[TTLG Book Club] An introduction and August's selection: The Life of Pi (discuss!)

Schattentänzer on 1/7/2006 at 01:25

In for now, although I see trouble with my time from September to November. I'm a notoric reader of the books you'd like to keep out of here, and use this as an opportunity to peek over the border.

I'm a bit unsure what might qualify as genre fiction though. Is Neil Gaiman's American Gods fantasy? Is William Gibson's Pattern Recognition science fiction?

Malygris on 1/7/2006 at 01:31

Sign me up. I stopped "real" reading years ago, which may or may not coincidentally be about the time my brain started turning to shit, so maybe this will turn into a way to reverse the procedure.

Printer's Devil on 1/7/2006 at 04:26

I submit The Botany Of Desire by Michael Pollan (for later consideration). Luckily, I believe I have an unread copy of LOP upstairs.

Scots Taffer on 1/7/2006 at 04:36

spix: I'm fairly certain this place is where the "I'm in" and September suggestions belong, unless Stitch meant that the poll-thread to be posted later will be a suggestions thread that then gets a poll incorporated into it after a certain number of suggestions has been reached. I think they're already having trouble with the logistics. ;)

And democracy should be present, include choices like "Fermat's Last Theorem" even if Noid is the only one that wants it. It should be a fair play.

Stitch on 1/7/2006 at 04:58

Quote Posted by spix's circlet

Stitch, are we okay to suggest books now, or is it better to wait until the 7th July?

Suggestions are to be made now. Suggestions for September will close when the poll thread is opened in a week. I'd actually rather have the suggestions and the poll in the same thread, but I'm pretty sure you can't retroactively add polls unless you're an admin.

Quote Posted by Scots_Taffer

And democracy should be present, include choices like "Fermat's Last Theorem" even if Noid is the only one that wants it. It should be a fair play.

Scots is correct, this will be a truly democratic proceeding as each and every suggestion here will be included in next week's September book poll thread. Thank Christ a book about math is highly unlikely to make the final cut.

Truth be told, I don't inherently have problems with nonfiction in general, be the subject math or Hell's Angels* or whatever. I'm simply skeptical that such books will yield the same level of discussion that is generated by a really well written fiction book.

But like I said, this will be truly democratic, and perhaps I'll happily be proven wrong.

*good read, btw

godismygoldfish on 1/7/2006 at 05:11

I actually just finished this book several weeks ago, and I must say it was amazing. I wish the best to al lthose about to read it. :)

I'm also eagerly awaiting Jean-Pierre Jeunet's film version of it next year. (Director of City of Lost Children and Amelie)

Kyloe on 1/7/2006 at 07:36

Chandler sounds good.

lomondtaffer on 1/7/2006 at 08:32

Quote Posted by Kyloe

May I suggest Master and Commander by Patrick o'Brian? (Or any of the other twenty books in the series.) ~~It's like a Star Trek novel without aliens.~~ It's exactly like a Star Trek novel (there are Spaniards)!

You don't do it justice, Kyloe: it's FAR better than a Star Trek novel! I third this nomination.

Oh, and I'm in too.:D

Low Moral Fiber on 1/7/2006 at 13:27

I'm all kinds of in, just having finished Foucalt's Pendulum and going around like a fag all "oh my god, belbo greatest character ever. is so good." So I probably won't vote for In the Name of the Rose. But uh, I'll save my suggestions for next week or something.

I'll be ordering Life of Pi shortly.

Haegan on 2/7/2006 at 07:55

i'm in.