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Libertine 08-26-2004 06:55 AM

GFY Book Club - Place your votes
 
Let's hope that the worrying trend of diminishing interest doesn't continue in this thread :glugglug

Here are the selected books, please vote for one of them by posting it's name in this thread. Please, only vote if you plan on participating in the book club thing.



Platform by Michel Houellebecq
A rather bleak love story about an emotionally empty man whose main - only? - interest is sex, this books features an excellent critique of modern society, western sexuality and the economic and cultural dichotomy between the western world and third world countries. Very controversial because of the sexual content and the way Islam is portrayed (Houellebecq actually got sued for insulting Islam).

The Plague by Albert Camus
An absolute masterpiece by a Nobel prize winning author, this story about a city which is struck by the plague is one of the main landmarks of French existentialism. It explores themes such as freedom, responsibility, human relations, death, love and religion, as well as the human condition as a whole.

Blindness by Jose Saramago.
- A disturbing story about an inexplicable plague of blindness striking a society and how those who are not yet effected deal with those who are and how those who are blinded and quarantined get along. Blindness is very intense and very interesting.

Positively Fifth Street by James McManus.
- A narrative by a reporter sent to Las Vegas by Harpers Magazine to cover the 2000 World Series of Poker and the trial of Sandra Murphy and Rick Tabish, accused of murdering (in a very twisted way) Ted Binion, owner of Binion's Horseshoe Casino. This story has weird sex, violence, gambling, buried silver bullion and more.

Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
- The story of Yossarian, soldier in a World War II bomber group, and his superiors, inferiors and peers, every last one of whom is crazy as a loon.

Watership Down by Richard Adams
- The story of a group of rabbits who strike out on a grand adventure.

The Art of Deception - Kevin Mitnick et al.
A book about social engineering and the security holes it can create.

Coin Locker Babies by Ryu Murakami
A surreal coming-of-age tale.
Abandoned at birth in adjacent train station lockers, two troubled boys spend their youth in an orphanage and with foster parents on a semi-deserted island before finally setting off for the city to find and destroy the women who first rejected them. Both are drawn to an area of freaks and hustlers called Toxitown. One becomes a bisexual rock singer, star of this exotic demimonde, while the other, a pole vaulter, seeks his revenge in the company of his girlfriend, Anemone, a model who has converted her condominium into a tropical swamp for her pet crocodile.

Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau
In this, Thoreau explained his reasons for having refused to pay his taxes as an act of protest against slavery and against the Mexican War. The driving idea behind the essay was that of self-reliance, and how one is in morally good standing as long as they "get off another man's back"; so you don't have to physically fight the government, but you must not support it or have it support you (if you are against it). This essay has had a wide influence on many later practitioners of civil disobedience.

Wicked by Gregory MaGuire
A book which at first glance appears to be a simple Wizard of Oz story and is in reality a complex discussion of the deepest meanings of life.

Atlas Shrugged
Amazon: With this acclaimed work and its immortal query, "Who is John Galt?", Ayn Rand found the perfect artistic form to express her vision of existence. Atlas Shrugged made Rand not only one of the most popular novelists of the century, but one of its most influential thinkers.
Atlas Shrugged is the astounding story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world--and did. Tremendous in scope, breathtaking in its suspense, Atlas Shrugged stretches the boundaries further than any book you have ever read. It is a mystery, not about the murder of a man's body, but about the murder--and rebirth--of man's spirit.
* Atlas Shrugged is the "second most influential book for Americans today" after the Bible, according to a joint survey conducted by the Library of Congress and the Book of the Month Club

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides:
"In the spring of 1974, Calliope Stephanides, a student at a girls' school in Grosse Pointe, finds herself drawn to a chain-smoking, strawberry blond clasmate with a gift for acting. The passion that furtively develops between them--along with Callie's failure to develop--leads Callie to suspect that she is not like other girls. In fact, she is not really a girl at all."

The Known World by Edward P. Jones
"Henry Townsend, a black farmer, bootmaker, and former slave, has a fondness for Paradise Lost and an unusual mentor -- William Robbins, perhaps the most powerful man in antebellum Virginia's Manchester County. Under Robbins's tutelage, Henry becomes proprietor of his own plantation -- as well as of his own slaves."

Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
"Traveling from India to New England and back again, the stories in this extraordinary debut collection unerringly chart the emotional journeys of characters seeking love beyond the barriers of nations and generations. Imbued with the sensual details of Indian culture"

Of Mice And Men - John Steinbeck
Of Mice and Men is a novel by John Steinbeck written in 1937 which tells the story of George and Lennie, two of many men displaced by the Great Depression. Lennie is a large man with the mind of a child, and George is a small man with a quick wit. The title of the story refers to a line in "To a Mouse" by the Scottish poet Robert Burns.

kent_braincash 08-26-2004 07:58 AM

Platform

Never got round to it before, so it would be a good excuse :)

candyflip 08-26-2004 08:07 AM

I choose:

Porno - by Irvine Welsh

It's the sequel to Trainspotting. Good read.

Libertine 08-26-2004 08:30 AM

Oh, yeah, my vote goes to Platform.

nofx 08-26-2004 08:34 AM

Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
- The story of Yossarian, soldier in a World War II bomber group, and his superiors, inferiors and peers, every last one of whom is crazy as a loon.

and

The Art of Deception - Kevin Mitnick et al.
A book about social engineering and the security holes it can create.

both catch my interest, cannot decide between the two.

KCat 08-26-2004 11:29 AM

In order of preference:

Positively Fifth Street by James McManus

The Art of Deception - Kevin Mitnick et al.

The Plague by Albert Camus

Libertine 08-26-2004 05:00 PM

Bump.

Oh, and please, only vote for 1 book. Only 1 vote will be counted.

Downtime 08-26-2004 05:07 PM

Didn't everyone have to read Of Mice and Men in high school? It's pretty good, but my vote goes to:

The Art of Decepetion - Kevin Mitnick

MissEve 08-26-2004 05:18 PM

Positively Fifth Street is really good and fun but definitely geared towards poker fans. Jim McManus ends up doing very well in the World Series of Poker and does a great job making poker hands funny and exciting. "Holy Shit, I peek down and see two black Queens, I look over at Jesus and he's raised the pot to $5,000" etc. It's not really the kind of book you want to discuss in a book club.

Middlesex is really good too but maybe not a lot to discuss .

Trixie 08-26-2004 05:52 PM

My vote's for Platform since it sounds the most relevant.

Libertine 08-27-2004 06:53 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Trixie
My vote's for Platform since it sounds the most relevant.
It's a pretty good book and fairly suited for the industry. It might even give some of the people here some original new business plans :winkwink:

Libertine 08-27-2004 06:54 PM

Bump.

exposed 08-27-2004 08:12 PM

I don't know how to read?

exposed 08-27-2004 08:13 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by nofx
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
- The story of Yossarian, soldier in a World War II bomber group, and his superiors, inferiors and peers, every last one of whom is crazy as a loon.

and

The Art of Deception - Kevin Mitnick et al.
A book about social engineering and the security holes it can create.

both catch my interest, cannot decide between the two.


Mitnick :thumbsup :thumbsup

He is pretty cool I met him at Hope this year.

Libertine 08-28-2004 06:36 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by exposed
I don't know how to read?
http://www.hop.com/

BT 08-28-2004 06:52 AM

Wicked by Gregory MaGuire
A book which at first glance appears to be a simple Wizard of Oz story and is in reality a complex discussion of the deepest meanings of life.:2 cents: :thumbsup

Libertine 08-28-2004 07:00 AM

Oh, yeah, any new suggestions will be used as suggestions for next time (if there is a next time).

Sarah_Jayne 08-28-2004 07:34 AM

great idea..I am in the middle of two books at the moment but if there is a next time I will jump in.

phogirl69 08-28-2004 07:38 AM

Haven't read any of those books. When I used to read books many many years ago I loved reading Sydney Sheldon.

That's some good stuff! :helpme

Libertine 09-02-2004 03:54 PM

Bump.

MikeVega 09-02-2004 04:52 PM

:thumbsup

B40 09-02-2004 05:09 PM

I'll put in a vote for Positively Fifth Street by James McManus.

Trixie 09-02-2004 05:11 PM

I can't wait! :thumbsup :thumbsup

Libertine 09-02-2004 06:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Trixie
I can't wait! :thumbsup :thumbsup
Well, interest has dropped quite a bit since the first thread, so it's kinda doubtful if the book club will actually come into existence.


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