The Shandian Spawn

“If on a friend’s bookshelf
You cannot find Joyce or Sterne
Cervantes, Rabelais, or Burton,

“[Gaddis or Gass, Pynchon or McElroy,
David Foster Wallace, William T Vollmann,
Alexander Theroux or Gilbert Sorrentino,]

“You are in danger, face the fact,
So kick him first or punch him hard
And from him hide behind a curtain.”
― Alexander Theroux [Ergänzung von "N.R."]

Said "N.R.", aka Friend Nathan, has the list here, complete with glorious enthusiasm!

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1	Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville 3.55 avg rating — 569,157 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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message 1: by Aubrey (new)

Nov 13, 2013 10:51AM

The first 100 books are up. Vote away!

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message 2: by Sandi (new)

Nov 13, 2013 12:45PM

Aubrey wrote: "The first 100 books are up. Vote away!"
I shall!

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message 3: by Paul (new)

Nov 13, 2013 12:54PM

I've voted for those I haven't read and that are already on my tbr list; some are on my shelves, some not.

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message 4: by ReemK10 (Paper Pills) (new)

Nov 13, 2013 01:27PM

Thanks for the invite. There are a lot of books that need to be read.

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message 5: by Aubrey (last edited Nov 13, 2013 01:51PM) (new)

Nov 13, 2013 01:51PM

Please do not add books to this list unless you are SURE that they belong.

Books removed for not belonging:

Flaubert's Madame Bovary
Zola's Germinal
Montesquieu's The Persian Letters

You may check which books belong here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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message 6: by Bjorn (new)

Nov 13, 2013 02:00PM

This is a fun list. I probably need to read half the books on it.

All hail the blatant lie.

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message 7: by Nathan "N.R." (new)

Nov 13, 2013 02:14PM

Aubrey wrote: "Please do not add books to this list unless you are SURE that they belong."

We should consider locking this list. You and I could work out an exemplar for each of those few authors for which Moore lists no novel ; in most cases anyway, his selection is a bit arbitrary, ie, Evan Dara's entry. What say?

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message 8: by Aubrey (last edited Nov 13, 2013 02:20PM) (new)

Nov 13, 2013 02:19PM

Nathan "N.R." wrote: "We should consider locking this list. You and I could work out an exemplar for each of those few authors..."

Once I get all these added and in proper format, feel free to request away for the staff/super librarian's at the boards. I will let you know when.

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message 9: by Aubrey (new)

Nov 13, 2013 02:27PM

A further sixty have been added. Click to the next page, and vote away!

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message 10: by Nathan "N.R." (new)

Nov 13, 2013 03:36PM

Aubrey wrote: "Once I get all these added and in proper format, feel free to request away for the staff/super librarian's at the boards. I will let you know when. "

I'll see about taking care of that tomorrow. And assembling a few titles for those title-less authors.

I like the idea of the locked list because it means fewer administrative duties for your good self.

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message 11: by Aubrey (new)

Nov 13, 2013 04:21PM

The last ten books have been added. Keep in mind the parameters for adding books yourself (check the link! it isn't hard!).

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message 12: by Aubrey (new)

Nov 13, 2013 05:17PM

Deleted for not being on the official list:

Women and Men
In Search of Lost Time

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message 13: by James (new)

Nov 13, 2013 07:32PM

That's a bad ass last of inspirational reading. Very cool. Too many want to reads for me to really do any kind of rating.

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message 14: by Aubrey (new)

Nov 13, 2013 09:27PM

Deleted for not being on the official list:

The Manuscript Found in Saragossa
The Death and Life of Miguel de Cervantes

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message 15: by Gregsamsa (new)

Nov 13, 2013 09:31PM

I had the unmitigated gall to add two new books because with all due respect Mr. Moore's list is not exhaustive. Surely Jan Potocki can claim Shandian spawn status if Slaughterhouse Five can, and The Death and Life of Miguel de Cervantes is, in my humble opinion, more Shandian than, say, The Counterfeiters.

But jeez, looking at the rest of this list, I'm like Isn't my TBR roster long enough already?!

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message 16: by Aubrey (new)

Nov 13, 2013 09:34PM

It's a list derived from an outside source, Greg. You're welcome to make your own with parameters more exhaustive, if you like.

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message 17: by Nathan "N.R." (last edited Nov 14, 2013 11:53AM) (new)

Nov 14, 2013 10:04AM

Excellent.

Voting here means whatever the voter wants it to mean. One option, and I think the one Moore had mostly in mind, is to vote by author -- vote for authors from whom you've read at least one book ;; many entries above, ie Evan Dara or Tom Carson, could have a different representative book.

But do not add ANY books to this list unless it was authored by one of the authors (see the link to the text version of this list) for whom Moore did not attribute a title.

This list was translated by Aubrey from my transcription of a passage from Steven Moore's book The Novel: An Alternative History, 1600-1800 ;; translating from a book to Listopia is not a perfect process -- it can't be. So, if you wanna quibble, please don't do it with Aubrey, or at least do it respectful of the work she's put into this here list-list-list.

And then make your own list!!! May the list of lists proliferate!

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message 18: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Apr 08, 2015 12:19PM) (new)

Apr 08, 2015 12:15PM

I've read seven but had to go through the list to do a count, as GR sometimes doesn't count different editons of course (like my copy of The Annotated Alice: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, And, Through the Looking-Glass instead of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass) or more than one novel combined into a single book :-)

Another six are still on my 'to read' list, so there is still hope ;-)

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message 19: by Bernardo (new)

Nov 04, 2018 10:13AM

Considering how a bunch of my favourites (it's named after one of them, actually( are listed here along a bunch of other books I love and other stuff I plan to read soon, this shall be my new secret compass

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message 20: by Tzastin (new)

Nov 09, 2021 05:57PM