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I think Rebekah and Camilla put it well. Tom Send a noteboard - 02/12/2009 10:05:24 PM
The site has a focus on fantasy and sci-fi, but that doesn't mean the book club should only be SF/F books.

I love fast food from time to time. I certainly don't think every book for the book club needs to be a "deep" book, regardless of genre. On the other hand, I do want to see variety in it. :)
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

Ummaka qinnassa nīk!

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In Support of Other Fiction - 01/12/2009 09:06:14 PM 2070 Views
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Wow...we were just Santified *NM* - 03/12/2009 09:16:21 PM 563 Views
Well, let me offer a diverging view on the topic of speculative fiction. - 01/12/2009 09:46:35 PM 1046 Views
I would counter that the stripping away removes a level of reality. - 01/12/2009 10:05:28 PM 1131 Views
That's a Slippery Slope Because You Could Argue On the Same Basis That All Fiction Does That. - 01/12/2009 11:34:34 PM 1183 Views
I don't see the slippery slope, but rather, a confirmation of my original point. - 02/12/2009 01:41:24 AM 1128 Views
perhaps some university will do a study - 03/12/2009 03:55:54 PM 1086 Views
I'd like to see it - 03/12/2009 09:15:12 PM 1137 Views
I'll get to it once I finish my thesis - 03/12/2009 09:56:29 PM 1077 Views
If it looks like crap and smells like crap... - 03/12/2009 10:04:15 PM 1105 Views
I Think I'll Post a Thread on This. - 03/12/2009 06:47:05 PM 1058 Views
I'd like to see it. - 03/12/2009 09:23:07 PM 1102 Views
Regarding depth in Jordan - 03/12/2009 09:31:19 PM 1109 Views
I was thinking about that too - 03/12/2009 10:05:40 PM 1086 Views
Re: I was thinking about that too - 03/12/2009 10:09:26 PM 1178 Views
Destroying the Wheel is meaningless. - 03/12/2009 10:18:08 PM 1073 Views
Re: Destroying the Wheel is meaningless. - 03/12/2009 10:30:15 PM 1102 Views
I Totally Missed That. - 04/12/2009 10:45:56 PM 1158 Views
Re: I Totally Missed That. - 04/12/2009 10:47:59 PM 1141 Views
I Don't Believe It Cursory, But Comparative. - 04/12/2009 11:29:36 PM 1228 Views
Publication bookend Y2K? - 05/12/2009 10:36:01 AM 1151 Views
They're Thick Bookends. - 05/12/2009 06:12:06 PM 1086 Views
I'll Try to Have It Up Tomorrow Early. - 04/12/2009 11:24:18 PM 1188 Views
I like it. - 01/12/2009 10:28:48 PM 1101 Views
Thank you! - 02/12/2009 01:43:05 AM 1248 Views
I find Michel Houellebecq to be one of the most intriguing writers of our time - 01/12/2009 11:14:05 PM 1194 Views
And, in recent memory, Orwell was a first-rate writer. - 02/12/2009 01:44:29 AM 1182 Views
wait! there's somebody "dirtier" than Piers Anthony or Philip Jose Farmer??? - 03/12/2009 04:00:28 PM 1148 Views
PJF is dirty? - 04/12/2009 12:16:12 AM 1031 Views
Nice post. - 02/12/2009 12:03:09 AM 1197 Views
Perhaps you're right. - 02/12/2009 01:47:10 AM 1066 Views
In its entirety? No. - 02/12/2009 02:00:10 PM 1109 Views
I agree! - 02/12/2009 12:17:10 AM 1313 Views
Thank you! - 02/12/2009 01:50:22 AM 1019 Views
I guess I'll break my silence after almost a month and a half... - 02/12/2009 12:23:07 AM 1208 Views
Popcorn? - 02/12/2009 12:31:44 AM 1134 Views
Yes - 02/12/2009 12:39:10 AM 1178 Views
Lovecraft? - 02/12/2009 12:51:55 AM 1166 Views
