Thursday, January 29, 2009

if/then

I often times have trouble deciding what book to read when I finish one book and am ready to read another. Last time I noticed on Rudy Rucker's blog a mention of his favorite author: Robert Sheckley, so I chose Sheckley. I have a huge stack of unread books that seems to get deeper every year.
So I decided to do a fun little experiment. One that I could blog about here. In order to help me decide which book to read next, I will use the outcome of Super Bowl 43. The teams are the Arizona Cardinals vs. the Pittsburgh Steelers. The books are Scar Lover by Harry Crews or Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk. Since Arizona's never won a Super Bowl, they will represent Haunted, since I've never read Palahniuk before. I assume that since Pittsburgh's won so many Super Bowls that they will be favored to win. They represent Crews since he's one of my favorite authors and I've read as many books of his as the Steelers have been in Super Bowls: 6. A Feast of Snakes, Body, Car, Celebration, Knockout Artist, and The Mulching of America. It's six, right? I know they've won 5, and lost one to Dallas in 95.
So, anyway. If the Steelers win, then I read Scar Lover by Harry Crews next. If the Cards win, then I read Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk next.

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