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BOOK CLUB
YUCK FEAH.

Alright, this is the thread for discussing what we read this week and for suggesting books for next week.

I know alot of people didnt like this weeks selection SO SUGGEST GOOD BOOKS THIS TIME YOU FAGGOTS.

>> No.1158082

Soldier of the Mist by Gene Wolfe

>> No.1158090

I read the protector of the small and the song of the lioness quartets
they were okay but since they were feminist propaganda i wouldn't recommend them
they have made me want to start reading fantasy again though, i've read nothing but sci-fi for like the past 5 years

>> No.1158092

The Brothers Karamazov.

>> No.1158101

Did anyone read the Kentucky Derby?

Based on how people liked that I may have more Hunter in the future.

>> No.1158109

shit forgot to read Kentucky Derby
Will do it tonight though

>> No.1158111

>>1158092 3 thumbs up!

>> No.1158112

ze cacher in ze rie

>> No.1158115

On the Road

>> No.1158116

>>1158101 More Hunter in the future? I assume you mean Thompson. If he's not still dead I wanna read his new book!

>> No.1158120

you should post the categories each time you do this, not everyone was here first week.

>> No.1158123

neckbeard: slaughterhouse 5
classic: The Brothers K.
short story: the castle

>> No.1158127

For illiterate:
Anything Conan;
Anything Harlan

For Hipster:
Gravity's Rainbow if it isn't too long.

For Neckbeard:
I dunno.

>> No.1158130

>>1158116
wat

>>1158123
(Contemporary/Genre) Neckbeard mode.
(Classic) Hipster Mode.
(Short story/Essay) Illiterate mode.

>> No.1158144

>>1158130
FUCK YEAH, APPARENTLY I'M HIPSTER.

>> No.1158228
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>>1158144
Captain detecting large amounts of Mad in this post.

>> No.1158229

People didn't like Dune? What the fuck?

Neckbeard: Hyperion
Hipster: The Picture of Dorian Gray (More like Gay m i rite? lol)
Illiterate: For a Breath I Tarry

>> No.1158234

Did we even have selections for this week? Because I missed them on Sunday (apparently), and then made a few threads and no one else knew what the fuck we were reading, either.

>> No.1158247

>>1158234
Moot accidentally the whole 4chan on sunday and no one could post so I made the thread on monday.

>> No.1158248

>>1158234

Genre was Dune. I can't remember the rest.

>> No.1158252

>>1158247
/lit/ has a wiki. Perhaps we need a "book club" section, where this (and any competing book clubs) could update with their reading lists.

>> No.1158254

>>1158228
"FUCK YEAH" DOESN'T USUALLY ENTAIL MADNESS.

>> No.1158258

>>1158111
I dont know.
Its a little over 1000 pages long.

>> No.1158260

>>1158229

I just read For A Breath I Tarry after seeing mention of it in another thread today. I second this. It's a beautiful story. Only problem was that the version i found online was rife with spelling errors. Nothing bad but it was jarring to see them every few minutes.

I've never finished Dorian Gray. I still have my copy that I got in my grade 9 English class and never returned. Not because it was bad but because I suppose I felt burned out after having to read other shitty books. Daughter of Time and Never Cry Wolf made me sick of reading that year and I kind of gave up on Dorian Gray after the first chapter. All my friends said it was the best book they read that year though so I feel like I'm missing out.

>> No.1158294

>>1158260
THESE ARE WHAT I PLAN ON READING IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS, PERHAPS YOU COULD USE ONE OF THESE FOR 'CLASSICS'?

The Life of Castruccio Castracani of Lucca
The War Prayer (Twain)
The Fox (Lawrence)
Hadji Murad
A Confession
The Devil
The Kreutzer Sonata (Last four Tolstoy)
The Prince (Machivelli)
Nausea (Sartre)
The Fall (Camus)
Hunger (Hamsun)


WHAT DO YOU THINK GUYS?

>> No.1158303
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1158303

Back to page 1 with you.

Also, what would you guys think of either Illuminatus! or Shrodgners Cat for Neckbeard mode?

>> No.1158613

>>1158229
I'd be cool with Hyperion since I'm ordering it on Monday regardless, but something other than science fiction would be a nice change of pace.

>> No.1158634

>>1158613

Then how about the Golden Compass?

>> No.1158641

>>1158634
I'd be open to that. Kinda wanted to start that series for awhile.

Of course, I am only one person, and Courage Wolf is has the final say.

>> No.1158658

Suggestions:

Contemporary/easy mode: Beat The Reaper - just read it in a day and it's a fantastic first novel.
Vintage/neckbeard: Joseph Conrad - The Secret Agent
Short Story - something by Chris Adrian

>> No.1158673

How about we read The Brothers Karamazov for a month.
Starting now until about Halloween.
I'd love to discuss this book with /lit/.
It has philosophy and religion which is what this board talks about half the time anyways..

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>>1158673
Perhaps in the future, but not now. The book club needs a stronger base before we can tackle something like that.

Also,

BUMP

>> No.1158745

How would you guys feel about American Psycho?

>> No.1158798

>>1158745

mild indiference

>> No.1159595

ok how about the golden bowl for classic? most of /lit/ doesnt seem to have read it as far as im aware.

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Final Bump for the Day.

>> No.1160494

Quick question before I start the real thread.

Would you guys be ok with reading a text document instead of a PDF?
That will greatly influence what book I pick.

>> No.1160513

>>1160494
i prefer .txt files
lets me read them on my gameboy

>> No.1160521

>>1160494
I wouldn't mine a .txt

But this is also my first book club so my opinion might not count.

>> No.1160537

>>1160494
http://www.convertpdftotext.net/

>> No.1160542
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Yes, text files are acceptable.

>> No.1160554

>>1160494
.txt are better, lets us convert to whatever.

please, i prefer txt.

>> No.1160558

>>1160494
hell no

>> No.1160563

>>1158123
better get one of these...

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>>1158733
>>1158733

Here go.

>> No.1160676

>>1158092
I tried to read this.

Book was stupid boring.

Does it ever stop reading like a history book? Because I distinctly remember putting it down because it read like a history book.

>> No.1160689

Right now I'm reading The Count of Monte Christo and I'm surprised by how much I like this book.

>> No.1160793

>>1160676
I'm reading it right now.
I just started on Part II.
Hasn't read like a history book yet...