I love to read. I have an almost equal love for talking about books and style and blah blah blah.

The problem is my friends are all pretty dumb, so I don’t get a lot of opportunities.

So, I was wondering if any one here would be interested in forming a book club. We choose the books together, take a month or so to read them, they do our intellectual douche bag routines for each other.

It probably won’t work for a lot of reasons, but I figured I’d see if any one was receptive to the idea. So vote in the poll, leave comments, even suggest books if you’re interested.

TBW Posted:

I would do it, but I mostly read ****ty old science fiction nobody cares about. I happen to think John Carter is hilarious Muad’dib is eh super great guy, but I’m sure you’d be more inclined to read Fight Club or Something Like That and I can’t really be arsed to do it because I read about nine books at once anyway and I’m trying to cut back.

I’m open to almost all books except Harry Potter or Twilight.

I might even read some John Carter of Mars, if only because he popped in the second volume of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

I didn’t have any particular genre, author, or time period in mind. It doesn’t even have to be a book-book, it could be a short story collection, comic book, or play.

I recommend Survivor, or if we want a fun book, Rant.

His Dark Materials weirded me out when I read it as a child because I was really uber Christian and I didn’t get why the nuns were killing everyone lol. I think most of the Paradise Lost things were in the third one, maybe put The Amber Spyglbum on the Maybe list?

Other maybe books:

Wicked or one of the other Oz books by Gregory Maguire

Inferno by Larry Niven and Jerry Journelle (which is based on Dante’s Inferno but they put other science fiction authors in hell, including Kurt Vonnegut and L Ron lulz)

The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G.Wells or anything else by him

anything by Christopher Moore (points for funny)

anything by Kurt Vonnegut

anything by John Wyndham

Sounds like an interesting idea.

I would join, but I never finish my books, I’ve been trying to read “The Quixote” for about five months, and while it is hilarious and a great book, I always forget about it, or end up reading stuff for college.

I’m more into science fiction, A Wrinkle In Time, The Hitchhiker’s Guide, etc.

Baen books are p. cool.

TBW Posted:

His Dark Materials weirded me out when I read it as a child because I was really uber Christian and I didn’t get why the nuns were killing everyone lol. I think most of the Paradise Lost things were in the third one, maybe put The Amber Spyglbum on the Maybe list?

Other maybe books:

Wicked or one of the other Oz books by Gregory Maguire

Inferno by Larry Niven and Jerry Journelle (which is based on Dante’s Inferno but they put other science fiction authors in hell, including Kurt Vonnegut and L Ron lulz)

The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G.Wells or anything else by him

anything by Christopher Moore (points for funny)

anything by Kurt Vonnegut

anything by John Wyndham

H.G. Wells, totally. The Island of Dr. Moreau is very culturally relevant these days. Dante’s Inferno (not Inferno in particular) is a definite must, we need to have some mythology, and the religious explorations are wonderful. Besides, I’ve never read it the whole way through. Log in to see images!

I think we should read some Douglas Adams. Hitchhiker’s Guide or Disk World are definitely needed on the comedy side.

~300 pages a week? One novel a month?

The Unknown Comic Posted:

I’m open to almost all books except Harry Potter or Twilight.

no why wud u do that we neeeeed to reed twilite its the best book EVURRRRRRRRRRRRRRR thers a dreamy vampier and he fallz in luv wit thiz gurl its soo SWEEEET and CEEEEWL its sooooo GUUUUD its the only reeeel book!!1!

EDIT: Kurt Vonnegut, **** yes. We need to read The Barnhouse Effect (I believe that’s what it’s called). Harrison Begeron would be nice as well.

There are quite a few sci-fi readers ITT. If you haven’t read it, Blood Music by Greg Bear is a must read.

Also, I’d be interested in a book club. It would be nice to read new authors/books.

Interested. I would like to add Tom Clancy to the list of b& books, like Harry Potter and Twilight.

Dean Koontz should also be b& for being a hack.

I would also be interested.

I think you should be careful to pick books that would be easily acquired. Something that can be found at local libraries. And maybe things not too long.

One book I would suggest would be Coming Through Slaughter by Michael Ondaatje.