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Could we pin this perhaps?
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"If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." - 1984
I think that says it all. Brilliant book. I even know a place online you can read it free. Plus, I think they are making it a new movie.
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I love it. It's brilliant, even that whole third chapter where he explains the world view....It even somehow explains the way the world works today.
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If the April book club selection comes down we could pin it then maybe. Or I could just keep bumping this thread.
Voting for these books is like picking your favorite kid.
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tough call between thin man and bradbury. really, they were all good selections. i picked the bradbury though, because i have it, and i don't think i've ever read it.
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Richard, you've never read the Bradbury?! For shame. So, so good.
Damn, I've got too much to read on my plate right now, but I'm voting for Something Wicked.
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I voted Thin Man because it and Red Harvest have been want-to-reads ever since I read the Maltese Falcon.
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i've read a lot of Bradbury, but i don't think i've read THAT one, bob. i know.
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1984 because it's the only one I already have...
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1984. I haven't read it and feel that I should have
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I think there could be a dual pick to the book club every month. A contempory and a classic. Two seperate threads.
Sure, it will end up a lot of reading for people if they want to keep up with them all, but there's no time limit right? Plus it won't be hard to find a 'classic' per month. You'd already have us covered until autumn with that list up there. It might encourage me to read more of the books I should be ashamed I haven't read. Plus if people aren't feeling any given month's contempory pick they will have an option.
Also, there should be a Philip K Dick bookclub pick somtime. Palmer Eldritch maybe, or UBIK, or The Man In The High Castle. Or A Scanner Darkly. So many good ones to choose from.
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I know, I should be ashamed of myself.
Ditto.
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Tough call! Went with a dose of Dashiell Hammett, but Ray Bradbury almost held sway.
And you're right, wickedvoodoo - Philip K Dick bookclub pick (A Scanner Darkly) would be ace in the future..
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bump
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My heart said Bradbury, but my head said Hammett 'cos it's the only one I've yet to read.
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Damn you all! Pick 1984!
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I'm the lone Portrait vote.
I haven't read Thin Man or Something Wicked, but I loved the Hemingway and (sorry Matt) hated 1984. This is counterintuitive to my socialist nature, but Orwell never did it for me.
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I've read them all - so I'll be happy to discuss any of them.
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Portrait changed my life in a thousand ways. James Joyce is like a drug for me. I keep Portrait in my car and read random passages whenever I get the chance. It's just so, so good. I haven't read Dubliners yet, but it's on its way from Amazon as we speak.
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Dashiell Hammet, nuff said. Red Harvest would have been another great choice.
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I voted for A Farewell To Arms.
I picked up Portrait today from the library.
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I'm out then.
Besides, when I didn't see any Lovecraft, I pre-decided I was out.
Well that and the fact that the list didn't have Feed or A Canticle for Leibowitz.
Just kidding. All great books. Didn't really want to cry again at the end of FTA.
And Joyce always makes me feel insecure as a writer.
Bradbury is always fun, although his prose gets a bit embellishy and trite at times.
I have read 1984 too many times.
If I have time (which I probably won't since I am going to be watching that Flash column splooshing in its pants all month) I would love to jump in.
I guess we'll just have to see. I love these Pete book clubs.
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Bloody brilliant. What a read!
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