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ColonelCurmudgeon posted:And it's hard for the indies to protest, too. "Start supporting independent shops again! This charitable organization is stealing our business!" They do complain about it, you just don't hear it because happens at the planning stage. We have an oxfam bookshop in our small town and the council had to be convinced that they wouldn't put the indie bookshop down the road out of business. I prefer the oxfam shop by a long way though, as the indie shop seems to go out of its way to stock nothing of interest whatsoever.
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There's this group http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/28438.The_Book_Barn_2010_Roundup but it doesn't get much traffic. I'm using goodreads for the same purpose as Hedrigall. Not doing too well so far though.
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I would advise reading Atwood or Chabon or PD James type take on the genre, unless you're determined to go for some space opera type schtick. It's far more rewarding then revisiting Snow Crash, which was horribly flawed when it first came out, never mind now.
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I wear my "I read GR and survived" badge with honour, but it did feel like I was being tortured remorsely for about 700 pages of it.
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Jun 23, 2010 22:47
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How about the The man who loved children by Christina Stead? It's just been reprinted after a review by Franzen, so I'm interested in seeing what the fuss is about. e: or not, since the poll is already up. knees of putty fucked around with this message at 12:59 on Jul 16, 2010 |
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Jul 16, 2010 12:57
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Is the how to be pretentious thread a test of some kind? It seems to be drawing out some of the funniest stuff I've seen in a while. Plus, I hope someone ends up quoting Dylar's synopsis of Great Expectations.
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Jul 18, 2010 14:25
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therattle posted:I'll have to check it out. I'd imagine that people could be pretty drat good at that round these parts. Well, I'm reading it as a meta-troll from the OP in an attempt to bring out the usual arguements about genre. But I could be giving him too much credit.
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Jul 19, 2010 17:00
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The Machine posted:Okay guys, pick the order I read the rest of summer reading please. I'll be finishing up A Clash of Kings and From the Left Hand of Darkness this week. Ouch, that's a lovely summer you've got planned for yourself. Read Kesey and then do anything you can to avoid the rest of the crap.
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7 y.o. bitch posted:words That's pretty interesting. I struggle mightily with finding a decent reading/discussion group. I have no background in literature, just a healthy interest, so I have no ready-made group of friends who like to discuss this stuff. I couldn't find anything locally, so I've made do with internet forums, but it's not the same as actually talking to people. I'd kill to find a group of like-minded people in my city.
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Aug 24, 2010 10:00
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For next month's book club, can we read something from the Booker shortlist? e: If any are in paperbook, which I'm guessing they won't be 
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Sep 7, 2010 15:28
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These ideas all sound good. I like the idea of short stories or autobiographies. The more challenging and interesting the better.
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Sep 14, 2010 11:12
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Though I did like what we were doing before we went goony. i.e., exploring books from different cultures.
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Encryptic posted:Yep, and it's one of the reasons that TBB continues to not achieve some perceived "higher standard", because nobody wants to put in any actual effort to do something besides bitch about it. The complainers should just find another community that might be more inline with their particular tastes or STFU. Well most of the criticism of TBB I've seen focusses on the predominance of SF/Fantasy, and it's hard to argue against when you have this type of thread http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3345499 which consists of recommending all the named threads in the forum.
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Dr Scoofles posted:Its a thread I've been hesitantly reading and feel stupider and stupider every time I open it. I think once I actually get into my course and start actively learning and advancing I'll be sure to jump back in Mebbe there's a niche for a medium level thread, for almost real guys!
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Sep 21, 2010 15:48
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Loose Chanj, what's the theme for next month's book club?
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Oct 16, 2010 09:20
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Oh yeah, stoked for next month's book. Great idea.
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Oct 17, 2010 11:16
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Facial Fracture posted:Hey, Loosechanj: Could we start doing a poem of the month as well as a book? Starting with shorter poems, I guess? I'd love to see this. Maybe even consider doing it Cinema Discusso FotM/Primer style where someone chooses rather than a vote, and provides some background/analysis?
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Jan 8, 2011 12:53
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Hey LooseChanj, what's this months topic for the book poll?
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Jan 21, 2011 12:38
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Don Quixote
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Loosechanj, any chance you can sticky the new poem of the month thread?
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LooseChanj posted:Aw crap I totally forgot to do that didn't I? Thanks. I think you made the Don Quixote disappear as well though!
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Chamberk posted:So when are the book-of-the-month threads going back to good books instead of terrible/ironic choices? Yeah, hopefully soon.
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Apr 30, 2011 11:26
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So we're jumping the shark on the book of the month? I was hoping to see a return to something worth reading.
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May 8, 2011 12:12
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Ornamented Death posted:What part of "awful" don't you understand? Yes, but we were expecting something not everything.
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Aug 27, 2011 23:43
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Is there an ethical online UK based alternative to Amazon that can be recommended? I'm not sure local bookstores exist anymore, certainly not round here anyway.
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The former mostly.
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It's true, looks like the Shire - even comes with twee Gaelic pipe music and bagpipes for greater authenticity! In the end I used the Hive. Looked a good alternative to Amazon. In terms of local independent stores, only one and the rest are specialist bookstores.
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