Book club/Discussion

[CMA]

Would anyone want to do that? My Philosophy/Literature class ends this summer and I need something to tide me over until I get to that sort of thing in college, if I do at all. We can read anything readily available over the internet that isn't crap. I.e., no Hunger Games. I was thinking maybe Plato or Dostoevsky(if anyone had time to read all of that). Sci-fi(that isn't crap) would be good as well. Something like Hyperion or A Canticle For Liebowitz.

[Vinyl]

Magic Tree House man, Magic Tree House.

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[CMA]

Magic Tree House man, Magic Tree House.

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Ooor, we could read crap on purpose and see who can bullshit the most amount of 'meaning' from it. Yeah, that's a better idea.

[ACH0225]

Thus spoke Zatharusa.

[Professor Fenway]

Read Foundation by Isaac Asimov. It's not shit, and i'm pretty sure it should be freely available. Lemme see if I can find a link.


EDIT: Found a site with the books. Actually, it has all his books. http://www.ebook2u.org/author/Isaac_Asimov.html

It seems safe enough, from the tests I did. Start with Prelude to Foundation. This series beat The Lord of the Rings for the Hugo award. It's good stuff.

[Ivan2006]

Or the Revelation Space universe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revelation_Space_universe
Pretty much the most science you've ever seen in sci-fi.

[Iv121]

Though I wonder why do you people insist on that futile search for "meaning" in literature, some books are just written for the pure pleasure of experiencing them, in fact most of them are. Those books do touch different matters but never try to convey a "meaning" which for me sort of equals to "forcing" a meaning on you, rather have a conversation with the reader about the matter. After all imagine how it is to read a book that nags you all the time "hey dude convert to scientology convert to scientology ! You know you want it !" for example ... Most books just don't do that.

[Archduke Daynel, PhD]

I agree with Iv for once. I read books because I want to read a book, not because I want to look for a hidden meaning.

[Ivan2006]

I agree with Iv and Daynel.

[҉]

Or the Revelation Space universe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revelation_Space_universe
Pretty much the most science you've ever seen in sci-fi.

What? Revelation Space was a lot of things, but it was not scientifically accurate. That's way out there, weird sci fi. Read The Martian if you want scientific accuracy.

[cats]

If you want accuracy I hear that the Encyclopedia Britannica is a pretty good read.

[Tell]

I'm in a book club at my school and we often get books from publishers before they are released to the public to do reviews on them. Anyways one such book I had the privilege of reading back last year in June is called Steelheart. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17182126-steelheart

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Ten years ago, Calamity came. It was a burst in the sky that gave ordinary men and women extraordinary powers. The awed public started calling them Epics.

But Epics are no friend of man. With incredible gifts came the desire to rule. And to rule man you must crush his wills.

Nobody fights the Epics... nobody but the Reckoners. A shadowy group of ordinary humans, they spend their lives studying Epics, finding their weaknesses, and then assassinating them.

And David wants in. He wants Steelheart—the Epic who is said to be invincible. The Epic who killed David's father. For years, like the Reckoners, David's been studying, and planning—and he has something they need. Not an object, but an experience.

He's seen Steelheart bleed. And he wants revenge.

[Tell]

If you want space read hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy.

[Prototype]

The Dark Tower

'nuff said

[Saravanth]

Warhammer 40k.