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To be a bit unconventional, I nominate Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams. *NM* RandAllThor Send a noteboard - 02/09/2010 11:22:55 PM
Hello everyone,

Our next Official Book Club event is coming up on Monday, September 20th. We will be discussing Iain M. Banks' novel, Consider Phlebas, which was the very first of Banks' CULTURE novels. This is a sci-fi story that features a very interesting story as well as social and political elements that should generate a great discussion.

Legolas has posted his review of the book <a href="http://www.readandfindout.com/books/messageboard/146225/">here</a>. If you want to participate, and this is a good one so please participate, you'll want to get started reading the book soon. Hopefully, you are already a Banks fan, or will be intrigued by the review. Get the book and get started!

Second order of business:

It is time to start nominating books that you'd like to read for the December/January book club. Any book is open to being nominated, though we'd appreciate a lot of sci-fi & fantasy options. So reply to this thread with nominations (Title & Author please). The books with the most nominations will the final list that people can vote on.

So, if there is just something you'd love to read and discuss, or something you think others should really read and discuss it with you, now is your chance to let us know about it.

I'll leave the nomination thread open for a while, at least a week. If we have a lot of nominations at that point, I'll close it down. If not... shame on you all. :P
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Book Club information & Reminder: Consider Phlebas & Nominate Books for December club - 02/09/2010 06:21:21 PM 1702 Views
I'm about to start reading Brian Aldiss's Helliconia omnibus - 02/09/2010 06:45:18 PM 1115 Views
A few ideas... - 02/09/2010 09:38:50 PM 1034 Views
I'm surprised y'all haven't already posted a WoK discussion thread - 02/09/2010 10:03:08 PM 985 Views
True, we might as well start one now. - 02/09/2010 10:23:49 PM 1004 Views
Remember those Erikson threads from years past? - 02/09/2010 11:09:21 PM 1044 Views
And a few more ideas. - 08/09/2010 03:31:25 PM 1034 Views
Re: And a few more ideas. - 13/09/2010 01:21:19 PM 1021 Views
To be a bit unconventional, I nominate Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams. *NM* - 02/09/2010 11:22:55 PM 479 Views
Nothing wrong with unconventional! *NM* - 02/09/2010 11:24:10 PM 500 Views
Except Brit comic novels don't seem to lend themselves well to discussions *NM* - 02/09/2010 11:26:37 PM 494 Views
Well, I haven't read Dirk Gently yet (though I intend to). It's the principle of unconventionality.. - 02/09/2010 11:30:42 PM 978 Views
I know - 02/09/2010 11:58:02 PM 1023 Views
Why not? *NM* - 08/09/2010 04:13:43 PM 513 Views
Here are a few ideas: - 08/09/2010 03:55:50 PM 987 Views
Byatt's The Children's Book - 08/09/2010 04:15:23 PM 949 Views
I would second Warbreaker - 10/09/2010 04:19:49 AM 1017 Views
Gormenghast! SECONDED! - 13/09/2010 01:15:25 PM 1018 Views
How about Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut? - 19/09/2010 01:18:35 PM 1011 Views

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