Is there a 'Book Club' in this fiction group?

Bullwinkle925

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Wed Sep-21-05 10:55 PM
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Is there a 'Book Club' in this fiction group?

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gmoney

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Wed Sep-21-05 10:57 PM
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1. The first rule of Book Club...

...is that you never talk about Book Club.

And if it's your first night... you HAVE to read.

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Bullwinkle925

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Wed Sep-21-05 11:00 PM
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2. ??

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gmoney

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Wed Sep-21-05 11:05 PM
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4. Sorry... force of habit.

Reflex reaction to cite the book "Fight Club" by Chuck Palanuik

Actually, I'll confess to only having seen the movie, but it's so excellent, I can't imagine the book being any better.

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Bullwinkle925

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Wed Sep-21-05 11:15 PM
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5. Ahhhhh - I've seen the movie as well. Pretty good!

What are you reading currently?

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gmoney

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Wed Sep-21-05 11:22 PM
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7. A number of heavy duty self-help books

Titles too depressing to list here...

Although on the top of my fiction stack is "It Can't Happen Here" by Sinclair Lewis, about the US falling under the rule of a bumpkin who ends up as a dictator... maybe get to it soon.

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Bullwinkle925

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Wed Sep-21-05 11:28 PM
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8. Wow - I just looked that book up on Amazon - didn't know such a book

existed. Now I might have to go out and pick up a copy (if I can find one) - where did you get yours?

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gmoney

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Wed Sep-21-05 11:59 PM
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11. I bought an old 1935 hardback...

I think I got it on either Amazon or Biblio.com ...about 10 bucks or so, but a much nicer reading experience.

Or you can read it online for free: http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0301001h.html

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Monkey see Monkey Do

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Mon Sep-26-05 10:54 AM
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14. It's a great book

& the movie is incredibly faithful to it. The only real difference is the ending where

SPOILER

after "killing" Tyler the narrator wakes up in hospital / psychiatric ward (?) where he reads stuff about Project Mayhem & gets knowing winks from nurses & orderlies who have mashed up faces. I think it concludes with a visit by Marla but it's been about 7 years since I read it.

END SPOILER

On the subject of Chuck Palahniuk, I recently read his latest "Haunted" and man, does it pack a punch! One of the stories - "Guts" - has been online for a while which you can read:

http://www.chuckpalahniuk.net/books/haunted/guts.php

or listen to Paluhniuk himself reading:

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mcneal/mirror/guts.mp3

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yellowdogintexas

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Wed Sep-21-05 11:02 PM
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3. an attempt was made back in the late winter to start one but

it sort of fizzled.

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Bullwinkle925

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Wed Sep-21-05 11:17 PM
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6. Hmmmm

what are you reading now Yellowdog?

I'm reading "Back When We Were Grownups" - Anne Tyler

A good 'chick' book. Nothing too outstanding, but entertaining.

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yellowdogintexas

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Wed Sep-21-05 11:53 PM
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10. Volume 2 of "A Song of Ice and Fire" by George R R Martin

a very complex, interesting fantasy novel that is written more like a big historical epic. The fantasy elements sort of sneak in here and there and grow ..there are 3 in print and the 4th is scheduled for release in November. I will be reading these for the next several weeks.

I am re reading so I will be all fresh in my mind on everything when the new book is released.

I have never read any Anne Tyler.

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Onceuponalife

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Sun Sep-25-05 02:21 AM
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13. the third volume is awesome

"Storm of Swords" is incredible. 1000 pages of unputdownable goodness. Go Sam Tarley!!!!

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Rowdyboy

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Wed Sep-21-05 11:51 PM
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9. We had one a couple of years ago...

Edited on Wed Sep-21-05 11:51 PM by Rowdyboy

We read "grapes of Wrath", "Handmaid's Tale" and "A Confederacy of Dunces" among others. It was fun but fizzled out.

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Bullwinkle925

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Thu Sep-22-05 02:20 AM
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12. Why do you think that happened? Too much stress or too many

things going on in people's lives?

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