book club

Sam Kenobi · **Mon Mar 08, 2004 8:46 pm book club**

i.e. The story says that Goldilocks ate the "porridge" because she was "hungry". But what would Freud say?

yeah, I'm serious. we can all read a book and get down with some hard core analysis and discussion

no seriously. anyone interested?

syd2002 · **Mon Mar 08, 2004 9:33 pm**

Seems intersting

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Gladiator · **Mon Mar 08, 2004 9:50 pm**

I've heard some really creepy stuff from Freud

Puck · The Texan Joined: 05 Jan 2004 Posts: 5596

I would be in for it, yall better do good books though, not dumb or weird ones!

Gladiator · **Mon Mar 08, 2004 10:55 pm**

so what's the first book?

Sam Kenobi · **Mon Mar 08, 2004 10:58 pm**

I don't know... maybe we should all think of one and then vote on it?

I nominate The Poisonwood Bible by Barbra Kingsolver

Arellia · **Mon Mar 08, 2004 11:03 pm**

Book club sounds interesting, I'd be up for it.

My nomination would be for 'Illusions' by Richard Bach.

Gladiator · **Mon Mar 08, 2004 11:05 pm**

give a description with the title so we can pick better

Sam Kenobi · **Mon Mar 08, 2004 11:11 pm**

The Poisonwood Bible is about a baptist preacher and his family who go to the Congo during the 60s (and political turmoil there). It's basically a journey where the family discovers how religion and Americanization have held them back from actually living. The name Poisonwood Bible comes from the father/preacher Nathan, who selfishly tries to convert souls in the Congo for his own good. In Congolese there is a word that means "savior" but if the word is pronounced incorrectly, which Nathan does, it means the Poisonwood tree that makes people sick. Anyway... it's not religious, but raises a lot of good thought and questions. and very well written

Arellia · **Mon Mar 08, 2004 11:11 pm**

'Illusions' is a rather unusual book about a man named Richard who meets up with a guy named Donald Shimoda. Both fly biplanes, and Shimoda happens to be a miracle worker who gave up the job of 'Messiah'. It's basically a musing on the universe and what it is using the two characters. And no, it doesn't cross too many religious lines, steers pretty clear of that. It's just a very...interesting book.

And for length, it's not too excruciatingly long, about 200 pages, and that's in rather large print.

There ya' go.

Gladiator · **Mon Mar 08, 2004 11:21 pm**

These two books sound great maybe we should read them in order of posting...like first come first served. I like the first one but the second sounds soo good too

Sam Kenobi · **Wed Mar 10, 2004 1:17 pm**

cool, lets try and get some more people to join and then we can decide

IntrepidIsMe · **Wed Mar 10, 2004 4:29 pm**

I vote for The Alienist,

ILoveHarry · Admiral Joined: 14 Jan 2004 Posts: 7909 Location: Houston

sounds fun!!!

Sam Kenobi · **Wed Mar 10, 2004 9:26 pm**

What's the Alienist about?

IntrepidIsMe · **Wed Mar 10, 2004 9:42 pm**

hehehe. It was really excellent, you can't exactley judge by a summary, but I'll summarize anywho,

By: Caleb Carr

It takes place in the late 1800's when Teddy Roosevelt served as cheif of police for NYC. There's a serial killer going around killing young boy prostitutes. So then an alienist (back in the late 1800's-early 1900's, they were people who worked with the mentally ill [they were thought to be "alienated" from the rest of society]), a journalist (narrator), a sercretary, and two brothers who do forensics get together to stop him. It's reaaaaaaaally good.
Not sure if it's for a book club though,

I'd suggest you'd all read it!! I think Caleb Carr has a degree in history (of NYC in particular), so you know he knows what he's talking about.

Thomas or Theresa, I'll so send you a copy,

link --> Alienist

Sam Kenobi · **Wed Mar 10, 2004 11:42 pm**

cool, alright, I'll make a poll. we'll decide and then read

Defiant · **Thu Mar 11, 2004 12:18 pm**

We should do a club, where you dont read books you have to read in high school, cuz I hate high school english books. We should read Star Trek books!

Sam Kenobi · **Thu Mar 11, 2004 12:30 pm**

naw, man. we need books that actually have literary merit

Star Trek book are fine for escapism... yeah, I read them all the time, but to discuss intellectually... we need some meaty stuff

Defiant · **Thu Mar 11, 2004 12:39 pm**

merit? MERIT? Who needs merit, when you have Star Trek!

IntrepidIsMe · **Thu Mar 11, 2004 4:28 pm**

I voted for Poisonwood Bible, as I haven't read it,

Sam Kenobi · **Thu Mar 11, 2004 5:57 pm**

ok, I'll keep the poll open for a few more days. hopefully we'll everntually have one that looks like a winner

ILoveHarry · Admiral Joined: 14 Jan 2004 Posts: 7909 Location: Houston

I voted for the Alienest. The description caught my attention just a bit more than the others.

Thomas · **Fri Mar 12, 2004 8:21 am**

^ Yeah, me too... because it'll be the easiest to get a copy of,

Sam Kenobi · **Mon Mar 15, 2004 1:07 am**

Alright... looks like it's Poisonwood then. Just to warn you all, it's pretty long. So if no one's really in to a long book, let it be heard cause it looks like thats what we're reading.