Syllabus for "Commercial Fiction" class

DrZeeLit

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Tue Oct-19-04 07:04 PM
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Syllabus for "Commercial Fiction" class

Okay, I've always wanted to teach a course in Commercial Fiction -- the sleazy, $$$-making books of our time.

What's on the reading list?

Valley of the Dolls

and then...???

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Catch22Dem

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Tue Oct-19-04 07:07 PM
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1. Any of the Danielle Steele books.

Also: Bonfire of the Vanities, The Bourne series by Ludlum, the Dirk Pitt series by Cussler, all the Tom Clancy books. Not necessarily sleazy but definitely $$$

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Grillymom

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Tue Oct-19-04 07:08 PM
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2. It depends on how you define sleazy

You could go way out there and assign a VC Andrews or Danielle Steele book, if you are serious about the bad fiction, money making sleaze. Or you could go with a Stephen King novel. He isn't vapid and has made quite a name for himself! I'm also thinking Jaws may need to be on your list.

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DrZeeLit

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Tue Oct-19-04 07:12 PM
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4. Commercial sleaze = no porn, readable, just about awful

A book that can be discussed, critically written about... still have fun in class.

(well, my classes are always fun -- that goes w/o saying... )

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Eye and Monkey

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Tue Oct-19-04 07:12 PM
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3. Anything by O'Reilly, Colter, or perhaps "The Faith of G-Dubya"?

Maybe Karen Hughes "Ten Minutes to Armageddon"?

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skygazer

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Tue Oct-19-04 07:14 PM
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5. How about some Sydney Sheldon?

For a bit of racy fun.

And for sure some Grisham - the guy's made a mint writing the same book over and over again.

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sans qualia

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Tue Oct-19-04 07:14 PM
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6. Would Tim LaHaye's "Left Behind" series be too controversial?

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Grillymom

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Tue Oct-19-04 07:16 PM
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7. No

But, the class will be puking a lot!

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DrZeeLit

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Tue Oct-19-04 07:25 PM
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8. I don't think I could read those...

and as the prof... I really should read up.

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EstimatedProphet

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Tue Oct-19-04 07:28 PM
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9. Any Jacquelline Suzanne books

Also, Harlequin Romances and "Scruples" by whoever it was that wrote "Scruples"

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peacefreak

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Tue Oct-19-04 07:58 PM
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10. Bridges of Madison County

:evilgrin:

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Philostopher

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Tue Oct-19-04 08:02 PM
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11. There's always Judith Krantz.

When I was a young adult, that "Princess Daisy" series was what everybody was reading (when I was reading Harlan Ellison, which is why I'm a flake and they're all soccer moms, I guess).

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Norbert

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Tue Oct-19-04 08:04 PM
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12. Unfit for Command.

Well you did say Fiction.

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