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Post by mummifiedstalin on Aug 16, 2011 9:41:54 GMT -5
Would anyone be interested in picking a book and reading it together? We have a good variety of tastes and insightful people, so it might be fun.
We could pick a book and "read" it over a month. Then anyone could comment across that month. We wouldn't have to have a set deadline like a regular book club (where only half the people end up reading it, anyway), so schedules could be looser.
Ideas? And, if so, suggestions for type or for a particular book?
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Post by Torgo on Aug 16, 2011 10:50:51 GMT -5
I actually had this idea a few months ago. I didn't post it because I doubted I'd be able to contribute.
But it sounds like a lot of fun. If there's a book I actually own in the pile I might join in.
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Post by siamesesin on Aug 16, 2011 12:31:15 GMT -5
Sure. I've read a few books suggested by board members and enjoyed them. Just remind me so I post about it!
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Post by Hellcat on Aug 16, 2011 14:20:04 GMT -5
I'd be interested. I'm always looking for new books to read.
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Post by Ratso on Aug 16, 2011 15:03:11 GMT -5
I was interested when we first discussed this years ago... I vote Maus for the first book.
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Post by Crowfan on Aug 16, 2011 17:46:16 GMT -5
I would be interested.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Aug 16, 2011 18:13:16 GMT -5
I'm in.
As long as we can do The Third Policeman at some point.
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Post by Torgo on Aug 16, 2011 19:51:34 GMT -5
I'm in. As long as we can do The Third Policeman at some point. I don't wnt to read sequels without reading the originals. Put the First and Second on the list first.
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Post by Ratso on Aug 16, 2011 20:31:06 GMT -5
I'm in. As long as we can do The Third Policeman at some point. I don't wnt to read sequels without reading the originals. Put the First and Second on the list first. Wha?
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Post by mummifiedstalin on Aug 16, 2011 21:10:23 GMT -5
Ok, so we have two suggestions.
The Third Policeman by Flann O'Obrien. Maus, a graphic novel about mice living through the Holocaust.
Been years since I read Third Policeman and would love to again. Hilarious. Deep. And showed up in LOST.
I'll throw two more out there:
Lint, by Steve Aylett. A hilarious fake biography of an obscure sf writer.
The Magicians, by Lev Grossman. A kind of anti Harry Potter.
I'll add links later (doing this on my phone), but you're all big kids. You can google.
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Post by Ratso on Aug 16, 2011 21:51:52 GMT -5
I'm gonna throw some more suggestions out here (and by suggestions I mean stuff that's been sitting on my desk that I want to read)
The Emperor Of All Maladies - Siddhartha Mukherjee
Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt - Edmund Morris
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Post by Torgo on Aug 16, 2011 22:29:59 GMT -5
I'm partial to classic adventure myself. If anybody wants to do any HG Wells or Jules Verne, I have a ton of them on my Kindle.
And some pop culture icons might be fun too. I've got a few Sherlock Holmes stories I've been dying for an excuse to dig into. I also have all the James Bond books on my shelf.
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Post by mummifiedstalin on Aug 17, 2011 20:30:20 GMT -5
Well, let's narrow this down.
First, fiction or non-fiction? VOTE!
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Post by siamesesin on Aug 18, 2011 7:58:33 GMT -5
I love me some non-fiction, but I'm leaning towards fiction myself.
I'd like to suggest maybe a Turtledove or Gaiman at some point too.
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Post by mummifiedstalin on Aug 18, 2011 8:20:51 GMT -5
Chicago just had a city-wide "book club" on Gaiman's _Neverwhere_. That would be one that would be approachable for a lot of people, I suppose. It's fantasy, it's urban, it's by a dude that everyone should probably have some familiarity with by this point (and, if they don't then it wouldn't hurt to gain some cultural currency).
The problem with _Neverwhere_ is that it's the novelization of a TV show. What if we did _Good Omens_? He did that with Terry Pratchett (which will make Atari happy), and they're apparently working on a sequel or a movie or both.
Gaiman's not everyone's favorite, but I don't think it's wrong to say that he's become an "Important" writer.
So maybe I'll put that forward. Here's the amazon's summary of _Good Omens_:
Whaddya think, sirs?
(Plus, if you're totally broke and can't get your hands on a copy, "a little birdie" might be able to point you in the way of a computer/ebook readable file if you send me a PM.)
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