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I'm halfway through And Another Thing at the moment. I am pretty sure I'll be finished by January, but anything can happen when it's me reading a book. Anyhow, it might be very uncool to take part if I've actually just finished it, right? In the event it was chosen...
Regarding the other choices, Philip K. Dick is one I might be able to finish along with other readers (ie.keep up with them), but I'm going to be very cautious and just not vote.
What I said before!Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
Hey, just discovered that quoting oneself is such a delight! :p :D
"the last september" has no chance. so I used my vote for "one of ours"
Going once...
I thought for sure I bought that book; I will have to go hunting it. It was before Christmas...it's here somewhere.....amongst the book stacks.....*searching furiously*.....
Yes, hopefully life does go on after Christmas! Good quote Scher!
I reeaaallly would like to read One of Ours so please keep voting, peeps!
Janine> It ain't over yet! :D
This forum is suspiciously devoid of De Lillo fans.
I'm trying to read more SF so I'm going with Androids.
Yeah, I know; it was just hopeful thinking on my part....:nod::D...Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
vote people, vote....:banana:
Going twice...
Who is the author of "Humboldt's Gift"? I am afraid I never heard of the novel before. What's the novel about?
Saul Bellow. I read two other books by him but not this one so haven't got a clue. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Janine
I have spent so much money on books since I purchased the kindle that my prided frugality has now taken on the tincture of a constructed myth, but I was going to buy Dick's cult classic yesterday, and now I have a flimsy justification. :rolleyes: Instant gratification does not really ease psychic pain, but I tell myself I am stocking my fortress.
As to Dick, I haven't read all his stuff, and I should not like him, given my taste for complex realism and *high* modernism, and I do not know all his novels, but there is just something about his work that resists being dated, or tucked into genre, and I do like those of his stories I know. I read up @ Amazon on the controversy between Blade Runner and the original text, and think I have room for both variations. I just need to check a couple of things, and then, whoosh! :)
if Androids wins count me in :D
What the heck, I'm in for Androids too. Sounds like a fast and interesting read, and something different from what i normally would read. Ok, I'm in. :D
Well, I wooshed this morning, had pop tarts, went to the bank, did my shopping, fed kitties, and have to put a pad lock on my Amazon account at this point. I was supposed to have my book splurge last year. I will not start reading until after midnight--and not to worry. I wanted the title, just clarifying in case of a last minute surge or what.