Re-read what I said - 02/12/2009 12:55:08 AM 1235 Views
aahh - 02/12/2009 09:26:40 AM 1099 Views
Larry, please tell me you weren't... - 03/12/2009 04:33:32 PM 967 Views
I concur - 02/12/2009 12:27:13 AM 1090 Views
I like your framing of the issue (and Shannara is the Taco Bell of writing). - 02/12/2009 02:03:51 AM 1135 Views
Thank you - 02/12/2009 09:30:42 AM 1085 Views
more like the mom&pop greasy-spoon diner of writing *NM* - 03/12/2009 05:00:21 PM 523 Views
I'm going to put this in my sig, if you don't mind. - 02/12/2009 03:31:13 AM 1159 Views
hehehe - 02/12/2009 09:31:28 AM 1040 Views
Am i the only one who reads books for fun? - 02/12/2009 12:33:52 AM 1187 Views
There isn't necessarily a contradiction - 02/12/2009 12:38:43 AM 1120 Views
I certainly didn't read The Lost Symbol for ANY cultural, intellectual or edifying reason. - 02/12/2009 02:05:45 AM 1091 Views
it didn't come across that way - 03/12/2009 05:15:36 PM 1118 Views
Of course not. Personally, I don't touch anything other than mind candy when I'm in school, - 02/12/2009 03:29:23 AM 1059 Views
one of the things that is important to me in books/shows - 03/12/2009 05:20:29 PM 992 Views
We agree! - 03/12/2009 08:03:00 PM 1093 Views
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a science fiction/fantasy movie. - 02/12/2009 12:54:08 AM 1154 Views
i was gonna point that out. thnks. *NM* - 02/12/2009 01:13:47 AM 472 Views
Reading only speculative literature is limiting and monotonous. - 02/12/2009 02:09:42 AM 1186 Views
I was going to say exactly that about "real" literature: monotonous and limiting. - 02/12/2009 01:57:49 PM 1087 Views
I think his point was that only SF/F wasn't good food. - 02/12/2009 02:15:29 PM 1061 Views
I would not disagree with you if you said that. - 02/12/2009 02:27:08 PM 1016 Views
Most non-speculative fiction is fluff as well though. - 03/12/2009 05:38:32 PM 1010 Views
hear hear!! I agree totally wert-man - 03/12/2009 07:20:09 PM 1079 Views
Which brings us back to my point. - 03/12/2009 08:04:24 PM 1132 Views
Actually, it is a film that does not fit neatly into one category - 02/12/2009 11:16:20 AM 1135 Views
Science Fiction is the most PERTINANT form of fiction in the world today - 02/12/2009 12:57:19 AM 1083 Views
don't get me wrong - 02/12/2009 01:28:08 AM 1116 Views
SF&F and 'real literature' are not mutually exclusive - 02/12/2009 01:19:05 AM 1077 Views
No, they are not - 02/12/2009 02:18:53 AM 1091 Views
This line is a load of bull - 03/12/2009 02:39:53 PM 1195 Views
So why don't we occasionally focus on "real" books that are technically spec fiction? - 02/12/2009 01:25:04 AM 1056 Views
Why must we limit our focus in that way? - 02/12/2009 02:20:11 AM 1047 Views
I don't see it as limiting or forcing. - 02/12/2009 03:16:07 AM 1069 Views
"Elite club" or "elitist clique"? - 02/12/2009 03:52:11 AM 1050 Views
Either way, I want in. *NM* - 02/12/2009 11:33:52 AM 566 Views
Elite club is how we midwestern rednecks refer to Elitist Clique. *chews on a piece of hay* - 02/12/2009 02:52:01 PM 1207 Views
I was born in the Midwest. - 02/12/2009 03:01:36 PM 1116 Views
I know. - 02/12/2009 03:12:05 PM 1047 Views
Green Acres in reverse, eh? - 02/12/2009 03:38:09 PM 1082 Views
lmao - 02/12/2009 06:21:17 PM 1230 Views
*piledrivers you* - 02/12/2009 06:28:02 PM 1012 Views
