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Seppuku wrote:Ribbons wrote:The Last Unicorn, Fahrenheit 451, Brave New World and The Call of Chtulhu are the non-comic book suggestions. Click on the title to see a description... or else!!!
Herc?
B4NN3D!
Seppuku wrote:Ribbons wrote:The Last Unicorn, Fahrenheit 451, Brave New World and The Call of Chtulhu are the non-comic book suggestions. Click on the title to see a description... or else!!!
Herc?
DaleTremont wrote:Since I haven't read it yet I'm also going to vote for The Last Unicorn. Even though it was a total guilty pleasure (emphasis on pleasure, haterz!) I need something to get the taste of Stephanie Meyers' prose out of my mouth.
minstrel wrote:DaleTremont wrote:Since I haven't read it yet I'm also going to vote for The Last Unicorn. Even though it was a total guilty pleasure (emphasis on pleasure, haterz!) I need something to get the taste of Stephanie Meyers' prose out of my mouth.
You ate her prose? Interesting way to read - I'll have to try it.
Seriously, I've never read her. Is she really that bad?
ChaoticMoira wrote:Reading a nine year old GIRLS book IS NOT reasonable people!
Ribbons wrote:ChaoticMoira wrote:Reading a nine year old GIRLS book IS NOT reasonable people!
YOU'RE not reasonable!
ChaoticMoira wrote:It seems the majority agrees with you Ribbons.... sigh
minstrel wrote:I can see that, while everyone likes to claim that they're Lovecraft fans, nobody actually wants to read his book BECAUSE THEY'RE TOO TERRIFIED HAHAHAHAHA!!
thomasgaffney wrote:I'll start off by nominating The World Without Us by Alan Weisman (sorry Sepp!). A look at humanity's effect on the planet by envisioning the Earth if mankind suddenly disappeared, but left our entire infrastructure in tact (buildings, roads, domesticated pets, etc).
Pacino86845 wrote:I'm not trying to discourage any Book Club
minstrel wrote:St. Alphonzo wrote:How about Pynchon's "Gravity's Rainbow". Then minstrel and I would have no futher excuses to not read it
Ah, yes. It is an intimidating tome, sitting on my shelf and sending intimidation rays at me whenever I chicken out and read something else. One of these days, I will have to pick it up and conquer it.
C'mon! Gimme an excuse!
St. Alphonzo wrote:Agreed. Once I finally sat down with it, it took about eight weeks (and that included two business trips with lengthy flights).
Definately too big for a monthly book club... unless we scheduled it several months out.
Mostly I just wanted to give a "woo-hoo" to myself for finally reading the thing!
stereosforgeeks wrote:St. Alphonzo wrote:Agreed. Once I finally sat down with it, it took about eight weeks (and that included two business trips with lengthy flights).
Definately too big for a monthly book club... unless we scheduled it several months out.
Mostly I just wanted to give a "woo-hoo" to myself for finally reading the thing!
Next task: Infinite Jest?
stereosforgeeks wrote:St. Alphonzo wrote:Agreed. Once I finally sat down with it, it took about eight weeks (and that included two business trips with lengthy flights).
Definately too big for a monthly book club... unless we scheduled it several months out.
Mostly I just wanted to give a "woo-hoo" to myself for finally reading the thing!
Next task: Infinite Jest?
St. Alphonzo wrote:stereosforgeeks wrote:St. Alphonzo wrote:Agreed. Once I finally sat down with it, it took about eight weeks (and that included two business trips with lengthy flights).
Definately too big for a monthly book club... unless we scheduled it several months out.
Mostly I just wanted to give a "woo-hoo" to myself for finally reading the thing!
Next task: Infinite Jest?
Ghaaaaaaahhh!!!!
*Runs from the room*
The language is a lot easier to tackle than Gravitys but it's still daunting.
After Gravity's Rainbow, I'm thinking I'll stick with Dr. Suess for awhile....
justcheckin wrote:Ok... This is what I am going to read next.
The Strain by Guillermo del Toro
TheBaxter wrote:justcheckin wrote:Ok... This is what I am going to read next.
The Strain by Guillermo del Toro
i reviewed that book here
The Todd wrote:Ok-five.....
What are people's opinions on restarting the Zone's Book of the Month club, say, after the holidays? Say, a poll in January for a book of the month for February? Perhaps, we could do a Book of the Month for Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct? It seems we got about 5-6 books done a year in the past.2006 January Heart Of Darkness Joseph Conrad
2006 February A Scanner Darkly Philip K. Dick
2006 March 1984 George Orwell
2006 April Cell Stephen King
2006 October The Prestige Christopher Priest
2006 November Flicker Theodore Roszak
2007 February Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Douglas Adams
2007 March King Dork Frank Portman
2007 August Ender's Game Orson Scott Card
2007 September World War Z Max Brooks
2007 October Crying Of Lot 49 Thomas Pynchon
2007 December Sharp Objects Gillian Flynn
2008 January Easy Riders, Raging Bulls Peter Biskind
2008 February The Door Margaret Atwood
2008 March From Hell Alan Moore
2008 October The Haunting Of Hill House Shirley Jackson
2008 December The Last Unicorn Peter S. Beagle
Not sure if The Todd missed any, but that's the previous BotMs that I've been able to find. If times are tough for people (The Todd is budgeting-five!), we could start with something that would be readily available in just about every library.
Thoughts-five?????
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