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In what genre would we like to begin?
(Voting closed: January 10, 2008, 06:08:10 AM)
| Early 20th Century Modernism |
   7 (18.9%) |
| Late 20th Century Post-Modernism |
5 (13.5%) |
| 19th Century Romanticism |
0 (0%) |
| 19th Century Victorianism |
2 (5.4%) |
| 20th Century Female Authors |
2 (5.4%) |
| 19th-20th Century Science Fiction |
12 (32.4%) |
| 19th-20th Century Mystery/Noir |
9 (24.3%) |
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Topic: F13 Book Club (Read 63494 times)
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lamaros
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So umpteenth is fixed?
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Miasma
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Could I be taken off the "choose a book" list, I don't actually want to select a book we read. Plus your guys' choices are kinda bumming me out so I think I'm going to sit out from now on.
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lamaros
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I was going to pick something awesome and un SFish next (in a month?), wait! :-(
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Samwise
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I found a copy of Battle Royale at Borders today, so I'll be wading through that in short order. (Note to others working on acquiring it -- there's a manga of the same name, but that's not what you want. You want the novel, which will probably be in the sci-fi section.) Also, IMO you should start a thread for it so people who don't monitor this thread closely will know what to shop for.
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schild
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wat
we're doing battle royale?
like THE Battle Royale?
fucking rad.
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Samwise
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Who's "we", white man?
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schild
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I don't know what you're talking about. But Battle Royale is great, and you find it under Fiction at BN or Borders here in Phoenix. Red and Black cover. Edit: This is what you want.  |
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Soukyan
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Yes. But here in Pennsylvania, B&N files it under sci-fi. Border's under general fiction. Corporate standards. Bah!
And yes, good idea, Samwise.
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Samwise
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I finished Battle Royale. It went very quick for a 600-page book.
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Strazos
Greetings from the Slave Coast
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The World's Worst Game: Curry or Covid
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While it's nice that I already own BR...does it really count as actual literature? I thought it was more of a "light novel, " to borrow a term from JP.
Note that I have not actually Read the book yet, though I have glanced at it, just to see how it was written.
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Fear the Backstab!
"Plato said the virtuous man is at all times ready for a grammar snake attack." - we are lesion
"Hell is other people." -Sartre
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Margalis
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You can use your black mark if you like.  I'm going into it with an open mind. I've seen the movie and read parts of the manga but whatever, I'll take it on its own merits. |
vampirehipi23: I would enjoy a book written by a monkey and turned into a movie rather than this.
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Strazos
Greetings from the Slave Coast
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Naw, this is nowhere near bad enough to warrant a black mark.
Speaking of which, I need to finish the Manga...I still need the final 1 or 2 volumes.
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Fear the Backstab!
"Plato said the virtuous man is at all times ready for a grammar snake attack." - we are lesion
"Hell is other people." -Sartre
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lamaros
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I'm not sure when, if ever, we'll be reading the next book, but I'm going to opt out of picking one and I seem to be next to choose. Uni is starting today and I'll be reading too much from that to probably have the inclination to read more.
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lamaros
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Actually, can that:
Read 'The Road' by Cormac McCarthy. It continues the current theme, and is a good read to boot.
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cmlancas
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I know it's not a book choice this week, but I'm reading through The Postman Always Rings Twice while I'm auditing a course and I noticed that it was recommended by another poster. Therefore, I'm going to start a thread here. Edit: Added the URL, and perhaps as we finish/choose books, we can just start new threads as "F13 Book Club Part X: Book_01 by Author_01" |
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« Last Edit: March 06, 2008, 10:31:47 AM by cmlancas »
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f13 Street Cred of the week:
I can't promise anything other than trauma and tragedy. -- schild
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