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may a pole, pick a book, poll a may This poll is closed. |
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| Elmer Gates and the Art of Mind-Using by Donald Edson Gates |
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2 | 4.88% |
| The Plot Against America by Philip Roth |
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7 | 17.07% |
| The Fate of Rome by Kyle Harper |
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5 | 12.20% |
| Night Flight by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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9 | 21.95% |
| Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry |
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9 | 21.95% |
| Addiction by Design by Natasha Dow Schull |
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9 | 21.95% |
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Come one come all and VOTE for your choice for the Book of the Month for the next two months. You can vote for more than one choice, so pick all the ones you feel you might want to read. If there's a book not listed you think would be a good pick, make a post at the bottom of the thread! 1) Elmer Gates and the Art of Mind-Using by Donald Edson Gates quote:Generally when someone tells you they’ve invented an “art of mind-using” that involves lots of made-up words and comes packaged with a spiritual philosophy, you should tell them “no thanks” and walk away. But, what if that same would-be crackpot was also an incredibly successful inventor whose contemporaries considered a genius? Moreover, what if that would-be crackpot also ran careful, rigorous experiments to validate their theories? And so we have Elmer Gates. 2) The Plot Against America by Philip Roth quote:The Plot Against America is a novel by Philip Roth published in 2004. It is an alternative history in which Franklin D. Roosevelt is defeated in the presidential election of 1940 by Charles Lindbergh. The novel follows the fortunes of the Roth family during the Lindbergh presidency, as antisemitism becomes more accepted in American life and Jewish-American families like the Roths are persecuted on various levels. The narrator and central character in the novel is the young Philip, and the care with which his confusion and terror are rendered makes the novel as much about the mysteries of growing up as about American politics. Roth based his novel on the isolationist ideas espoused by Lindbergh in real life as a spokesman for the America First Committee,[1] and on his own experiences growing up in Newark, New Jersey. The novel received praise for the realism of its world and its treatment of topics such as antisemitism, trauma, and the perception of history. The novel depicts the Weequahic section of Newark which includes Weequahic High School from which Roth graduated. A miniseries adaptation of the novel aired on HBO in March 2020. 3) The Fate of Rome by Kyle Harper quote:Interweaving a grand historical narrative with cutting-edge climate science and genetic discoveries, Kyle Harper traces how the fate of Rome was decided not just by emperors, soldiers, and barbarians but also by volcanic eruptions, solar cycles, climate instability, and devastating viruses and bacteria. He takes readers from Rome’s pinnacle in the second century, when the empire seemed an invincible superpower, to its unraveling by the seventh century, when Rome was politically fragmented and materially depleted. Harper describes how the Romans were resilient in the face of enormous environmental stress, until the besieged empire could no longer withstand the combined challenges of a “little ice age” and recurrent outbreaks of bubonic plague. 4) Night Flight by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry quote:Night Flight, published as Vol de Nuit in 1931, was the second novel by French writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. It went on to become an international bestseller and a film based on it appeared in 1933.[1] Its popularity, which only grew with the ideological conflicts of the 1930s – 1940s, was due to its master theme of sacrificing personal considerations to a cause in which one believes. 5) Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry quote:Under the Volcano is a novel by English writer Malcolm Lowry (1909–1957) published in 1947. The novel tells the story of Geoffrey Firmin, an alcoholic British consul in the small Mexican town of Quauhnahuac, on the Day of the Dead in November 1939. The book takes its name from the two volcanoes, Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl, that overshadow Quauhnahuac and the characters. Under the Volcano was Lowry's second and last complete novel. 6) Addiction by Design by Natasha Dow Schull https://twitter.com/devtesla/status/1511937758700490754?s=20&t=EC-QGeX_LvHgH_i5MBZqRw https://twitter.com/dvorak/status/1498157877210587137?s=20&t=EC-QGeX_LvHgH_i5MBZqRw
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Jesus christ, three way tie? Y'all trollin me. I'll go with Night Flight since it's probably going to have the best prose style and should be a free download given its age. I'll get a thread up soon.
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May 1, 2022 15:03
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Oh cool. I might try to read this one in the original French as an exercise in masochism and misplaced confidence in long lapsed language skills. I mean, I’ve read Saint-Exupéry’s Le Petit Prince so I feel this should be no problem. French version is online here https://www.fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid=20150364
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May 2, 2022 01:41
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https://twitter.com/alloy_dr/status/1521035786463940608?s=20&t=enjWRhIqlNhYrfPvN847zg
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