...! - 02/12/2009 03:17:57 PM 1064 Views
Admit it. You know what I'm talking about. - 02/12/2009 03:29:31 PM 1074 Views
Re: Admit it. You know what I'm talking about. - 02/12/2009 03:31:26 PM 1021 Views
Vermont isn't in the Midwest. - 02/12/2009 03:39:36 PM 1031 Views
Re: Vermont isn't in the Midwest. - 02/12/2009 03:42:47 PM 1064 Views
Huh! I really didn't think of you as being a masochist. - 02/12/2009 01:51:55 AM 1028 Views
Thank you! - 02/12/2009 02:21:00 AM 960 Views
Shitstorm! - 02/12/2009 03:06:59 AM 1012 Views
Heh heh heh. - 02/12/2009 03:45:40 AM 1060 Views
Read what you like to read. - 02/12/2009 04:18:53 AM 1143 Views
I'll super size you. Fine. *NM* - 02/12/2009 04:32:58 AM 534 Views
Oh noes! I'm getting word-fat! - 02/12/2009 04:59:05 AM 1066 Views
I seem to have struck a nerve. - 02/12/2009 05:20:27 AM 1099 Views
Apparently not the nerve you think, though. - 02/12/2009 06:42:02 AM 1170 Views
Intellectual achievement isn't a static measure. - 02/12/2009 02:13:10 PM 1084 Views
Re: Intellectual achievement isn't a static measure. - 02/12/2009 03:26:59 PM 1096 Views
Agreed. - 02/12/2009 03:30:50 PM 1012 Views
Re: Agreed. - 02/12/2009 03:32:06 PM 1006 Views
Re: Intellectual achievement isn't a static measure. - 02/12/2009 09:40:28 PM 1137 Views
I really did get under your skin - 02/12/2009 09:58:18 PM 1008 Views
- 02/12/2009 10:06:46 PM 1006 Views
Tom as much as you raise some great points, you are being a condescending ass. - 03/12/2009 04:26:27 AM 1064 Views
You're entitled to your opinion. I don't care. - 03/12/2009 04:51:18 AM 1045 Views
I keep replying. It's like a sickness. - 03/12/2009 05:15:28 AM 1063 Views
Your subject line reinforces my opinion. - 03/12/2009 05:31:50 AM 980 Views
Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room. *NM* - 03/12/2009 07:21:05 AM 517 Views
LOL! - 04/12/2009 12:21:36 AM 1022 Views
See, you just proved my point. - 04/12/2009 12:39:59 AM 1067 Views
Hm. - 02/12/2009 06:58:56 AM 1664 Views
Re-read my exact point. - 02/12/2009 02:18:20 PM 1021 Views
No. Some kind of reading is indeed essential. - 02/12/2009 02:28:22 PM 1177 Views
Somehow I get the feeling that this post hasn't caused quite as much controversy - 02/12/2009 06:53:18 AM 1172 Views
As I see it... - 02/12/2009 11:38:07 AM 1052 Views
Yep. - 02/12/2009 02:18:22 PM 1215 Views
Re: Yep. - 02/12/2009 03:35:38 PM 1077 Views
Euripides was poorly received, initially. - 02/12/2009 03:57:58 PM 983 Views
Re: Euripides was poorly received, initially. - 02/12/2009 04:00:35 PM 1013 Views
I know. - 02/12/2009 04:18:16 PM 1076 Views
Re: I know. - 02/12/2009 04:23:14 PM 1014 Views
That is why he's so good, in my opinion. - 02/12/2009 06:15:45 PM 1173 Views
All reading of fiction is a diversion by the very nature of the activity. - 02/12/2009 03:43:05 PM 1075 Views
Diversion from direct action, yes. Diversion from reality, no. - 02/12/2009 04:15:48 PM 1033 Views
I maintain that all acts of reading fiction are a diversion from reality/ the realistic - 02/12/2009 05:43:16 PM 1049 Views
It seems a regressive argument to me. - 03/12/2009 01:18:02 AM 1000 Views
You're playing a game. - 03/12/2009 03:40:14 PM 1080 Views
I like your response. *NM* - 03/12/2009 05:37:09 PM 486 Views
I fundamentally agree with much of what you're saying, but there is a distinction. - 03/12/2009 06:44:02 PM 1069 Views
