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05-21-2004, 10:44 AM
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I vote for "On The Road" or "Fast Food Nation"!
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05-21-2004, 10:52 AM
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Choice 1 & 2 -- Either Brad Meltzer novels -- read the 10th Justice which I would happily re-read, and the First Counsel - can't remember if I read it or not, but know I remember hearing good things about it.
Choice 3 -- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
As for the other choices - I am sure that I am missing out, but some of them, just the description sound zzzZZZZ -- but then again, I know that I am not a "real" reader since I prefer to keep my nose stuck in the fiction world of mainly mystery.
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05-21-2004, 06:45 PM
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First choice is Illium
Second choice: Midnight in the Garden of good and Evil
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05-21-2004, 06:59 PM
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Originally posted by 33girl
On The Road. Isn't Fast Food Nation extremely long?
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I wouldn't say it was extremely long. It's dense, though.
So, it's a different read than a novel or even a biography of the same length.
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05-21-2004, 07:09 PM
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Originally posted by Munchkin03
I wouldn't say it was extremely long. It's dense, though.
So, it's a different read than a novel or even a biography of the same length.
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Good! I don't mind reading, but I'm anti-novel. I could care less about something that has never taken place.
My vote is in for Fast Food Nation.
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05-21-2004, 10:06 PM
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I've changed my vote. I'd actually rather have Ilium. I'm not much in a sappy mood and I wasn't aware that Five People You Meet In Heaven is sort of sappy.
Sorry!
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05-21-2004, 10:21 PM
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven Sorry, James, but the first one just does not look interesting at all to me...
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05-21-2004, 10:38 PM
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Sure, in two weeks we will propse another list and vote. We can include the same books.
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Edit: I'm changing my vote because I forgot I had nominated a book.
I'm voting for Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil.
My second choice, however, is On the Road.
Can we use the books we don't choose from this list to make the choice for the next book?
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05-21-2004, 11:13 PM
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fast food nation is one of the stupidest books ever by a man who had so much potential and wasted it.
-Rudey
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05-22-2004, 10:57 AM
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Sure, in two weeks we will propse another list and vote. We can include the same books.
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When will you let us know what book we're reading?
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05-22-2004, 01:39 PM
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First choice, On the Road... actually read this one in college
Second choice, Ilium... actually started to read this one in college, but didn't get too far
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05-22-2004, 01:43 PM
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Ok I am going to cast the last vote . . for Ilium by Dan Simmons.
Ilium it is.
Ilium got the most votes with 6 votes followed by a three way tie between Five people you meet in heaven, On the Road, and Midnight in the Garden of Good and evil, I imagine we will be readong one of them next 
Hapy Reading
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05-22-2004, 06:52 PM
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Sounds good!
What's the time frame? I need to order the book, finish the book I'm currently reading ( Rise of Endymion by the same author, ironically enough), and read this book... all in my copious spare time 
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05-22-2004, 08:36 PM
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Cool. So that's our book for June, or will we get started sooner?
Crap. Just checked the web-site, and there's a huge wait for Ilium at my library...that's a good sign, though Guess I'll have to buy it! That's OK, it sounds ilke something my FIL would love, so I'll pass it on when I'm done....
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05-22-2004, 08:42 PM
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How long do you guys need to read it? How long do book clubs usually give you?
A lot of literary references in the book andsome unusual social theory.
Last edited by James; 05-22-2004 at 08:51 PM.
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