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Best of the Worst
I recently read "The Forest of Hand and Teeth" by Carrie Ryan. Enjoyed it a lot. It's like an Ayn Rand novel, but shorter and with zombies ( Read more... ) -
Giving this BookTalkThing another try
A handful of people have mentioned they're planning to read David Foster Wallace's thousand page opus Infinite Jest. I’ll be posting here periodically so we can discuss. 1000 pages of semi-parodic reflection on tennis, substance absue, rehab, depression, and pop culture! C'mon, you know you want to. Discussion will almost certainly last through ( Read more... ) -
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I'm curious about how predictive people think Atwood's vision is. How close is Jimmy and Crake's world to our contemporary one, and how close do you think it is to the one we'll live in or the one our children will grow up in ( Read more... ) -
Oryx & Crake
Find my own questions and conversation starters under the cut. Feel free to respond to them or come up with your own.
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ONE WEEK TO GO
This is just a reminder that our discussion of "Oryx & Crake" by Margaret Atwood will take place next Monday, Sept. 22nd. Ideally, it will continue for the better part of the week ( Read more... ) -
Dear Jimmy, blah blah blah suffered with conscience long enough blah blah blah...
Tidbits. Mostly to remind you this thing is here and let people who feel like discussing discuss. More comprehensive discussion probably around the week of the 22nd. No big spoilers in discussion now, please, lots of people still reading.
Two quotes on dystopia and/or modern life.
When there was so much at stake, there was no telling what ( Read more... ) -
Genre v. Genre
Oryx & CrakeSo here's the big question: Is this science-fiction? Or is it literary fiction ( Read more... ) -
September: Oryx and Crake
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood will be our September book.
The link isn't to endorse Amazon or anything; copies seem to pop up in used bookstores a lot, and here's a list of libraries in Maryland. Begging and borrowing are also encouraged, stealing only if you don't mention my name.
Discussion to follow.
"It was one of Crake's rules ( Read more... ) -
Voting for September
Description of books is here. Voting will be open until sometime next week. Please vote for up to three choices.
Poll Book for September