The Setup:
Capt. Factorial and seven compatriots have been convicted of Napoleonesque crimes and have been sentenced to exile on separate tropical islands. Because your wardens are relatively benevolent (they didn't simply execute you, after all), they have assured you that your needs (shelter, food, water) will be provided for, but to ensure that you have no contact with the outside world or each other in an attempt to rise again, there will be no electronics whatsoever. TV, radio, internet, all will be things of the past to you. To prevent you from being completely bored out of your gourd as you spend the rest of life under the noonday sun of paradise, your wardens have acceded to your request to provide each of you with the entire collected works of 20 authors to while away your time. Because they are at least partially cruel, your wardens have added the restriction that none of you may select the same author and they have set up a draft, just to watch you squirm.
The Rules:
1. All Genres/Media: Nonfiction, fiction, poetry, picturebooks, magazine articles, internet posts, etc. will all be included - if an author works in multiple genres/media, by drafting them you get all genres/media.
2. Compilations: If a work appears in a bound compilation, magazine, internet site, etc. simultaneously published alongside other authors, you explicitly do not get the work of other authors. A book where individual chapters are alternately credited to Abby Ceady and Jake Lemon is considered a multiple-author compilation and will fall under this rule.
3. Co-Authorship: Works which are intrinsically collaborative (as opposed to compilation of pieces from individual authors) are considered to be co-authored. A co-authored book will be included in the works of BOTH authors so long as it is a rare collaboration: two or fewer works shared among co-authors. If the same co-authors produce three or more books/major works together, or are otherwise adjudged to be habitual collaborators, their collaborations must be drafted separately from their individual works (e.g., you could draft “co-author” Abby Ceady-Jake Lemon to get their "Man O' Pique" trilogy, even if Abby Ceady's individual work, sans said trilogy, had already been drafted).
4. Translations/Editions: If the author's works appear in multiple translations, or in multiple editions, you would be allowed to select your preferred translation/edition, though you need not specify that at the time of drafting.
5. No Translators/Illustrators: Translators and illustrators may not be drafted on their own (but author-illustrators may). If you specifically wish to have a copy of their translated/illustrated works you must draft the original author.
6. Traditional Authorship: Works of antiquity whose authorship is uncertain or contested will be considered to have been written by the traditional author. Works without a traditional author are not eligible for selection (e.g., you can't select "Anonymous", or "Whoever it was that wrote 'Arias To You' ")
7. Pen Names: If an author has alternately written under multiple names (pen names, etc.), all works by that author will be included so long as the multiple names are publicly accepted to be the same person. In this case, you should draft the best-known name and note the other names this author has used.
8. Already Published: Only works that have been published as of the start date of the draft (6-5-2012) will be included.
9. Draft Order: Draft order will snake. Order will be determined through a suitable randomization procedure. Observer VF21 has volunteered to perform the randomization.
10. Contingencies: Any necessary adjudication will be made by Capt. Factorial (probably with the help of Wikipedia).
As always, put a little effort into your write-up of your pick. Convince us that we would want to be stuck reading this author for the rest of our lives!
PMs to all participants will be sent out shortly. Once you have made your pick, please PM the next drafter on the list. We will use the customary 24-hour rule - you get 24 hours to make your selection (though to keep things moving you are encouraged to be as prompt as reasonable) before your position is passed and we move on to the next drafter. Passed picks may be made up at any time.
We will start as soon as the randomized list comes in! Happy drafting!
Capt. Factorial and seven compatriots have been convicted of Napoleonesque crimes and have been sentenced to exile on separate tropical islands. Because your wardens are relatively benevolent (they didn't simply execute you, after all), they have assured you that your needs (shelter, food, water) will be provided for, but to ensure that you have no contact with the outside world or each other in an attempt to rise again, there will be no electronics whatsoever. TV, radio, internet, all will be things of the past to you. To prevent you from being completely bored out of your gourd as you spend the rest of life under the noonday sun of paradise, your wardens have acceded to your request to provide each of you with the entire collected works of 20 authors to while away your time. Because they are at least partially cruel, your wardens have added the restriction that none of you may select the same author and they have set up a draft, just to watch you squirm.
The Rules:
1. All Genres/Media: Nonfiction, fiction, poetry, picturebooks, magazine articles, internet posts, etc. will all be included - if an author works in multiple genres/media, by drafting them you get all genres/media.
2. Compilations: If a work appears in a bound compilation, magazine, internet site, etc. simultaneously published alongside other authors, you explicitly do not get the work of other authors. A book where individual chapters are alternately credited to Abby Ceady and Jake Lemon is considered a multiple-author compilation and will fall under this rule.
3. Co-Authorship: Works which are intrinsically collaborative (as opposed to compilation of pieces from individual authors) are considered to be co-authored. A co-authored book will be included in the works of BOTH authors so long as it is a rare collaboration: two or fewer works shared among co-authors. If the same co-authors produce three or more books/major works together, or are otherwise adjudged to be habitual collaborators, their collaborations must be drafted separately from their individual works (e.g., you could draft “co-author” Abby Ceady-Jake Lemon to get their "Man O' Pique" trilogy, even if Abby Ceady's individual work, sans said trilogy, had already been drafted).
4. Translations/Editions: If the author's works appear in multiple translations, or in multiple editions, you would be allowed to select your preferred translation/edition, though you need not specify that at the time of drafting.
5. No Translators/Illustrators: Translators and illustrators may not be drafted on their own (but author-illustrators may). If you specifically wish to have a copy of their translated/illustrated works you must draft the original author.
6. Traditional Authorship: Works of antiquity whose authorship is uncertain or contested will be considered to have been written by the traditional author. Works without a traditional author are not eligible for selection (e.g., you can't select "Anonymous", or "Whoever it was that wrote 'Arias To You' ")
7. Pen Names: If an author has alternately written under multiple names (pen names, etc.), all works by that author will be included so long as the multiple names are publicly accepted to be the same person. In this case, you should draft the best-known name and note the other names this author has used.
8. Already Published: Only works that have been published as of the start date of the draft (6-5-2012) will be included.
9. Draft Order: Draft order will snake. Order will be determined through a suitable randomization procedure. Observer VF21 has volunteered to perform the randomization.
10. Contingencies: Any necessary adjudication will be made by Capt. Factorial (probably with the help of Wikipedia).
As always, put a little effort into your write-up of your pick. Convince us that we would want to be stuck reading this author for the rest of our lives!
PMs to all participants will be sent out shortly. Once you have made your pick, please PM the next drafter on the list. We will use the customary 24-hour rule - you get 24 hours to make your selection (though to keep things moving you are encouraged to be as prompt as reasonable) before your position is passed and we move on to the next drafter. Passed picks may be made up at any time.
We will start as soon as the randomized list comes in! Happy drafting!
NB SMTOMRNAY ....He was near the top of my list. Capt.- I too am fond of Dirk.
