[TTLG Book Club] November's selection: Ender's Game (discuss!)

Rug Burn Junky on 14/9/2006 at 00:40

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What Should Have Been Originally Posted by Stitch
No, you big fucking dorks, I'm not even putting Ender's Game in the poll. You missed the point of this book club entirely.

:rolleyes:

TheAlbaniac on 14/9/2006 at 10:34

I agree. I'll pass this month too. :(

On the bright side, I'll have more time for The Wasp Factory though.

OnionBob on 14/9/2006 at 12:48

I'm happy to read whichever book won the poll, but could someone clarify for me what that is please? It's saying Ender's Game but there seems to be a little bit of CONTROVERSY in the thread as to whether it should even have been in the poll.

godismygoldfish on 14/9/2006 at 12:58

If I could vote (not sure why I can't) I would vote for Motherless Brooklyn, simply because I've read enders game, and I am apparently one of the 10 or so people on the earth who hate it.

Paz on 14/9/2006 at 13:11

Quote Posted by OnionBob

It's saying Ender's Game but there seems to be a little bit of CONTROVERSY in the thread as to whether it should even have been in the poll.

I think it's just a bit of gentle "lol sci-fi, you're supposed to broaden your reading for this club you horrible geeks" ribbing, so I'd guess Ender's Game wins perfectly legitimately. I've not read anything like it for a while, so I'm happy enough anyway!

Quote Posted by godismygoldfish

If I could vote (not sure why I can't)

The poll is closed (it shuts down after a certain date).

OnionBob on 14/9/2006 at 13:16

Quote Posted by Paz

Well yeah I'm fine with reading Ender's Game, obviously i'd like to avoid too much sci-fi myself but I'm happy to put myself in the hands of democracy and see what the book is like. I just honestly wanted to know if it was going ahead, not because of the sci fi thing, but based on the fact that it seems to have emerged that a lot of the people in the thread (and possibly those who voted for the book) seemed to have read it already.

Stitch on 14/9/2006 at 15:11

Ender's Game won fair and square, and as such I'm picking up Motherless Brooklyn during my lunch break today.

I'd actually happily join in this month if I hadn't just read Ender's Game less than a year ago. It was a great (albeit shallow) read.

November's discussion should prove interesting, as nobody who voted for Ender's Game had participated previously in the book club. New blood: critical readers who will unearth previously unsuspected depths in a genre title, or nerds hijacking our club with fan boy discussion of "my favorite part was"? I assume nothing and look forward to the answer!

Either way, as long as book club MVPs Paz and Onionbob are involved it should make for a great discussion.

Matthew on 14/9/2006 at 15:12

Oh well. At least I only finished reading it a week or two ago.

Rug Burn Junky on 14/9/2006 at 19:52

To be fair, having little interest in Life of Pi, absolutely no time to read Big Sleep, and not yet able to discuss the Wasp Factory, my contributions have been little enough that I'm no better than anyone voting for Ender's Game.

That said, I actually do have a copy of Ender's Game, which has been on my shelf for a year since one of my non-dork friends actually recommended it to me. Still don't know if I'll get to it, as, regardless of outcome, Big Sleep/Motherless Brooklyn combo was going to be next on my list after Wasp Factory.

And yes, Ender's Game won fair and square, and no need to listen to me. I was expressing my disappointment that this worthy goal of broadening one's reading list is quickly threatening to devolve into sci-fi fanboi-ism.

So help me god if any of you geeks start suggesting H.P. Lovecraft, HHGTTG, Terry Pratchett or Philip K. Dick I swear I'm going to hunt you down and cockpunch you myself.

Stitch on 14/9/2006 at 20:47

Quote Posted by Rug Burn Junky

I was expressing my disappointment that this worthy goal of broadening one's reading list is quickly threatening to devolve into sci-fi fanboi-ism.

Agreed, but don't forget broadening one's views works both ways. I never would have read strict genre fluff like Chandler if not for this club.

As far as the "oh no the geeks are taking over" fears, I'm not too worried at this point in time. If Ender's Game stimulates engaing discussion then it has served its purpose, and if an excess of genre titles becomes an issue, we can always vote to modify the rules to regulate that sort of thing.

Besides, the fact that genre fiction won isn't in and of itself the issue for me. What bugs me about the victory of Ender's Game isn't the fact that it won so much as the way it won.