Dragons & Jetpacks discussion

The Longlist for the Man Booker Prize 2014 is going to be announced today.

The Guardian talks about some picks they'd like to see on the longlist.

Are there any books that you want to see on the longlist?

I'm not too sure of the nomination criteria, but The Gospel of Loki would be great :) (Assuming it's adult fiction published this year?)

The rules for submission are here at length but in short:

a) Any full-length novel, written originally in English and published in the UK by an imprint formally established in the UK within the prize year is eligible

b) Authors must be living at the time of the award

j) No entry shall be ineligible because its author has won either the Man Booker Prize or any other prize previously

a) To be eligible novels must be published between 1 October 2013 and 30 September 2014 in the UK by an imprint formally established in the UK

Rinn wrote: "I'm not too sure of the nomination criteria, but The Gospel of Loki would be great :) (Assuming it's adult fiction published this year?)"

I still need to pick this up - looks really good!

The Longlist has been announced, here is the list!

Stuck in a spoiler tag in case anyone still wanted to make a guess!

(view spoiler)[To Rise Again at a Decent Hour - by Joshua Ferris (American)
The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan (Australian)
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves - by Karen Joy Fowler (American)
The Blazing World - by Siri Hustvedt (American)
J - by Howard Jacobson (British)
The Wake - by Paul Kingsnorth (British)
The Bone Clocks - by David Mitchell (British)
The Lives of Others - by Neel Mukherjee (British)
Us - by David Nicholls
(British)
The Dog: A Novel - by Joseph O'Neill (Irish/American)
Orfeo - by Richard Powers (American)
How To Be Both - by Ali Smith (British)
History of the Rain - by Niall Williams (Irish)

Anyone checked out any of these? I noticed quite a few weren't out yet.

Any of these appeal to anyone?

For me:

The Lives of Others
The Wake
J (hide spoiler)]

Is it bad that I haven't heard of ANY of these books?