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November Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club: submissions ended! ... New new edit on 18/10/2009 Rebekah Send a noteboard - 08/10/2009 06:56:01 PM
Hi Rafonauts

Edit 18/10: Right. That's that. Thanks very much for all of your submissions.

Will get a Quickpoll up tomorrow, so watch out for that and vote!

Cheers,

Rebekah




It's time to organise our first Read and Find Out Book Club!

Make suggestions here for what you think we should read for November. Remember that it should be something that people are able to get their hands on and it shouldn't cost the earth.

We'll take submissions until Friday next week (midnight RAFO time) and then run a Quick Poll on it the Monday following (that's 19 October). Hopefully we'll be able to run that for more than one day but we'll see. ;)

We'll let you know the final choice on Thursday 22 October and then you'll have nearly a month to get reading - loads of time!

The Book Club will officially open on Monday 16 November, barring some kind of world catastrophe and/or Armageddon.


Thanks. :)


EDIT: As it stands, these are the recommendations we have so far. (I'm not going to include Other Literature this time, but will remember your suggestions for the next Book Club.) Feel free to make more suggestions, or add your agreement to one already there. You've still got 3 days to make submissions.

- The Gone Away World by Nick Harkaway x3
- The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss x2
- Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock
- The Magicians by Lev Grossman
- Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
- Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
- The Moon is a Harsh Mistress or Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein
- Hyperion by Dan Simmons
- Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
- Childhood's End by Arthur C Clarke
- American Gods by Neil Gaiman
- Solaris by Stanislaw Lem
- Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe
- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Graeme-Smith
- The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks
- A Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier
- Acacia: The War with the Mien by David Anthony Durham


