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!!BOOK CLUB!!
The Book Club book of the month for February is ....


Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein

All right ladies and gents, the March Book Club selection is Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein.

You've got a week to get your hands on the book. Fortunately, it's a whole lot easier to find than Flashman. It's a popular classic and should be available at your local library.

If you want to buy a copy:
Amazon link
Kindle edition

 

[ShallNoiseUpon]

Finally.

 

[Salazar]

40K pulp. It is splendidly diverting.

 

[coldvein]

still finishing last month's bookclub book, flashman.

hopefully soon to purchase this month's bookclub book.

and definitely reeading lonesome traveler by the one and only legendary jack kerouac. should be quite a treat after reading some really disappointing stuff last month. (joe abercrombie).

 

[Maklershed]

Haven't been getting as much time to read lately so I'm still working on A Feast for Crows


A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin

 

[choodi]

I needed something quick, fun and light after wading through Towers of Midnight.

I don't know how I avoided Terry Pratchett's books for so long, but I am glad I started reading them. So fun!

 

[coldvein]

Haven't been getting as much time to read lately so I'm still working on A Feast for Crows


A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin

luckyyyyyy. i remember what reading a new george martin book feels like... kind of..

 

[Maklershed]

Its been nothing but unadulterated bliss so far.

Unforutnately I'm nearly caught up. I'm about 65% of the way through and the final 6% is usually taken up by notes/maps/acknowledgements.

 

[Ratrat]

Incredibly boring

And just started Forever Peace.

 

[Salazar]

Its been nothing but unadulterated bliss so far.

Unforutnately I'm nearly caught up. I'm about 65% of the way through and the final 6% is usually taken up by notes/maps/acknowledgements.

lol. I just bought my brother a Kindle for his birthday. It's so much nicer than mine.

 

[coldvein]

Its been nothing but unadulterated bliss so far.

Unforutnately I'm nearly caught up. I'm about 65% of the way through and the final 6% is usually taken up by notes/maps/acknowledgements.

yes sir. i think the book has received a fair amount of hate, but i absolutely loved every second of it. can't wait to read it again.

(probably for the "GAF Reads SoIaF: RIP G. MARTIN thread).

 

[Ratrat]

yes sir. i think the book has received a fair amount of hate, but i absolutely loved every second of it. can't wait to read it again.

ＷＡＴ

 

[Momo]

Probably will be reading more Narnia along with re-reading Jules Verne.

 

[coldvein]

watty wat?

 

[Ratrat]

watty wat?

Its probably the most read/liked book on gaf. edit...crows! i'm an idiot.

 

[ngower]

George Orwell - Homage to Catalonia
Karl Marx - The Communist Manifesto
Joseph Conrad - Heart of Darkness
George Orwell - Animal Farm
Jean-Paul Sartre - Nausea
Paul Fussell - The Great War and Modern Memory
Plato - Timaeus
Melvyn Dubofsky - We Shall Be All
Matthew D. Lasiter and Andrew B. Lewis - The Moderates' Dilemma
Aristotle - Nicomachean Ethics

:'( Raped by school

 

[Darklord]

Started the mammoth New Jedi Order series. First book has been alright, interesting enough to buy the next book at least.

 

[Salazar]

Paul Fussell - The Great War and Modern Memory

:'( Raped by school

Gives me a warm glow that this is being assigned. Terrific critic.

 

[coldvein]

Its probably the most read/liked book on gaf. edit...crows! i'm an idiot.

perhaps i'm out of touch. my perception was that it's definitely the least popular of the dudes books. (which doesn't make it a bad book by any means)

 

[HiroProtagonist]

10th and final book! I haven't been this excited in probably a decade.

Best new fantasy out. Amazing. If you haven't read The Name of the Wind, you must.

Best release day ever. I'm seriously geeking out right now.


Edit: I'm(?)

 

[Ratrat]

perhaps i'm out of touch. my perception was that it's definitely the least popular of the dudes books. (which doesn't make it a bad book by any means)

I would have hoped Dying of the Light would have that honor, but you're right. I made a mistake back there. I assumed it was Thrones by just glancing at the cover.

