Book Club Round 3

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10-24-2006, 01:32 PM
cj001f

Book Club Round 3

The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay has been nominated

All in agreeance say "aye"
10-24-2006, 02:49 PM
BeanDip4All

haHA! CJ, you are my bitch!!! :FIREdevil

I vote for the Power of One however am open to whatever the collective agrees on :)
10-24-2006, 03:11 PM
bio-smear

Bahhh I'm too caught up in some deep sci-fi: "Hyperion" by Dan Simmons. I like this book club concept tho. You seem to be fond of the name Court*n*y lately.
10-24-2006, 03:38 PM
Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo

Power of one sounds good to me. aye
10-31-2006, 09:45 AM
cj001f

So - deadline for reading the book is November 30 - post Thanksgiving.
10-31-2006, 11:06 AM
BeanDip4All

Excellent. Let's get some more people in on this too... Altagirl? Plakespear? Steve? It's a good book people...
10-31-2006, 11:14 AM
Sutter

are we going to meet in person to talk about this tome or are we going to do this all cyberly, which I'm not into. the whole beauty of the book club is getting together, preferably a place like chumley's to discuss. is everyone NYC?

Edit: ok, I guess we're cyber. I'm still into it.
10-31-2006, 11:15 AM
Viva

Is there a Cliff Notes version of this book?
10-31-2006, 11:50 AM
Yossarian

I'm out of books to read...so I'm in. Post thanksgiving, right?
Do we meet in Chat and ... chat there?
How exactly, did you do rounds 1 and 2...?
10-31-2006, 12:44 PM
MeatPuppet

Quote:

Originally Posted by bio-smear

Bahhh I'm too caught up in some deep sci-fi: "Hyperion" by Dan Simmons.

Absolute, hands down, best story I have read...ever! In fact, those four books kind of ruined me on other sci fi. Nothing else even comes close. Good choice.

Edit: OK, I'm in with The Power of One.
10-31-2006, 01:10 PM
cj001f

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yossarian

Post thanksgiving, right?
Do we meet in Chat and ... chat there?
How exactly, did you do rounds 1 and 2...?

Yup - it's the Thursday following Turkeyday.

I like the chat idea - previously we tried critique threads, something more active might work. Say 7pm PST 11/30/06 ?
10-31-2006, 01:20 PM
Woodsy

Quote:

Originally Posted by MeatPuppet

Absolute, hands down, best story I have read...ever! In fact, those four books kind of ruined me on other sci fi. Nothing else even comes close. Good choice.

Edit: OK, I'm in with The Power of One.

um, Frank Herbert and Arthur C. Clarke would like a word with you.....
but Hyperion doth rock 4 sheezy

ok I am in, courtney keeps twisting my nipple, and it chafes.
power of one by 11/30, okee dokee,
cyber club is good but us NYCers could do our own pre-club with a bevie or 6 somewhere....
10-31-2006, 01:53 PM
Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo

Quote:

Originally Posted by Viva

Is there a Cliff Notes version of this book?

There is a movie version
10-31-2006, 03:04 PM
steve

ok, i'm in - I have it on reserve at my local public library - hopefully it becomes available by tgiving..

-steve
10-31-2006, 04:31 PM
altagirl

Okay I'm going to the library to look for it.
10-31-2006, 04:40 PM
Woodsy

BE CAREFUL!
weird shit happens at Utah libraries, bombs, hostage stand offs, gay sex, strange people taking upon themselves to edit books/magazines
no kidding
seriously
10-31-2006, 04:52 PM
altagirl

Quote:

Originally Posted by Woodsy

BE CAREFUL!
weird shit happens at Utah libraries, bombs, hostage stand offs, gay sex, strange people taking upon themselves to edit books/magazines
no kidding
seriously

They only bomb the big fancy downtown library. I'm just walking over to the Sandy one. ;)
10-31-2006, 09:21 PM
MeatPuppet

Quote:

Originally Posted by Woodsy

um, Frank Herbert and Arthur C. Clarke would like a word with you.....

meh...

Herbert and Clark are both big idea guys, and they excel at that. But I always thought their charachter development was a little lacking, although if I had to choose, I think Herbert was better at it than Clark.
11-01-2006, 12:45 AM
Plakespear

Quote:

Originally Posted by TacomaLuv

Excellent. Let's get some more people in on this too... Plakespear?

You know I only read Powder, Hunter S. Thompson, and porn.
11-05-2006, 02:17 PM
Big Blue

Quote:

Originally Posted by MeatPuppet

Absolute, hands down, best story I have read...ever! In fact, those four books kind of ruined me on other sci fi. Nothing else even comes close. Good choice.

Have you ever tried Gene Wolfe? The Book of the New Sun is pretty much the pinnacle of modern science fiction. I did like hyperion/endymion a lot, but Wolfe is a superior author.
11-06-2006, 09:17 AM
MeatPuppet

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big Blue

Have you ever tried Gene Wolfe? The Book of the New Sun is pretty much the pinnacle of modern science fiction.

No, I haven't. But I'll take a look at him.

For several years I only read a handful of authors(Greg Bear, Gregory Benford, Larry Niven, David Brin, C. S. Friedman, with a little Robert Heinlein thrown in for good measure, then Simmons.)

It would be good to pick up a new author(right after I finish The Power Of One. ;) )

Thanks for the recommendation.
11-25-2006, 12:28 AM
cj001f

A *bump* and hope things are moving along
11-25-2006, 09:09 AM
BeanDip4All

When is our "meeting?" Wednesday the 29th? (I don't know why that date sticks in my head, I think that's what we picked in chat last time?)
11-25-2006, 03:19 PM
steve

damn,

i'm #1 on the waiting list on my library, and whoever has it now is a week past his due date. his 70 cent fine translates into me not making a wednesday meeting.
11-27-2006, 09:41 AM
Yossarian

halfway thru, should finish today.

awesome read!
11-27-2006, 10:00 AM
Steven S. Dallas

Read it when I was in high school- definitely don't remember it well enough to contribute anything to the conversation. But it is a great book for sure.
11-28-2006, 07:32 AM
Ripzalot

Quote:

Originally Posted by MeatPuppet

Absolute, hands down, best story I have read...ever! In fact, those four books kind of ruined me on other sci fi. Nothing else even comes close. Good choice.

i had the same reaction. hyperion is the 'la grave' of scifi books.
11-28-2006, 09:27 AM
Yossarian

finished the "Power of One" yesterday. Fantasic read, thank you for the recommendation!! I really enjoyed that.
11-30-2006, 02:31 PM
Plakespear

Quote:

Originally Posted by cj001f

I like the chat idea - previously we tried critique threads, something more active might work. Say 7pm PST 11/30/06 ?

Well, I finished the book, but by that time the local intenet cafe will be closed, so I won't be participating in this.
11-30-2006, 03:32 PM
cj001f

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plakespear

Well, I finished the book, but by that time the local intenet cafe will be closed, so I won't be participating in this.

Hmm, is there a time slot that work better?

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