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as briefly mentioned in the 41st podcast (with extra discussion in the post show), i wanted to see if there is any interest amongst you lovely fancy bastards in starting a book club. it would be a geek-oriented, of course: fantasy, sci-fi and graphic novels. we'll put out a poll every month to vote on a book to read then we'll open up a thread for discussion.
first assignment will probably coming up with a name for this book club...
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Club of Bookery?
I Can Has Books?
Sadly my recreational reading has been on a steady downward arc since I was about ten. Last thing I read was a year or two ago and they were the 1st and 2nd Dexter books.
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I'd be down, I need to force myself to read some more since usually I leave books unfinished for years, not kidding.
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I definitely would be interested, I would suggest World War Z.
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I'd love to, the only impediment is a stack of books I just received, but haven't read. The pile ranges from Dystopia, to Monasteries, to elaborate non-fiction. But I need more Geekery, and I trust the FBs for all my Geek love.
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I up for this.
My suggestion is Asimov's Foundation series, but I've already read that as probably most others have too."This is the earth. And this is Pinky. You can tell the difference quite easily. One is a lump of inert matter hurtling blindly through the void. The other... is the earth." -The Brain -
I'm in!
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All aboard!
I suggest George RR Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, which starts with A Game of Thrones, the book that has been mentioned on the HE podcast as filming a pilot for HBO. I highly recommend these books to anyone. The one major concern is that the series is not yet finished, and may not be for decades years.
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Posted By: FlankedAll aboard!
I suggest George RR Martin'sA Song of Ice and Fire, which starts withA Game of Thrones, the book that has been mentioned on the HE podcast asfilming a pilot for HBO. I highly recommend these books to anyone. The one major concern is that the series is not yet finished, and may not be fordecadesyears.
Finding fun isn't hard when you've got a library card!
An awesome suggestion...but I've already read all of the published volumes. -
Regarding a suggestion: I haven't read this book, but I've heard nothing but good about it; it's called "Playing For Keeps" by Mur Lafferty. It's a superhero-themed novel, and if it's anything like "Soon I Will Be Invincible" by Austin Grossman, a similarly-themed novel, it probably kicks ass.
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I would like to suggest "A Canticle for Leibowitz" by Walter M. Miller Jr. It was recommended to me by several people, whose judgment about good books I trust, and I haven't gotten around to reading it yet.
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Posted By: BillI'm currently reading an early George R. R. Martin novel,Fevre Dream. It's vampires, but it's Martin, so it works itself out."Never hold your farts in. They travel up your spine and into your brain, and that's where you get shitty ideas from." - Unknown
I've been meaning to pick that up- I've read some of his older sci-fi, Dying of the Light an such.
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oh hai!
it looks like i started something, wandered away to inspect something shiny, and came back to a nice healthy geek mob. :)
yay though!
joel has said that the bookclub will probably need its own category, so that we can have threads for each book chosen. the first post will be a poll on what book to read first.
wow, i'm so excited that you guys are on board with this!
so my suggestion for the book club name is "The Bookery." obviously i am not a marketing genius or a wordsmith so if someone can come up with something more clever, please for the love of god say something.
ps: to whoever asked if "books with pictures" will be included, i would LOVE to hear some suggestions for graphic novels too, those will most assuredly make the polls. -
Posted By: deniseps: to whoever asked if "books with pictures" will be included...resident girl
I'm partial to the pop-up variety."This is the earth. And this is Pinky. You can tell the difference quite easily. One is a lump of inert matter hurtling blindly through the void. The other... is the earth." -The Brain -
Hello Fancy Bastards!
"Legion of the Damned" by William Deitz is fairly decent sci-fi. It's got big stompy robots, nekkidness, and the ubiquitous aliens in need of stompin'.
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Ok, I'm ready to launch the new category and polls for the book club, but I need a name. Post your ideas for a name (please try to work in a geeky book or library reference for bonus points) and then I'll post a poll so we can vote on the name.
Geek Cartoonist. Creator of HijiNKS ENSUE -
I used to work in a library, let me see what I can come up with...
(library) SCIENCE
The Book Sack
PR6051.D3352 H5 (the library of congress designation for Hitchhikers guide) or something similar
remember when the term "card catalog" was literal
The Reading Rainbow Coalition
if I come up with more I will edit, I can come up with slogans into next week, but names themselves aren't flowing tonight -
Posted By: DrOswaldSokath, his book opened.
(A reference to the TNG episodeDarmok, in case the reference is too obscure.)
I think you're safe.
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I like the Reading Rainbow references.
Geek Cartoonist. Creator of HijiNKS ENSUE -
Posted By: DrOswaldSokath, his book opened.
(A reference to the TNG episodeDarmok, in case the reference is too obscure.)
GENIUS! i love that episode. that might lean too much towards the TNG fans and we might want somethign broader... but i have to say that this one is an awesome suggestion. wish i had thought of it, damn! -
Got another one,
Book Club for Geeks
simple, to the point, and makes you think about your receding hairline -
What about the Fancy Bastard Edumacation program? With a picture of Josh trying to desperately figure out how peanut butter, Doritos, and a book all work in unison, perhaps?
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I'm up for the book club as well! Be good to have an excuse to try to start reading again.
A bit brain fried so not sure on what to suggest for forum names...
"Hooked on Geekery" ( reference to those awful "Hooked on Phonics" programs)
"Anachronistic Intertubes" or "Clogging the Braintubes" (I dunno... something to do with books being like the InTarWebz of the Ancients... well or of our parents/grandparents) -
I'm down for a book club! "To read makes our speaking English good!" Yes. Yes I did pull a very old (season 1 of 'Buffy' old) Xander Harris quote out of my brain for this occasion.
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I'm all for a book club. Tally-ho! How about:
Centre for kids who can't read good, now three times bigger!
Something ripped off Zoolander would be grand.
I like Booksplode!, The Fancy Bastards Society of Literary Snobbery and Bookery for Beginners the best.
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@JustChristine I think you just 'sploded my brainplace.
"Never hold your farts in. They travel up your spine and into your brain, and that's where you get shitty ideas from." - Unknown -
Posted By: Bill@JustChristine I think you just 'sploded my brainplace.
You're... welcome? I think?
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