Book club planning thread and suggestions

[Iason Ouabache]

Ok. I'm in too since I already had a copy of Poker Without Cards on my hd.  I'm going to have to start really early since I'm an extremely slow reader.

[Elder Iptuous]

Ok. I'm in too since I already had a copy of Poker Without Cards on my hd.  I'm going to have to start really early since I'm an extremely slow reader.

i was worried about my reading pace too, but it seems to be a common theme here.  perhaps there's some nugget to be found in this observation......

[Requia ☣]

Where would I find this book?

[fomenter]

Where would I find this book?

http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=21445.45

[Eve]

A book club? I think I just came. I'm assuming I can download from Scribd?


Edit: Aha, so I can.

[rubickspoop]

Sweet! Book club! I, too, just jizzed in my pants.
Starting PwC now.
Reading is FUNdamental.

Future suggestion: Vonnegut's Hocus Pocus

edit: enticing madness sounds pretty badass, too, yatto

[Cain]

Shall we start a new thread for the book, once we want to discuss it?  Because I think that is a good plan.

[LMNO]

Yes.

[Kai]

read PWC at Cain's suggestion two winters ago, was excellent, reminded me of Foucault's Pendulum with all the false trails and misleading memes.

Guess its time for a reread.

[That One Guy]

Shall we start a new thread for the book, once we want to discuss it?  Because I think that is a good plan.

Seconded. Sounds like a plan - probably best to do a new thread for each book that gets this treatment, too. We can use this thread to coordinate the next book choice as well, in order to assist in keeping each thread's discussion (at least a little) on point for the book of the (two) week(s).

[Iason Ouabache]

Suggestion for later: "The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power " by Jeff Sharlet.  Might be too long and slightly off topic but it looks like an extremely interesting conspiracy theory.  

[Cain]

Ah, you downloaded the pdf of that too?

I remember reading reviews of that last year.  Harpers Magazine also did a huge article on them a couple of years back.  They appear to have some serious global clout, if what I have read is true.

[Iason Ouabache]

Ah, you downloaded the pdf of that too?

I remember reading reviews of that last year.  Harpers Magazine also did a huge article on them a couple of years back.  They appear to have some serious global clout, if what I have read is true.

I heard a great interview with the author last night. Found the PDF on gigapedia. Looks very interesting but I wonder how much of it is true. That would be a pretty big open conspiracy on both sides of the Atlantic.

[Elder Iptuous]

Since some have already finished PwoC, perhaps we can come to a consensus on what the next book will be?
I have seen Guns,Germs, and Steel mentioned....
i would put forth that, or The Ascent of Money, by Niall Ferguson.

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