 

[JackEtc]

Reading Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe for English class. The book is okay, so far. Names trip me up though.

 

[HarryHengst]

i like reading books that make me angry.

 

[DeadRockstar]

So grim.

 

[HiroProtagonist]

luckyyyyyy. i remember what reading a new george martin book feels like... kind of..

Yeah, excitement followed by

Spoiler

the profound disappointment that was A Feast for Crows.

 

[Ulairi]

I'll finish that tonight or tomorrow night and then I'm moving onto the Game of Thrones books.

 

[Scrow]

 

[ngower]

Gives me a warm glow that this is being assigned. Terrific critic.

It's obscenely dry, though. Can be interesting at times, just soooooooooooooooooooo boring.

 

[Zwei]

I'm reading this once again. I read TGG is high school of course, but I don't think I was able to appreciate it back then..

 

[thomaser]

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, for the second time. The Bedford edition with critical studies. Heathcliff is such an awesome character...

 

[coldvein]

now those are cover designs. never seen that dune cover...hmmm. that hobbit, though. is that the '77 edition? anyway. beautiful.

 

[the_painted_bird]

Heathcliff is such an awesome character...

 

[ngower]

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, for the second time. The Bedford edition with critical studies. Heathcliff is such an awesome character...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW3gKKiTvjs

 

[coldvein]

fill my arms with the heather until they overflow with heather

 

[eznark]

About a third of the way through it. There isn't a ton of new information to anyone versed in the battle or the time, but O'Connell does spend some time focusing on the Carthaginian culture instead of focusing on Hannibal (who isn't really all that Carthaginian). Definitely enjoying it. By some time it is brief, but at least it exists. They get the same "fucker were monsters!" treatment but it's a little understated.

Reading this for the book club. Through the first ten chapters or so. Pretty positive I am not going to like it. I sort of like it so far but I think it's going to end up being a real product of its time. As soon as it gets hokey I'm probably gonna drop it for the new Rothfuss.

 

[Jayzus]

 

[Alucrid]

I'm forcing myself to read through Hyperion now. I HAVE to. No more delays. I even read the prologue last night...which was like five pages. :\

 

[Tyrion81]

Finishing up this series after reading The Way of Kings. Gotta say that I like the beginning story lines of The Way of Kings, better then I liked Mistborn. I kinda feel like I'm just reading to finish it right now. I like his writing style, but these characters aren't really doin it for me.

After this though, picking up Game of Thrones again to re-read before the start of the HBO series.

 

[sikkinixx]

I've had it on loan for almost a year.... I guess I really should have started sooner!

 

[Tucah]

Finally.

THIS. Or well, I will once I pick it up later today. Can't wait.

 

[afternoon delight]

Greek tragedy: soooogoood.gif

 

[crowphoenix]

Yup. Still reading through this. I have to say, this has one of the worst beginnings I've ever read, but holy shit is the book fantastic.

 

[Salvor.Hardin]

100 odd pages so I'll probably finish it today. Pretty neat so far. No Brando yet

Plan to start sometime this week:

 

[-Kees-]

 

[ngower]

While I've already made too many posts for today, I'll just add that I got my Kindle mailed down from home, so hopefully I can find time to read something non-academic!

 

[charsace]

Might have to read the bookclub book this time.

 

[the_painted_bird]

Conrad

100 odd pages so I'll probably finish it today. Pretty neat so far. No Brando yet

Fuck, I love this book... was a pleasure to read. Conrad has an amazing voice. Enjoy.

 

[Bananakin]

Still working on Hitch-22, I haven't had much time for reading lately. After that my plan is something like: The High Road by Terry Fallis, The Making of Star Wars by J.W. Rinzler, then probably The Catcher in the Rye.

 

[Mistake]

I should be starting up this soon

I came across the wiki link to it one day and it sounded hilarious
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Ass

 

[Crovax33]

Haven't been getting as much time to read lately so I'm still working on A Feast for Crows


A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin

This.

I'm about 50% through the Count of Monte Cristo on my Kindle. It's damn good, but super time intensive. My gf said that from 50% to 75% of the way through it is the best part, so I'm excited.