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Which shall we read in December? This poll is closed. |
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| Moon on the Crusted Snow |
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3 | 20.00% |
| Murder on the Orient Express |
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4 | 26.67% |
| The Terror |
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1 | 6.67% |
| Love |
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7 | 46.67% |
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The contestants... Moon on the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice quote:Moon of the Crusted Snow is a 2018 post-apocalyptic thriller novel by Waubgeshig Rice. Set in a rural Anishinaabe community in northern Canada, it follows a group of community members after they are cut off from the rest of the world amidst a societal collapse. A sequel, Moon of the Turning Leaves, was published on October 10, 2023. The novel was nominated for the 2019 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie quote:Murder on the Orient Express is a work of detective fiction by English writer Agatha Christie featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 1 January 1934. In the United States, it was published on 28 February 1934,[1][2] under the title of Murder in the Calais Coach, by Dodd, Mead and Company.[3][4] The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6)[5] and the US edition at $2.[4] The Terror by Dan Simmons quote:The Terror is a 2007 novel by American author Dan Simmons.[1] It is a fictionalized account of Captain Sir John Franklin's lost expedition, on HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, to the Arctic, in 1845–1848, to locate the Northwest Passage. In the novel, while Franklin and his crew are plagued by starvation and illness, and forced to contend with mutiny and cannibalism, they are stalked across the bleak Arctic landscape by a monster.[2] Love by Hanne Ørstavik (translated into English by Martin Aitken) quote:Love is the story of a single mother, Vibeke, and her son Jon, who have just moved to a small, remote town in the north of Norway. It’s the day before Jon’s birthday, but Vibeke, preoccupied with concerns of her own, has forgotten this. With a man on her mind, she ventures to the local library, while Jon goes out to sell lottery tickets for his sports club. From there we follow the two characters on their separate journeys through a cold winter’s night, as Ørstavik weaves together the two narratives in electric prose masterfully rendered into English by translator Martin Aitken. Bilirubin fucked around with this message at 01:02 on Nov 27, 2023 |
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Nov 27, 2023 00:52
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Mhm, mhm, can you explain why Snow by Orhan Pamuk isn’t in here
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Nov 27, 2023 19:44
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Sandwolf posted:Mhm, mhm, can you explain why Snow by Orhan Pamuk isn’t in here yes
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Nov 27, 2023 20:48
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sorry that sounded snarkier than it was meant. We had already discussed this on the discord, they meant it as a joke since the thread poll was called Snow but no book called Snow was there (I had no idea there was a book called Snow) Here I was going for the humorous answering of the literal question and ignoring the obvious implicit question actually being asked. Hilarious. Anyway I'm delighted Love is doing so well, but there is still time to vote for your favourite! Bilirubin fucked around with this message at 02:26 on Nov 29, 2023 |
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Nov 29, 2023 02:23
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I read someone's review of The Terror in the general horror thread a few years back, and sadly it made me never want to read anything Simmons writes.
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Nov 29, 2023 03:30
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escape artist posted:I read someone's review of The Terror in the general horror thread a few years back, and sadly it made me never want to read anything Simmons writes. Apparently this one was written before his, whatever, but I can understand that sentiment
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Nov 29, 2023 06:05
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