AC Book Club

[loseyourname]

I don't think a poll would work because we'll all vote for our own books. If we suggest multiple books, there will too many to include in a poll (the cap is fifteen) and no one book may get more than one vote. I say we just go in alphabetical order, but since this was your idea, your book can go first. What's your pick?

[Anonymouse]

You know people, I fully understand that some of us might not like the books of others but for the sake of making this work, can we just agree to read on books we don't want to read?

Loser, I don't know which book, I have several I would like to read right now.

For one, I would like to re-read Catch-22, The Gods of Eden, The Brothers Karamazov, or Paranoia.

[loseyourname]

Heck, dude, flip a coin. You can read whatever you want. The question is which will we read and discuss?

[loseyourname]

Originally posted by anileve Has anyone read "Billy Budd" by Herman Melville? I find it to be the dullest book that ever existed aside from John Steinbeck's and xxxxinson's bore. It's sad that this is a requirement in the program of Literature, there are so many other writers which are so much more profound. I am having a very hard time getting through the reading, the diction is awful and I keep dwelling into sleep every time I try to get through one page. What do you guys think and what can you tell me about the book to make it easier on me?

Not a perfect book to discuss, but it is on topic and you can help a struggling soul.

This has nothing to do with the club. Post this in the What are you Reading thread.

[Anonymouse]

Well I want to read something that we can all read and discuss. What does everyone think of "The Gods of Eden"?

[xBaron Dants]

I'm in too.

I want to be intellectualized.

(So I won't use words like "intellectualized anymore).

[loseyourname]

Originally posted by anileve Well why don't you move it then? You have the moderating powers.

It isn't necessary to move a single post. Just post your question in the appropriate thread and there's no problem.

[loseyourname]

Gods of Eden sounds quite interesting. When should we have it picked up and started?

[Anonymouse]

Either that or

[Anonymouse]

So its either:

The Gods of Eden by William Bramley

or

The Idea of History by R. G. Collingwood