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November Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club: submissions ended! ... New new edit on 18/10/2009 Rebekah - 08/10/2009 06:56:01 PM 1649 Views
Nabokov's The Original of Laura Tom - 08/10/2009 08:19:01 PM 1134 Views
I'd love that. Rebekah - 08/10/2009 08:25:39 PM 1154 Views
The real problem... Jacob - 08/10/2009 08:40:50 PM 1074 Views
That's a good point too. Rebekah - 08/10/2009 08:45:30 PM 1020 Views
Well, we could always discuss Nabokov in December. Tom - 08/10/2009 11:18:57 PM 984 Views
Done! Rebekah - 09/10/2009 03:00:30 PM 1010 Views
Hmm...I'm still thinking about the name Tom - 09/10/2009 03:57:48 PM 1119 Views
I'd be up for reading Doctor Zhivago. Legolas - 08/10/2009 10:08:09 PM 1013 Views
yeah, me too. only need to find it in a library near me. *NM* jh - 08/10/2009 10:09:32 PM 414 Views
Don't be cheap. Buy it. Tom - 08/10/2009 11:16:18 PM 1017 Views
Well, I would, but I don't like online bookstores. jh - 09/10/2009 01:19:19 AM 1067 Views
Well, but you just said you didn't know if you could find it in the library. Tom - 09/10/2009 02:07:54 AM 1021 Views
Oh, but... jh - 09/10/2009 11:01:01 AM 986 Views
Also: I did not say any such thing. *NM* jh - 10/10/2009 12:49:06 PM 424 Views
The Gone-Away World, obviously Camilla - 08/10/2009 09:23:12 PM 955 Views
Obviously. Rebekah - 09/10/2009 03:00:47 PM 991 Views
I second these statements *NM* Stephen - 13/10/2009 09:37:28 PM 447 Views
This one *NM* ironclad - 19/10/2009 10:44:37 PM 429 Views
AS Byatt - Possession. Legolas - 08/10/2009 10:21:39 PM 1011 Views
It is a book of wonder. Possibly not good for the masses. *NM* Rebekah - 09/10/2009 03:01:13 PM 521 Views
Perfect timing! Or, perhaps in December. Comet Sedai - 09/10/2009 09:35:00 PM 1156 Views
i loved that book!!! she is amazing. just wonderful writing... *NM* temeraire - 13/10/2009 08:44:59 PM 407 Views
How about a classic novel? Haggard - 08/10/2009 11:30:31 PM 1243 Views
You have a very strange definition of classics... *NM* jh - 09/10/2009 01:20:37 AM 448 Views
Replace "strange" with "erroneous" and I'll agree with you. Tom - 09/10/2009 02:09:27 AM 990 Views
Really? Haggard - 09/10/2009 03:08:53 AM 1468 Views
for classic science fiction, your list contained one I could support... jh - 09/10/2009 11:06:34 AM 1009 Views
I'd be up for those. *NM* Haggard - 09/10/2009 05:34:19 PM 614 Views
You said "classic novel". Science fiction doesn't generally meet that standard. Tom - 09/10/2009 02:52:01 PM 1078 Views
I understand your point. However... Haggard - 09/10/2009 05:47:54 PM 1424 Views
This isn't really a SF/F Board Tom - 09/10/2009 09:35:06 PM 992 Views
I like your list. Rebekah - 09/10/2009 03:02:09 PM 969 Views
I think if you're gonna do Eco, picking another book to start with would be wiser... *NM* Legolas - 09/10/2009 03:28:50 PM 425 Views
Why? Rebekah - 09/10/2009 03:32:05 PM 932 Views
And what book would that be??? Tom - 09/10/2009 03:47:49 PM 1019 Views
Foucault's Pendulum seems like the obvious one. Legolas - 09/10/2009 03:58:37 PM 1075 Views
Having both FP and NotR recently... RandAllThor - 09/10/2009 04:31:00 PM 941 Views
No way. Tom - 09/10/2009 04:56:39 PM 1132 Views
Oh well. I'll have to blame my faulty memory then. Legolas - 09/10/2009 10:11:55 PM 915 Views
Based on past experiences here and elsewhere, it'll be hard to choose the "right" book Larry - 09/10/2009 02:46:22 AM 1313 Views
That Hitchhiker book is as genuine as the "new" Winnie-the-Pooh book Tom - 09/10/2009 02:54:23 PM 1039 Views
Perhaps, but it's worth remembering that... RandAllThor - 09/10/2009 03:45:53 PM 947 Views
Adams killed Arthur Dent for a reason Tom - 09/10/2009 05:02:23 PM 1055 Views
The movie was not faithful to the books in any meaningful way. *NM* RandAllThor - 09/10/2009 08:58:01 PM 417 Views
The movie sucked, yes. Adams had also been dead for four years when it came out. *NM* Tom - 10/10/2009 02:19:38 AM 426 Views
Right. RandAllThor - 10/10/2009 02:37:08 AM 969 Views
One little thing Larry - 10/10/2009 02:39:01 AM 1044 Views
Are you sure? RandAllThor - 10/10/2009 02:43:01 AM 967 Views
Yes Larry - 10/10/2009 04:02:40 AM 1220 Views
I stand corrected. Looking forward to your review! RandAllThor - 10/10/2009 01:00:38 PM 927 Views
Perhaps Larry - 09/10/2009 06:08:17 PM 1069 Views
So on Monday we'll find out if the widow's cash need resulted in a good book. Tom - 10/10/2009 04:21:22 AM 956 Views
Pretty much (plus I have to finish reading the second half) Larry - 10/10/2009 05:34:38 AM 957 Views
A contrasting take on the first half of the book RandAllThor - 10/10/2009 04:10:18 PM 923 Views
Pretty sure Eugammon beat you to that sequel. Ghavrel - 19/10/2009 09:31:05 PM 1152 Views
Yes! Camilla - 19/10/2009 09:20:09 AM 852 Views
Rothfuss is a good idea, actually. Rebekah - 09/10/2009 02:59:53 PM 924 Views
There are a few, if I recall Larry - 09/10/2009 06:09:54 PM 905 Views
A question for you all. Rebekah - 09/10/2009 03:04:17 PM 988 Views
Sounds good to me. *NM* Legolas - 09/10/2009 03:29:54 PM 389 Views
I agree , or ... Nolan - 09/10/2009 04:36:03 PM 949 Views
That could work if people were interested enough. Rebekah - 11/10/2009 12:40:16 PM 946 Views
That would be cool with me. *NM* Bryce - 10/10/2009 10:32:15 AM 404 Views
Sounds interesting. *NM* BlackAdder - 13/10/2009 08:51:31 PM 366 Views
I suggest Nolan - 09/10/2009 04:58:27 PM 964 Views
Acacia: The War with the Mein by David Anthony Durham Sir Tybalt - 10/10/2009 02:32:59 PM 942 Views
You didn't mention the rapture! If that happens, will the club still be on? *NM* Bryce - 11/10/2009 07:51:59 AM 587 Views
I'd say yes. Pretty sure the people here will be Left Behind. *NM* Rebekah - 11/10/2009 12:39:05 PM 505 Views
Some will probably even be actively serving the Antichrist. Tom - 11/10/2009 04:16:45 PM 1155 Views
Prefer not to. Ouranid - 12/10/2009 03:14:30 AM 819 Views
Diary of a Drug Fiend was rather good. *NM* Tom - 12/10/2009 03:57:42 PM 410 Views
A compromise candidate RandAllThor - 14/10/2009 06:40:56 PM 837 Views
Fantastic book! I am always for putting that on any list. *NM* Tom - 14/10/2009 07:03:35 PM 412 Views
Is it bad that I read this as 'submissives wanted' PhotoJim - 14/10/2009 08:04:31 PM 1123 Views
Hyperion *NM* Chas - 15/10/2009 01:56:31 AM 367 Views
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