100 page minimum."

OK ..thanks for catching that!! I will look for an alternative.

[Liz M]

Camille wrote: "These are all from my TBR shelves! I'm so ready for this sub-challenge...I've never had my plan this early! YIPPEE! ..."

That's what we thought too -- LLL was particularly challenging, so we wanted something a little easier that will help clear off the TBR shelves!

[Rebekah]

THANKS!

[Rebekah]

I started reading Joshua and the Children by Joseph F. Girzone . As I started reading I suspected the exile might be too low. So I checked Lexile and they don't have the book. I went to the BPL site to see how it was assigned and it wasn't there either. Does that mean I can't use this book?

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

No, it means you CAN use it. We only have BPL to go by to tell us it is YA or juvenile. With no word, we have to assume it is adult. If it helps, that author has some other Joshua books, and none of them are listed juvenile or YA, so you can rest easy.

[Rebekah]

Great. I read the first two Joshua books and loved them for their simplicity and spirituality. I'm glad I'm finally getting to the next one.

[Sam]

This might be a silly question, but for chonologician, do the books need to be read back-to-back or does any way work as long as you're reading the books you're claiming the books in order? I hope that makes sense...

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

I think I know what you mean, Sam. You can read RwS books (10- and 20-pointers) in between the 20th Century books, but you need to read the 20th Century books in order to claim chronologician.

[Sam]

Thanks! I just wanted to make sure that claiming other books from my timeframe for 20th century wouldn't mess up anything :)

[Jane from B.C.]

I am reading Flowers for Algernon for the 20th century challenge and want to confirm that it is eligible at a 1966 publication.

It was initially published as a short story in a magazine in 1959 but was expanded and published as a novel in 1966. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowers_...

Could you please clarify ?

Thanks!

[Liz M]

Jane from BC wrote: "I am reading Flowers for Algernon for the 20th century challenge and want to confirm that it is eligible at a 1966 publication.

It was initially published as a short story in a magazine in 1959 ..."

The dates you give above are correct:

1996 for the novel and 1959 for the short story. The novel qualifies for the sub-challenge with the 1966 date. The short story presumably would be too short to meet the page length requirements.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Christine wrote: "Before I read this one for my 1924 book, I'd like official approval for it. I could not find it on BPL or on lexile.com, but I have been mistaken on this before.

The Three Hostages byJohn Buchan
..."

FIC BUCHAN in Central Literature Fiction Storage

You're good to go with this one. ;-)

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Christine wrote: "And another one... The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie . Low lexile, but i found several listings on BPL, and none of them said YA that I could find. Can I get an officialapproval for th..."

I find no copies shown to be YA - you're good to go. Always OK to ask, and some of Christie's are shown in the YA category.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Christine wrote: "And another ( sorry to keep bugging you) . Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence 1928

Could not find a lexile for it. I thought it was on the canon, but i was wrong. I see it listed as FIC at B..."

Unfortunately this is listed as YA Assignment in several locations and there is no lexile. Sorry, not for a sub-challenge.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Christine wrote: "And last one ( assuming approval) The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner has a low lexile, but looks like is just fic at BPL?"

That one is on the Canon, so it doesn't matter about YA and Lexile. It's also quite good.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Christine wrote: "How about Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh

No lexile, not canon, I didn't spot a YA at BPL?"


Yay!

[Camille]

Would an author/book that also qualifies for a 10-pt RwS task still qualify for sub-challenge, as long as it fits my timeline? (I would not be claiming combo or style obviously.)

[Kate S]

Camille wrote: "Would an author/book that also qualifies for a 10-pt RwS task still qualify for sub-challenge, as long as it fits my timeline? (I would not be claiming combo or style obviously.)"

Yes.

[Denise]

Read 10 books originally published in any 10 consecutive years from 1901-2000 with no author being read more than twice.

So if an author writes under more than one name, are we limited to two books total, or two per pseudonym? I am thinking specifically of Ruth Rendell/Barbara Vine.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

The limitation is for published name. We don't have a way of designating pseudonyms in the scorekeeping database.

[Denise]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "The limitation is for published name. We don't have a way of designating pseudonyms in the scorekeeping database."

OK, thanks!