July's Book (poll)

[drone]

Hey Drone, I kind of disagree about Name of the Rose. I felt as though the extended theology riffs were essential to the story. These were guys who lived, breathed and died for religion, and the absurdity and self-referential nature of their thinking was a major point of the characterization and plot. Remember, the whole reason all of those groups were converging on the abbey was to hold a life-and-death debate about whether or not Jesus Christ owned his own clothes.

I think if you re-read it now, you'd get a kick out of the multi-page theological excursions. They're not in the book by accident.

I think I was around 20 at the time, so I'm sure most of it went over my head. I knew why it was there, but slogging through it all put me to sleep.

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

I'm with Lemur on the theology in The Name of the Rose: I thought it was fascinating. I mean, the killer's motivation was ultimately completely theological (hope I'm not giving too much away here for those who haven't read it) so if you took that out, there wouldn't really be much of a book left.

[Proletariat]

P.S.: I think a run-off election for the top three or four books would be appropriate.

This sounds like a good idea for taking into account any 'switchers,' but I'll be on a plane before the poll ends, and then afk for a few days. Could someone who's interested (maybe you, Lemur? ) post a new poll with the top four choices once this poll closes?