Make Megan Happy
Megan McArdle of Asymmetrical Information is starting a new blog (of sorts), Unpopular Culture. Her description of it?
What I wanted to do was give readers a place to read novels in serial. I got the idea from a service (now defunct) that used to email me sections of a great work every day, so you could read (for example) The Arabian Nights in five-minute chunks. When the service expired, it occurred to me that something like that would make a neat idea for a weblog. With the comments feature, I thought it would be kind of cool if it eventually turned into something like an online book club. But even if not, I think it's still pretty neat to have somewhere where you can go to spend a relaxing ten minutes reading a great classic work. . . .I have to admit I've never read it, but I've started. Make Megan happy.
The first book I chose is A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, by Mark Twain, which has the triple advantages of being a) literature b) accessible to the modern reader and c) hilarious. You'll make this girl very happy if you check it out.