Comparative Reading Circle Mk 2?

[Kell]

As the Classic Vampires comparative reading circle seems to have generated some interesting discussions, I wondered if anyone would be up for another CRC on another theme?

I have a list of possible comparisons (some I thought up myself, others were suggested during the pre-amble for the previous circle), but if anyone wanted to suggest some others, that would be great too. On this occasion you can nominate as many "pairs" as you like so long as they have something ni common and you give synopses of the books you're nominating.

If you'd like to second one of these choices or nominate two books for comparison here, I'll select four pairs for the poll and we can vote on which books will be our next choices.

As with the normal reading circle, please ensure the choices you nominate are freely available in paperback so as to keep the price down.

The nominations thread will remain open till the evening of Saturday 15 September, after which a selection will be chosen for the poll.
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Click on the titles to find out more about the books:

Vintage Twins
Vintage have paired up a selection of books. See HERE (http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/vintage/vintageclassics/twins.htm) for the selections.

Flower and Willow World: Geisha
Autobiography of a Geisha (http://www.tesco.com/books/product.aspx?R=9780099462040) by Sayo Masuda
Geisha of Gion (http://www.tesco.com/books/product.aspx?R=9780743430593) by Mineko Iwasaki

All that Jazz:
My Man Jeeves (http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/w/p-g-wodehouse/my-man-jeeves.htm) by P. G. Wodehouse
The Great Gatsby (http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/f/f-scott-fitzgerald/great-gatsby.htm) by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Antichrist
Good Omens (http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/p/terry-pratchett/good-omens.htm) by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
The Omen (http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/david-seltzer/omen.htm) by David Seltzer

Dystopian Future
Nineteen Eighty Four (http://www.tesco.com/books/product.aspx?R=9780141187761&in_merch=1&in_merch_title=Best_Sellers&in_merch_name=Nineteen+Eighty-four) by George Orwell
Brave New World (http://www.tesco.com/books/product.aspx?R=9780099458166&in_merch=1&in_merch_title=Best_Sellers&in_merch_name=Brave+New+World) by Aldous Huxley

Man-made Monster
Frankenstein (http://www.tesco.com/books/product.aspx?R=9780141439471&in_merch=1&in_merch_title=Best_Sellers&in_merch_name=Frankenstein%3a+Or%2c+the+Modern+Pro metheus) by Mary Shelley
The Frankenstein Papers (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Frankenstein-Papers-Fred-Saberhagen/dp/0812551729/ref=sr_1_2/026-6151789-7131663?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1188726143&sr=1-2) by Fred Saberhagen

Devil Inside:
I, Lucifer (http://www.tesco.com/books/product.aspx?R=9780743220132&in_merch=1&in_merch_title=Best_Sellers&in_merch_name=I%2c+Lucifer) by Glen Duncan
The Exorcist (http://www.tesco.com/books/product.aspx?R=9780552156882) by William Peter Blatty

Comedians getting serious
The First Casualty (http://www.tesco.com/books/product.aspx?R=9780552771306&in_merch=1&in_merch_title=Best_Sellers&in_merch_name=First+Casualty%2c+The) by Ben Elton
The Secret Purposes (http://www.tesco.com/books/product.aspx?R=9780349117461&in_merch=1&in_merch_title=Best_Sellers&in_merch_name=Secret+Purposes%2c+The) by David Baddiel

Psychopaths
Psycho (http://www.tesco.com/books/product.aspx?R=9780582416727) by Robert Bloch
American Psycho (http://www.tesco.com/books/product.aspx?R=9780330448017&in_merch=1&in_merch_title=Best_Sellers&in_merch_name=American+Psycho) by Bret Easton Ellis

Bang-Rat-Tat-Tat-Boom!
M*A*S*H (http://www.amazon.com/M-S-H-Cassell-Military-Paperbacks/dp/0304366617/ref=sr_1_5/002-4803803-8962461?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1188726736&sr=1-5) by William E Butterworth & Richard Hooker
Catch 22 (http://www.tesco.com/books/product.aspx?R=9780099477310&in_merch=1&in_merch_title=Best_Sellers&in_merch_name=Catch-22) by Joseph Heller

King of the Swingers
Tarzan of the Apes (http://www.tesco.com/books/product.aspx?R=9780615139456&in_merch=1&in_merch_title=Best_Sellers&in_merch_name=Tarzan+of+the+Apes) by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Jungle Books (http://www.tesco.com/books/product.aspx?R=9780140621044&bci=4294874689%7CRudyard%20Kipling) by Rudyard Kipling

Watching the Detectives
Knots and Crosses (http://www.tesco.com/books/product.aspx?R=9780752877181&in_merch=1&in_merch_title=Best_Sellers&in_merch_name=Knots+And+Crosses) (Rebus) by Ian Rankin
Cold Granite (http://www.tesco.com/books/product.aspx?R=9780007193141&in_merch=1&in_merch_title=Best_Sellers&in_merch_name=Cold+Granite) (McRae) by Stuart Macbride

I Spy
Casino Royale (http://www.tesco.com/books/product.aspx?R=9780141028309&in_merch=1&in_merch_title=Best_Sellers&in_merch_name=Casino+Royale) by Ian Fleming
The Vesuvius Club (http://www.tesco.com/books/product.aspx?R=9780743483797) by Mark Gatiss

It’s a Kind of Magic
Carter Beats the Devil (http://www.tesco.com/books/product.aspx?R=9780340936276) by Glen David Gold
The Prestige (http://www.tesco.com/books/product.aspx?R=9780575079069) by Christopher Priest

[angerball]

I'd like to second the Dystopian Future:
Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

I think that could be a very interesting discussion.

[ii]

I'd like to second the Dystopian Future:
Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

I think that could be a very interesting discussion.

I like that one too.

Also, the Flower and Willow World: Geisha
Autobiography of a Geisha by Sayo Masuda
Geisha of Gion by Mineko Iwasaki
sounds great, too! I loved the movie Memoirs of a Geisha, and the world they live in seems so very fashinating.

[FishAndChips]

I second dystopian future.

[lovesreading06]

I'd like to second the Dystopian Future:
Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Those two look great and so do these two.

King of the Swingers
Tarzan of the Apes (http://www.tesco.com/books/product.aspx?R=9780615139456&in_merch=1&in_merch_title=Best_Sellers&in_merch_name=Tarzan+of+the+Apes) by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Jungle Books (http://www.tesco.com/books/product.aspx?R=9780140621044&bci=4294874689%7CRudyard%20Kipling) by Rudyard Kipling

[Icecream]

I was going to second Dystopia, but that has been done so I second Flower and Willow World as that is the other one I wanted.

[Gyre]

I second Dystopian Future. :D

[Kylie]

Well, dystopian literature being my favourite genre, I can't go past this one! I've read both books but would love any excuse to read them again.

I would also like to second All That Jazz. I've been wanting to read Wodehouse for a while now, and I love The Great Gatsby (both books are also available in the public domain).

[ii]

I'll second (third?) All that Jazz. I too love The Great Gatsby.