Oh I concur on that distinction. - 04/12/2009 09:06:34 PM 1115 Views
Spec fic is perhaps at it's best in autocracies? - 02/12/2009 04:10:56 PM 997 Views
Bulgakov - 02/12/2009 04:25:17 PM 1052 Views
I've only read the first chapter of M&M. - 02/12/2009 04:36:09 PM 1022 Views
Re: I've only read the first chapter of M&M. - 02/12/2009 04:40:16 PM 977 Views
Not the greatest Tolkien scholar, me. - 02/12/2009 05:17:31 PM 1008 Views
Re: Not the greatest Tolkien scholar, me. - 02/12/2009 05:40:16 PM 1058 Views
I suppose. - 02/12/2009 06:26:30 PM 1059 Views
Re: I suppose. - 02/12/2009 07:25:26 PM 1065 Views
Well, I don't hold escapism in such low esteem *NM* - 02/12/2009 07:56:13 PM 527 Views
That is what I mean - 02/12/2009 08:36:02 PM 989 Views
This was something I was exploring earlier. - 02/12/2009 04:34:41 PM 1101 Views
Funny thing about the hivemind antagonist. - 02/12/2009 05:13:30 PM 1063 Views
I didn't see the zombies reading speculative fiction - 02/12/2009 05:30:26 PM 1137 Views
Oh, they prefer Clive Cussler. - 02/12/2009 06:23:42 PM 1113 Views
i think it comes more down to quality than genre. - 02/12/2009 04:55:20 PM 1078 Views
I disagree with the ultimate conclusion but agree with many of your points. - 02/12/2009 05:43:04 PM 1052 Views
the illiad is a classic - 02/12/2009 06:35:24 PM 1071 Views
There's only one "L" in Iliad - 02/12/2009 08:18:38 PM 1039 Views
Is there a safe answer to that question? *NM* - 02/12/2009 10:33:21 PM 550 Views
Maybe not. *NM* - 03/12/2009 12:59:09 AM 518 Views
It took me a few minutes to agree - 02/12/2009 07:04:59 PM 1025 Views
Well, I'm glad if you got something out of the post! - 02/12/2009 09:13:26 PM 1041 Views
Re: Well, I'm glad if you got something out of the post! - 02/12/2009 09:20:49 PM 1019 Views
I don't know. I've only read about 30 pages so far. *NM* - 02/12/2009 10:05:54 PM 548 Views
Many people have mentioned that there's quite a bit of good sff lit out there and you seem to agree. - 02/12/2009 07:33:42 PM 1147 Views
Hmmm - 02/12/2009 08:40:53 PM 1054 Views
Re: Hmmm - 02/12/2009 10:48:02 PM 1069 Views
The website is called "Read and Find Out". It doesn't specify what we're supposed to read. - 02/12/2009 08:42:19 PM 1118 Views
Anti the idea ? I see no evidence for this. - 02/12/2009 09:50:37 PM 1071 Views
Heh - 02/12/2009 09:56:30 PM 1076 Views
What do you mean ? Almost all the repliers agree with Tom - 03/12/2009 11:01:08 AM 1046 Views
Re: What do you mean ? Almost all the repliers agree with Tom - 03/12/2009 11:10:35 AM 1064 Views
I see. You don't read announcements. - 03/12/2009 11:12:04 AM 1029 Views
No, but it does bill itself as science fiction/fantasy. - 02/12/2009 10:51:41 PM 1158 Views
Yes. - 03/12/2009 12:01:30 AM 1155 Views
I think Rebekah and Camilla put it well. - 02/12/2009 10:05:24 PM 1126 Views
I think they make good points, as I said above. - 02/12/2009 10:56:55 PM 1022 Views
I agree with in principle - 02/12/2009 11:22:19 PM 1004 Views
Certainly. People are free to skip any discussion. - 03/12/2009 01:01:40 AM 1121 Views
I have a few objections. - 03/12/2009 12:24:43 AM 1089 Views
where else should we talk about it? - 03/12/2009 12:37:26 AM 1048 Views
random thoughts stole my subject line - 03/12/2009 01:56:07 AM 1090 Views
I think I could agree with a "comfort food" analogy - 03/12/2009 02:12:01 AM 1104 Views
