Sub, I get enough of non-fiction in school. Also, its hard to find a cheap copy of a specific non-fiction book, but go ahead and nominate one.
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Marquez
The Book of Disquite - Pessoa
The Return of the Native - Hardy
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Dick
Notre Dame - Hugo
Sons and Lovers - Lawrence
All the Kings Men - Warren
East of Eden - Steinbeck
Persuasion - Austin
Atonement - McEwen
Sub, I get enough of non-fiction in school. Also, its hard to find a cheap copy of a specific non-fiction book, but go ahead and nominate one.
...Also baby duck hat would be good for parties.
same as you actually,..Since i finished school, most of the things i read are fictions...and i'm feeling bored these days with fiction.
Androids! Sheep! Whooo!
Besides, I'm reading Brothers Karamazov right now, and if I'm gonna read something else in addition, I want it to be slightly less heavy. (Seeing as I have two -- count them, two -- sides to my personality: dark, and silly.
If you had to live with this you'd rather lie than fall.
You think I can't fly? Well, you just watch me!
~The Dresden Dolls
What is the android sheep all about?
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Stanislaw Lem
1921 - 2006, Rest In Peace.
"Faith is, at one and the same time, absolutely necessary and altogether impossible"
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? was published in 1968 by master of the grim and foreboding Philip K. Dick. The book was the inspiration for the film "Blade Runner." I'll post the summary from the back of the book: "By 2021, the World War had killed millions, driving entire species into extinction and sending mankind off-planet. Those who remained coveted any living creature, and for people who couldn't afford one, companies built incredibly realistic simulcrae: horses, birds, cats, sheep...even humans. Emigrants to Mars recieved androids so sophisticated it was impossible to tell them from true men or women. Fearful of the havoc these artificial humans could wreak, the government banned them from Earth. But when androids didn't want to be identified, they just blended in. Rick Deckard was an officially sanctioned bounty hunter whose job was to find rogue androids, and to "retire" them. But when cornered, androids tended to fight back, with deadly results." This book is a true modern classic. It comments on war, modern religion, human instinct, and technology. A must read.
"When unto these sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up a remembrance of things past."
Sweeeet. That sounds better than silly. C'mon, people, vote for the Android Sheep!!
If you had to live with this you'd rather lie than fall.
You think I can't fly? Well, you just watch me!
~The Dresden Dolls
I write this on April 2 at 2:21 AM (Greenwitch meantime), and it appears that Notre Dame won. So gentlemen, hunch your backs, and get to reading. If there's alot of interest in the sheep book, nominate it agian next month. We actually havn't had any renominations so far.
...Also baby duck hat would be good for parties.
Oh, fine, I'll just read the damn sheep book later. For now, consider the back hunched.
If you had to live with this you'd rather lie than fall.
You think I can't fly? Well, you just watch me!
~The Dresden Dolls
yes, yes, yes!!! started reading it yesterday, and hadn't even looked at my comp for confirmation!!! too cool
*ok, will shudup now
shh!!!
the air and water have been here a long time, and they are telling stories.
Too bad I was too late for 'East of Eden'.
I quite fancied the Phillip Dick book too. But I didnt vote, so I really should shut up! My excuse is that I'm new here. But I will buy Notre Dame tomorrow and get reading!
Me too! I'm certainly glad my essays are almost over -- I'm running out of words, and need to stock up on some new ones
At the end of the game, the king and the pawn return to the same box...
Wow! It's great to see new people jumping directly into the book club. Most newbs are intimidated by a whole month's worth of comiment to a new website. Welcome aboard.
...Also baby duck hat would be good for parties.
Notre Dame wins. Its a long one, get reading.