Book club planning thread and suggestions

[Cain]

Modded: Moved to Literate Chaotic for suggestions on what to read and discus.


As proposed here http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=19893.msg724878#msg724878

What do you guys think?

[LMNO]

My first impression is, "cool!"

My second is "herding cats!"

My third is, "think of the arguments!"

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

My first impression is, "cool!"

My second is "herding cats!"

My third is, "think of the arguments!"

In other words, YES!

[LMNO]

I suggest only books available on Torrent be admitted to book club.

[Cain]

Or my HD.

Not that there is much difference, nowadays.

[LMNO]

Good point.


Should we start it as a thread in Lit Chao, and see if it takes off enough to split?

[Cain]

Yeah, that would be a good place to also talk about what book we want to read, or what sort of topic (since I may not have precise texts).

[LMNO]

Suggestion: start out easy.  Catch-22 before Naked Lunch, and all that.

[Cramulus]

I think this is a good idea. Having people to discuss it with really increased my enjoyment/absorption of Black Swan, Art of Memetics, and Ourspace.

[Triple Zero]

I'll join this idea. Also because I wonder if I can keep up with you guys, I have the idea I read kind of slowly cause I get distracted a lot.

(A friend of mine just messaged me today why I had kept Transmetropolitan from him so long and I found out he read the entire series in two days, whereas I needed at least four on my holiday in Denmark this March. Well okay I had to watch some DVDs with friends and chat and drink white russians in between so I couldnt read non-stop)

Anyway, so I suppose we pick a title, set a date when everyone is supposed to have read the book, and form some questions and discussions about it? Is that how it goes? Would it be fun to also pick a time and discuss some in real time on the chat (separate channel), or perhaps the teamspag?

[LMNO]

Sounds good, but I won't be able to IRC.

[Cain]

Given my access is going to be somewhat more limited over the next two months, the forum is better for me, as well.

Also, while those books sound OK, LMNO, I think something like The Art of Memetics or something which we can relate back to what we do here is also possibly a good route to take.

[LMNO]

I was just going for a familiar simile.  Relating back to PD.com is always a good idea.

[Triple Zero]

well that would be easy, I already read AoM but I could give it a second reading and take some notes.

stuff that's on my "been meaning to read" list:

- OurSpace
- Chicken Qabalah
- that new book by Neil Strauss "this book will save your life" or something, kind of has some connections with our Crazy Prepared thread
- Guns Germs and Steel
- Poker without cards? (what is that book about anyway, I heard it mentioned a few times)

ok that's what I got so far. I have hundreds of titles on my HD, but most of them I have no idea what they are about.

[fomenter]

poker w/o cards is one i have heard mentioned a bunch and it has my curiosity too.