We settled on Parable of the Sowers, by Octavia E. Butler. We finally made it to the Pig and the Whistle, where we encountered many a loud drunk Irishmen. Nice enough, but also loud enough.
We had a very stimulating discussion, and while we had some problems with the book, most agreed it was an interesting story that painted an all too possible dark future.
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Correspondence:
We voted at our last Book Qlub to read, the Nebula Award Nominated, Parable of the Sower, by Octavia E. Butler. So, rent your books, read 'em up, and mark your calendars cause Book Klub 3.0 is scheduled for:
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010 at 8:00 PM.
Location: TDB.
Yea!
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Summation:
we had yet another highly successful and highly stimulating book qlub
(3). beers, veggie burgers, fish and chips, social apocalypse,
cannibals, the communes of mendocino, drinking water out of one's
bathtub, hippie-rednecks (or is it hippies-redneck?); just a partial
recap of some of the topics of our highly engrossing discussion.
we've made a decisions for our next book, via ro-sham-bo, and it is
Connie Willis' Doomsday Book, which continues
our theme of exploring female/feminist sci-fi writers and nebula award
winning novels AT THE SAME TIME!!! who knew it could be done?
so!
book: Doomsday Book
when: October 24th, 6 in the p.
where: as yet to be decided. as time gets closer we will find a consensus, but let us keep in mind this time places of lower decibelity (copyleft, 2010) where we can have a good two hour conversation without having to yell over drunkards.
and finally, we need to come prepared this time for book suggestions for Book Qlub 5! our guide has been nebula award winning novels or nominees, as well as feminist/female authors. as there are a +100 books that fit that description, we should have no lack of suggestions. take a look here, and familiarize yourself with some books that you might want to suggest for the group to read and why (note the latest book qlub rule: any member who reads a book on the list of winners or nominees outside of the Science Fiction Book Qlub cannot NOT suggest reading said book, just because they read the book, especially since they heard about the book through the San Francisco Science Fiction Book Qlub; just saying, now it's official, person who shall remain nameless).
so, let's get to reading!
-SFSFBQ
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