Re: I think I could agree with a "comfort food" analogy - 03/12/2009 02:38:17 AM 1157 Views
That's it - 03/12/2009 04:02:28 AM 1163 Views
Question: is it really science fiction without one of the following: - 03/12/2009 05:13:21 AM 1099 Views
Certainly - 03/12/2009 06:13:38 AM 1145 Views
technically speaking, fantasy is classed as a sub heading under science fiction. *NM* - 03/12/2009 02:51:12 PM 449 Views
According to whom? *NM* - 03/12/2009 03:55:45 PM 575 Views
Yeah. What she asked! *NM* - 03/12/2009 09:23:55 PM 539 Views
Yes, it is but actually... - 03/12/2009 09:31:44 PM 1074 Views
Eternal Sunshine doesn't have a mad scientist. - 03/12/2009 10:09:01 PM 1000 Views
Really? - 04/12/2009 07:01:42 PM 1054 Views
But Dan Brown rocks da house!!! *NM* - 03/12/2009 02:16:47 AM 545 Views
*pumps fist* Give it up for Dan Brown! *NM* - 03/12/2009 03:58:23 AM 540 Views
That's Dan "booyah" Brown!!! Booyah!!! *NM* - 04/12/2009 02:00:56 AM 547 Views
another thing wrong with your argument - 03/12/2009 03:30:19 PM 1056 Views
Absolutely not. And, as I said before, there's only one "L" in Iliad. - 03/12/2009 06:53:35 PM 881 Views
sorry about my atrocious spelling (including the one on pertinent) - 03/12/2009 07:14:59 PM 1180 Views
No problem. On the substantive points: - 03/12/2009 08:00:33 PM 1112 Views
more importantly, which I think it being lost in all this, - 03/12/2009 08:05:27 PM 1114 Views
I'm not reading the Iliad again, once was enough - 04/12/2009 12:19:07 PM 1044 Views
Congratulations on the replies count - 03/12/2009 09:30:41 PM 1177 Views
That was a well-thought out response, but I still disagree. - 03/12/2009 10:50:29 PM 1130 Views
Re: That was a well-thought out response, but I still disagree. - 04/12/2009 07:44:56 PM 1110 Views
But the objective truth of a setting can be measured. - 04/12/2009 10:37:10 PM 1037 Views
But does it make any difference in the objective value of the book? - 06/12/2009 09:35:59 AM 1199 Views
YES. - 06/12/2009 03:34:17 PM 1016 Views
NO - 07/12/2009 08:40:33 PM 1102 Views
Re: That was a well-thought out response, but I still disagree. - 04/12/2009 10:25:08 PM 1049 Views
Yes, it is worse with movies. Much worse, in fact. - 04/12/2009 10:33:18 PM 1096 Views
Re: That was a well-thought out response, but I still disagree. - 06/12/2009 09:36:11 AM 1051 Views
Maybe we're different, but I don't care for FX - 06/12/2009 01:37:53 PM 996 Views
This is not about the personal taste - 07/12/2009 08:50:34 PM 1099 Views
I've obviously missed the show here... - 04/12/2009 12:14:30 AM 1019 Views
I'm not sure that's right. This thing just keeps growing. - 04/12/2009 12:46:24 AM 1136 Views
What, your penis? - 06/12/2009 02:40:09 AM 1020 Views
Don't you know it! - 06/12/2009 03:28:16 PM 936 Views
You talk the talk, that's for sure. - 07/12/2009 08:14:41 PM 1075 Views
Hate to break it to you... - 07/12/2009 09:54:24 PM 1127 Views
I thought you were gonna tell me... - 08/12/2009 03:07:54 PM 1192 Views
Metaphor versus literalism - 04/12/2009 05:42:03 PM 1093 Views
aha. but. - 07/12/2009 03:56:48 PM 1229 Views
Quoting Nietzsche is really hitting below the belt. - 07/12/2009 09:12:34 PM 1167 Views
It is good I was only paraphrasing, then - 08/12/2009 10:44:14 AM 1062 Views

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