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Flaose
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Posts: 129
(8/3/02 3:49 am)
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Welcome!
Welcome to the Book Club forum!
In the coming days, we'll discuss great books with each other! The first book that we'll be reading is Lovelock, by Orson Scott Card and Kathryn H. Kidd.
Lovelock is a beautifully written story from the point of view of a capuchin monkey who's been genetically engineered to be as intelligent, if not more intelligent than most humans. His life is that of comfortable servitude. He's a witnesses, a living camera that records the lives of Earth's more prominent citizens, and his owner, the woman who's life he records and her family are leaving Earth to colonize a new world. Almost the entire book takes place in a small Christian community on board this massive vessile, and it's not much different from a normal town.
eK is the Moderator of this forum, so treat him nicely! I'm sure he'll be posting soon enough.
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Forge315 
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Posts: 849
(8/3/02 5:39 am)
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I'll see if I can't get this book tomorrow.
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KeenRush 
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Posts: 681
(8/3/02 7:12 am)
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Well, looks like the new forum is here.. Have fun!
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eK
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Posts: 733
(8/3/02 2:14 pm)
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Here's how we're going to do it.
We're going to try reading the book in about 3 weeks to a month. I'll be creating some topics to discuss sections of the book in groups of 3 chapters. Each section will be ONLY for commenting on those 3 chapters and any before it to avoid spoiling the book for slower (or busier) readers.
Anyone else excited? 
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KeenEmpire
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Posts: 272
(8/4/02 11:33 am)
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Re: Here's how we're going to do it.
I won't be able to get it for about 2 weeks (when school starts), and the school homepage is down, so I can't check for sure if they have it 
Er, yah. I'll catch up though.
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KeenRush
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Posts: 696
(8/4/02 2:16 pm)
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Re: Here's how we're going to do it.
Why don't use library, or is there near any?
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KeenEmpire
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Posts: 276
(8/4/02 2:27 pm)
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Re: Here's how we're going to do it.
No english library, except for my school
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Forge315
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Posts: 852
(8/4/02 2:44 pm)
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Re: Welcome!
To get this book on short notice is almost impossible, I’ll still look around for it, but I don’t think anything will come of it. Though to prevent this from happening often and to all of us, I think it would be wise if we know what book were going to read about a month in advance.
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eK
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Posts: 737
(8/4/02 4:40 pm)
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I'll bare that in mind next time, though I figured it would probably be hard to find that book, especially for those who live in non-English speaking countries.
The next book will be super easy to get ahold of though, it's available online (you can read it off the net for free).
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 chogall
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(8/4/02 5:32 pm)
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Re: :(
My library doesn't have Lovelock, unfortunately. I'll have to check with the English bookstore which will probably have it.
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Snaily 
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Posts: 449
(8/4/02 9:02 pm)
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Re: :(
I'll probably be able to pick it up tomorrow - luckily we have a SF&Fantasy-only book store in town...
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The Upravlenie
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(8/4/02 11:21 pm)
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Re: :(
I ordered the book from my library, but, it won't be here for 1-2 weeks.
"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." -Rich Cook. Edited by: The Upravlenie at: 8/4/02 11:27:54 pm
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Too Much Spare Time 
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Posts: 374
(8/5/02 2:41 am)
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Re: :(
That sounds a bit like a sci-fi short story (written by some mid 20th century writer) about a mouse who is visited by extraterresrials who give him intelligence that far surpasses that of humanity (shall we say IQ=314?). I can't remember the title of this story.
Tragically, the mouse, after observing the stupidity of humankind for a while, gets so despressed that he throws himself into a mousetrap.
Narf!
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KeenRush
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Posts: 703
(8/5/02 6:48 am)
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Well, can't the members of this club read the book with their own language, or do you all use English?
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Snaily
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(8/5/02 11:01 am)
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Re: :(
Trust me, getting translated versions might be just as hard as to find original ones.
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eK
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Posts: 738
(8/5/02 1:58 pm)
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Heh
I'm gonna get my copy from the Library tommorrow, hopefully I'll be able to get my mom to read it too. I've been trying to get her to read something by Orson Scott Card for about 2 years now.
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The Upravlenie
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Posts: 53
(8/6/02 11:20 pm)
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Suggestion:
Why don't you have several catagories of books and read one book from each?
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Thea
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Posts: 93
(8/7/02 12:56 pm)
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eek
I have to get the book, I'll pick it up tomorrow and do bedtime reading
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Isonian
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(8/7/02 1:38 pm)
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I just got the book, looks to be perfect for 3 chapter segments (12 chapters). The first 3 chapters round out nicely - great place to start discussion.
Anyone else get it yet?
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Flaose
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Posts: 157
(8/7/02 2:19 pm)
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I just got the book...have yet to start reading though (today though I will).
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Snaily
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(8/7/02 5:11 pm)
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There... Got it a couple of hours ago, and read the first three chapters on the way home.
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chogall
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(8/8/02 5:13:31 pm)
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Re: Welcome!
They didn't have it in any libraries, neither at the English bookstore, and not even at Avalon (a specialised sci-fi shop). I finally found a place that could order it, but it can take up to three weeks before I get it.
As Forge said, some advance notice could be helpful.
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eK
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Posts: 746
(8/8/02 5:52:20 pm)
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I know.
I'll try to announce the third and second books at the same time.
No one will have probs with the second, so no worries there.
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Forge315
Grand Intellect
Posts: 866
(8/8/02 8:42:59 pm)
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Okay I may get my copy of the book in by Friday.
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TCL999
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Posts: 100
(8/10/02 1:54:24 am)
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Wow, just saw this new forum... I've been looking for a new book to read so I'll probably pick this book up. It should be fairly easy since I'm in the U.S.
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ManderKeen
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Posts: 209
(8/10/02 12:46:13 pm)
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No one will have probs with the second, so no worries there.
Oh please, oh please not LOTR! I'm so bored with it!
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eK
Isonian
Posts: 749
(8/10/02 1:38:13 pm)
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um.
Err. It's not LOTR, and I've said repeatedly that it's going to be a classic, not fantasy.
LOTR is great, but it's so commonly read we won't read it here.
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KeenEmpire
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Posts: 297
(8/17/02 9:26:50 am)
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Yes, it's in! I'll have it by monday afternoon, if nothing goes wrong
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KeenEmpire
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Posts: 316
(8/23/02 3:55:51 pm)
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Re: Welcome!
Blah, am starting it today. Sorry I'm so late, I got addicted by OSC's Xenocide...on the same shelf!
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Flaose
Pooper, King of the Slugs
Posts: 230
(8/24/02 1:39:43 pm)
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Re: Welcome!
I just read Ender's Shadow. Now that's an AWESOME book!
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The Upravlenie
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Posts: 139
(8/27/02 1:49:21 am)
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Re: Welcome!
Anybody read Timeline by Michael Crichton?
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eK
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Posts: 790
(8/27/02 3:36:34 am)
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yah
I did, it was okay, some plot holes and a made for movies story line sorta ruined it for me.
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The Upravlenie
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Posts: 142
(8/28/02 12:14:02 am)
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Re: yah
"If it weren't for electricity we'd all be watching television by candlelight." -George Gobol. Edited by: The Upravlenie at: 8/28/02 12:14:54 am
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RoboRed 
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Posts: 327
(8/31/02 4:48:56 pm)
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Re: yah
How about "Staying Fat For Sarah Byrns"?
Now THAT'S a great book!
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