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Please vote for ALL books you are interested in reading.

A CANTICLE FOR LEIBOWITZ by William Miller - (pub. 1959; 334pgs; science-fiction)
4 (9.8%)
BERLIN GAME by Len Deighton - (pub. 1983; 352pgs; thriller)
2 (4.9%)
COSMOPOLIS by Don DeLillo - (pub. 2003; 209pgs; literary fiction)
5 (12.2%)
EAST OF EDEN by John Steinbeck - (pub. 1952; 601pgs; historical fiction)
2 (4.9%)
MIDDLEMARCH by George Eliot - (pub. 1872; 904pgs; literary fiction)
2 (4.9%)
NAKED LUNCH by William S. Burroughs - (pub. 2004; 289pgs; literary fiction)
5 (12.2%)
OLD MAN'S WAR by John Scalzi - (pub. 2005; 314 pgs; science fiction)
2 (4.9%)
SPEAKER FOR THE DEAD by Orson Scott Card - (pub. 1994; 382 pgs; science fiction)
5 (12.2%)
STAY: A HISTORY OF SUICIDE AND THE PHILOSOPHIES AGAINST IT by Jennifer Michael Hecht - (pub. 2013; 280 pgs; non-fiction)
1 (2.4%)
STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND by Robert A. Heinlein - (pub. 1961; 528pgs; science fiction)
8 (19.5%)
THE EMBEDDING by Ian Watson - (pub. 1989; 196pgs; science fiction)
1 (2.4%)
WE by Yevgeny Zamyatin - (pub. 1924; 226 pgs; science fiction)
4 (9.8%)

Total Members Voted: 11

Author Topic: FS Book Discussion #2 - Stranger In A Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein  (Read 13413 times)

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Re: FS Book Discussion #2 nomination thread and voting is open (for 1 week)
« Reply #10 on: September 27, 2014, 03:40:21 AM »
Cosmopolis.
Naked Lunch.


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Re: FS Book Discussion #2 nomination thread and voting is open (for 1 week)
« Reply #11 on: September 27, 2014, 09:53:44 AM »
Oh wow lord, Middlemarch is 904 pages :o

Whoops, I didn't know it was that long I just knew I wanted to read it. Isn't there a limit? should I pick another one?
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Re: FS Book Discussion #2 nomination thread and voting is open (for 1 week)
« Reply #12 on: September 27, 2014, 10:12:40 AM »
We could group watch the miniseries. It's only 375 minutes and worth every one of them. Ahh, but that would be another thread. :)


Can we throw Stranger in a Strange Land back into the mix?

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Re: FS Book Discussion #2 nomination thread and voting is open (for 1 week)
« Reply #13 on: September 28, 2014, 02:40:22 AM »
^ Sure. I'll add SiaSL.

Oh wow lord, Middlemarch is 904 pages :o

Whoops, I didn't know it was that long I just knew I wanted to read it. Isn't there a limit? should I pick another one?

Oh no, no need to change it :) There's no page limit, I was just surprised ;D

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Re: FS Book Discussion #2 nomination thread and voting is open (for 1 week)
« Reply #14 on: September 29, 2014, 09:02:25 PM »
last bump up for nominations. I'll setup the poll in around 24 hours.

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Re: FS Book Discussion #2 nomination thread and voting is open (for 1 week)
« Reply #15 on: September 30, 2014, 06:15:44 PM »
May I cancel my nomination for Scalzi's Lock-in, and instead nominate Len Deighton's Berlin Game?

I just noticed it watching Jackie Brown.




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Re: FS Book Discussion #2 nomination thread and voting is open (for 1 week)
« Reply #16 on: September 30, 2014, 08:33:39 PM »
Sorry I had to create a new thread :-[ It slipped my mind to use an existing thread for the nominations.

After voting, this thread will be re-appropriated as the discussion thread for the chosen book.

Poll is up. Please vote for ALL books you are interested in reading.

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Re: FS Book Discussion #2 nomination thread and voting is open (for 1 week)
« Reply #17 on: October 01, 2014, 09:59:39 AM »
Do you want me to merge them?
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Re: FS Book Discussion #2 nomination thread and voting is open (for 1 week)
« Reply #18 on: October 01, 2014, 08:33:33 PM »
Yeah, that would be great. Neater :) Thanks!

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Re: FS Book Discussion #2 nomination thread and voting is open (for 1 week)
« Reply #19 on: October 01, 2014, 08:37:19 PM »
Wow, it looks like I could be reading an Asimov and Heinlein book this month. Might as well throw in an Arthur C. Clarke novel in there while I'm at it :P