jenniflower Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Hi I’m looking to start up / join a book club with some like minded people. I particularly enjoy science fiction and popular science and my favourite author, in the world, ever, is Kurt Vonnegut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Hack Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 If you've read 'We' by Yevgeny Zamyatin I'll join. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenniflower Posted March 16, 2007 Author Share Posted March 16, 2007 Well I think we have our first book. It looks good. Old school, before real; science got in the way of all those possibilities. If anyone else wants to join us, you can find a review here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_(novel) We'll see if anyone else is interested... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Hack Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Well I think we have our first book. It looks good. Old school, before real; science got in the way of all those possibilities. If anyone else wants to join us, you can find a review here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_(novel) We'll see if anyone else is interested... You missed out a bracket in the link. Fixed link here. It's fair to say that without this book, Orwell would not have written 1984. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenniflower Posted March 16, 2007 Author Share Posted March 16, 2007 I'm so looking forward to reading this book, sounds so good. That's a bold claim about 1984! Do you have a copy I can borrow, or shall I buy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Hack Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Hmmm... I have a copy, but maybe I should keep hold of it to refresh myself. Also mine's borrowed from aeons past and I might have to give it back one day. You might be best off getting your own copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenniflower Posted March 17, 2007 Author Share Posted March 17, 2007 I can't beleive there are no other scientist / sci-fi readers out there??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterpillar Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 There's a saying that goes: "never lend a book to a friend, because you'll lose your book and your friend" I am very choosy in lending books, I don't like parting with them. When I'm not too bothered I prefer to give them away to people or a charity shop. I had to start doing this (much to my dismay as a book hoarder) when I realized I had over 2000 books at home and most of them are double parked on the shelves. Still suffer when I say goodbye to one, though. One of the last books I read was "A suitable boy", 1300 pages and I was upset when I finished because I wanted more of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenniflower Posted March 27, 2007 Author Share Posted March 27, 2007 There's a saying that goes: "never lend a book to a friend, because you'll lose your book and your friend" I am very choosy in lending books, I don't like parting with them. When I'm not too bothered I prefer to give them away to people or a charity shop. I had to start doing this (much to my dismay as a book hoarder) when I realized I had over 2000 books at home and most of them are double parked on the shelves. Still suffer when I say goodbye to one, though. One of the last books I read was "A suitable boy", 1300 pages and I was upset when I finished because I wanted more of it! What a shame you feel this way! All the best books I read were lent to me, whether given to me by a friend or picked up at a laundry room in exchange for something I left. The more I love a book, the more I want to share it and it's ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterpillar Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Given or swapped is not really the same as lent. I have so much affection towards some of my books that if I lent them and I wouldn't get them back it would be like saying goodbye to my best friend. I'm happy to give away books I know I won't ever read, buy I don't lend many of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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