Book club planning thread and suggestions

[Triple Zero]

Isn't GEB a littlebit too big and diverse, it should probably be split into parts, over some weeks.

if Culture Jam isnt available, maybe we can do OurSpace?

[Cain]

I've only skimmed GEB so I couldn't say, but Ourspace could be a good one, yes.

Or Poker Without Cards, I think either of those two would certainly fit well.

[LMNO]

Honest truth, I'll try to keep up, but I don't have as much time for reading as I'd like.  I'll do as much as I can in two weeks, but no promises.

[Rumckle]

Sounds like it would be good idea, I'd also suggest at least two weeks for reading time, or maybe pick the books a month (or so) in advance so slow readers can take their time and just discuss one book a month, while faster readers can discuss two (or maybe more) books a month.

Also, I'd like to suggest My Immortal  

[LMNO]

Oooh!  We should do House of Leaves at some point.  I've always wanted to read that.

[Cain]

I have that, but its in .jpeg format, simply because nothing else could handle it.

Plus its incredibly long and mindfucky, I am led to believe.

[LMNO]

That's something I would actually get in dead tree format.

[Elder Iptuous]

so, what....
are we compiling a list that we're going to vote on, or are we waiting for a Big Man to defer to?

[Fuquad]

I'm about six pages into Godel Escher Bach.  I'm really digging it, but it's pretty dense. And 800 pages long. So it might not be a good book club pick.

Love the Book.

I've had three copies stolen from me.

That's right. It's so good it makes intellectuals steal.

[Fuquad]

Wait a minute...

I'm on a board with a lot of intellectual thieves on it... anyways it's good.

[Fuquad]

I mean I assume some of you are thieves... It's possible that you're just liars.

[Fuquad]

wait a minute.

I know many of you are liars too. but not all the time...

is it possible that you're thieves AND liars... at some moments and not others?

[LMNO]

Please note the "modify" button...

[Cramulus]

house of leaves  - always wanted to read that
poker without cards - always wanted to read that

I'm reading a copy of GEB which I found at scribd.com. The only problem is that I think it's an OCR scan, so it's not perfect. There's some punctuation missing, some words are wrong, a few weird artifacts here and there.

I think we should all just get the book and read it at the same time and post about it - no need to lock ourselves to a set schedule. For the most part, it looks like we're looking at nonfiction, so it's not like we're spoiling anything if we talk about something that others haven't caught up to yet.

[LMNO]

OK.  If someone can point me to a copy of "Poker Without Cards," I nominate that as our fist book.

All in favor?