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Post by MaxQuad on Feb 4, 2005 21:58:50 GMT -5
I have had my way with Ahab's Wife. What's next?
MQ
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Post by RepairmanJack on Feb 4, 2005 23:53:30 GMT -5
While the rest of us are finishing you can reread Moby Dick to refresh our memories on the other point of view Ok, speedy. I have less than 200 pages to go still. Very well written and an interesting take on life at this time. I should finish in the next few days.
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Post by MaxQuad on Feb 5, 2005 9:49:14 GMT -5
While the rest of us are finishing you can reread Moby Dick to refresh our memories on the other point of view Ok, speedy. I have less than 200 pages to go still. Very well written and an interesting take on life at this time. I should finish in the next few days. I'm not sure about the Moby Dick assignment - as I have already started The Time Traveler's Wife. Tempting to read Moby Dick in the near future, as I have never tackled it previously. As for speedy, not really. I just happen to have a lot of time on my hands recently. If it is speed, it will likely detract from the quality of my comments on the book. Are we just doing a free-form reaction? I may start gathering my thoughts soon - something else to do with all this free time. Enjoy the weekend. MQ
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Post by Shutter Girl on Feb 5, 2005 10:16:15 GMT -5
I admit to being a little slow at it! But only because I have to read a book discussion book for work and.... I spend too much time online talking to you lot! What I've read I've really loved. Nice choice, that. You can say whatever you like about it whenever you'd like. Free form is fine, and if not there are book discussion questions online if we need them.
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Post by RepairmanJack on Feb 5, 2005 11:43:12 GMT -5
Actually I have never read Moby Dick either. Another of the classics I have neglected to attempt. A free form discussion is fine with me. When I do my book discussion group at work I write out some broad questions to get the discussion started and then let the conversation dictate where we head from there. I agree that speed is not conducive to a good conversation (unless you have a photographic mind). Ok, I have to get back to the book now. I am at a particularly good part ;D
Time Traveler's Wife... I attempted this book several months ago. I just could not get into it at the time. All the jumping back and forth in time was distracting. A number of friends have read it and they all loved the book. I may have to give it another try at a later date. I have way too many books sitting on our bookshelf (ok a number of them are on the floor next to my recliner) that I want to get to next.
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Post by RepairmanJack on Feb 10, 2005 9:00:41 GMT -5
MQ how goes the Time Travelers Wife? I am curious to hear your opinion of it. All the other people who recommended it to me are women. I want to know what a man's opinion of it is.
I finished Ahab's Wife yesterday ;D I did enjoy it, but will say I thought the last third of the book dragged a bit. It seemed like the author was trying to throw to much in to the story. That really slowed the flow for me. Some of the little twists I thought were totally unnecessary also. Still, a lot of things to discuss. But I will say no more until others have finished (or promise not to read this thread anymore until they do).
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Post by MaxQuad on Feb 10, 2005 22:42:28 GMT -5
MQ how goes the Time Travelers Wife? I am curious to hear your opinion of it. All the other people who recommended it to me are women. I want to know what a man's opinion of it is. RJ, I just finished it minutes ago. It was a thoroughly enjoyable read - sad and joyous at the same time. It is a fascinating story of waiting for the one you love. The unique view? Here we experience waiting at both ends of the relationship - before and after. Well worth the investment of time; well worth tolerating the confusion experienced in the initial pages. MQ
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Post by RepairmanJack on Feb 11, 2005 0:04:44 GMT -5
I will have to put the Time Traveler's Wife back on my list of books to read. Now if we can just get Shutter Girl to finish Ahab's Wife...
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Post by MaxQuad on Feb 27, 2005 14:16:07 GMT -5
Not to put pressure on Shutter Girl, but have we given thought to the next book for our discussion group (intimate as it may be)?
MQ
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Post by stubedoo on Feb 27, 2005 15:48:00 GMT -5
I have a suggestion. Flatland by Edwin Abbot. It's short and available on Amazon for $1.50. I read it years ago and lost my copy so I ordered another and plan to read it again. It's a brilliant mixture of clever geometric mathematics and Victorian social commentary. tinyurl.com/63rjs
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Post by MaxQuad on Feb 28, 2005 19:18:00 GMT -5
I have a suggestion. Flatland by Edwin Abbot. It's short and available on Amazon for $1.50. I read it years ago and lost my copy so I ordered another and plan to read it again. It's a brilliant mixture of clever geometric mathematics and Victorian social commentary. tinyurl.com/63rjsInteresting suggestion Stu. Remind me, how many pages of Ahab's Wife did you read before you put it down? If we prorate it for this book, which is about one-fifth as long, I believe it may give me a paragraph or two to judge it, right? MQ
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Post by Shutter Girl on Feb 28, 2005 21:56:44 GMT -5
LOL Max!! Well, Repairman and TriKrona have already read it so perhaps we can sort of stick with that theme (scifi?) and pick another classic? How about Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin. Has anyone read that one yet? It won both the Hugo and the Nebula awards and has much to discuss. Thinking of doing something you might enjoy, Stu....
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Post by stubedoo on Feb 28, 2005 23:38:39 GMT -5
Flatland is not one bit sci fi, actually. It was written in the late 18th century and is a Victorian satirical novel about social classes.
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Post by stubedoo on Feb 28, 2005 23:40:00 GMT -5
Interesting suggestion Stu. Remind me, how many pages of Ahab's Wife did you read before you put it down? If we prorate it for this book, which is about one-fifth as long, I believe it may give me a paragraph or two to judge it, right? MQ[/quote Very funny "Max". You have to remember when I started it I was up at a ski cabin with a bunch of drunk guys.
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Post by stubedoo on Feb 28, 2005 23:47:29 GMT -5
LOL Max!! How about Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin. Has anyone read that one yet? It won both the Hugo and the Nebula awards and has much to discuss. Thinking of doing something you might enjoy, Stu.... Don't do anything on my account. As you know, I'm very flaky I've read Left Hand of Darkness and it is an excellent book and I highly recommend it. And just so you know I don't JUST read science and sci fi. Here are a couple of more (non sci fi) suggestions: Galileo's Daughter tinyurl.com/3vsj2Fabric of the Cosmos tinyurl.com/Obsessive Genius tinyurl.com/4soxrOr none of the above.
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