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Hello friends,

In 2025, I am planning on hosting an Iliad book club. Everyone is welcome to participate: the more people we have, the more fun. Helpfully, there are 12 months in a year, and 24 books of the Iliad. That breaks down to two books a month, which is an extremely manageable pace. 

When we begin, I'll start a thread for discussion, and a new subthread every two weeks. I'll try to produce discussion threads. Also, I have institutional library access, so I may post some optional secondary readings if you guys like. 

We will be using the new Emily Wilson translation. I will try to find PDFs and distribute them on Discord to anyone who wants one, but if you would like to acquire your own hard copy, that would be good. I think it's best if everyone goes off the same translation. 

I'll post a thread on every second Saturday. If you'd like to join in, have Book 1 read by January 11 2025, and come to the thread armed with your opinions and observations. 

I'm in, but keeping attention spans around this place for an entire year is going to be a tall order. Worth a try to run the most ambitious CYS book club ever though.

Well, if it comes down to it, I'll run it for just you and I if I have to. 

I can also increase the pace if people are burning through it at a crazy rate. I wanted to keep things nice and achievable to begin with though. 

Got the ebook and audiobook, to honor both the oral and written traditions.

You fool. Don't you know the Iliad is worthless acoustic propaganda?

Is that something Fluttershy said? I wasn't paying close attention to that portion of the thread.

He wasn't very familiar with Homer's works, but anything composed before the line he drew was apparently "not interesting" and not really significant due to being only the product of panicked and unreasoning tribal terror or whatever.

You could try to read the storygame, this is all explained by Merlin. (Who himself is the product of the oral storytelling of pagan Celts, but shhh.)

Seriously glad he made Malk so mad though, now we get an epic year of Iliad.

I'm immediately greeted by a quote from Linkara.

I have other stuff to read.

I'm interested. I've honestly never read any of the classics that weren't school assigned readings. Looking forward to expanding my horizons.

I have my copy right here, which I got to see if this new translation was good, and I'm only in the middle of Book II.  Let's do this.

I cannot promise intelligent discussion or consistency, but I would like to express interest in this club. I've gained access to the book, so it should work out.

I will be joining. My library even has that translation.

I will join. My time can sometimes be limited but will see what I can do.

Procured a copy. Going to stay productive during my winter break.

Done my homework early. Might go over it again while taking notes.