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Snapchat A Titty posted:I haven't read it. It's got that The Lottery (Shriley Jackson) vibe, but it's obviously not it. The doorknob twist is pretty corny to me, but it might work pretty well in the text. 1999-2000, a photocopied version my English 8 teacher gave to us
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Sugar Boy rules. I would totally reread that book if I didn't already have plans to reread Midnight’s Children soon.
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Is there a thread here for the Aubrey-Maturin series?
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Professor Shark posted:Is there a thread here for the Aubrey-Maturin series? Yes, a bit further down, inactive since March. Can't link it for you because I'm posting via the app at the moment.
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mcustic posted:Yes, a bit further down, inactive since March. Can't link it for you because I'm posting via the app at the moment. Awesome, thanks
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My book club read Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart this month. Our meeting is tonight, and my friend always likes to bring discussion questions in case conversation hits a lull. However, she couldn't find any, and I'm having difficulties as well. Does anyone have any resources I can bring? Or, since it's a TBB favorite, does anyone want to give me some topics/questions to bring?
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Franchescanado posted:My book club read Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart this month. Our meeting is tonight, and my friend always likes to bring discussion questions in case conversation hits a lull. However, she couldn't find any, and I'm having difficulties as well. If you want to poo poo on the proverbial floor, bring up cultural appropriation. Otherwise I'd talk about trickster myths and the adaptation of traditional folk tales for modern fantasy. Almost every set piece in BoB, from the gold making GBS threads goat on down, is taken out of traditional folk tales then re-imagined. The other really magical thing about BoB is that there are no real villains; just about every character is humanized and given depth and a chance to earn the reader's sympathy. You could also talk about moral inversions. The slight flaw in the character. Murdering someone who deserves it.
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Franchescanado posted:My book club read Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart this month. Our meeting is tonight, and my friend always likes to bring discussion questions in case conversation hits a lull. However, she couldn't find any, and I'm having difficulties as well. is talking about a book really that hard man
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May 27, 2016 01:31
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A human heart posted:is talking about a book really that hard man No, and I don't like having structured questions, but the others do to entice more discussion, and I'm a team player.
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How do you pronounce Andre Dubus III? One of his stories ruined my life the other day and I've struggled to describe it to people because I don't know how to pronounce the author's name.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Otherwise I'd talk about trickster myths and the adaptation of traditional folk tales for modern fantasy. Almost every set piece in BoB, from the gold making GBS threads goat on down, is taken out of traditional folk tales then re-imagined. On that topic, anyone have recommendations for more books in that vein, i.e. modern adaptations of traditional trickster folk tales?
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ToxicFrog posted:On that topic, anyone have recommendations for more books in that vein, i.e. modern adaptations of traditional trickster folk tales? Neil Gaiman made a decent attempt with Anansi Boys.
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ToxicFrog posted:On that topic, anyone have recommendations for more books in that vein, i.e. modern adaptations of traditional trickster folk tales? I had fun with Coyote Blue by Christopher Moore.
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cheerfullydrab posted:How do you pronounce Andre Dubus III? Wikipedia yo: His surname is pronounced "Duh-BYOOSE", with the accent falling on the second syllable, as in "profuse". I would probably write "d'abuse but without the a"
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Snapchat A Titty posted:Wikipedia yo: His surname is pronounced "Duh-BYOOSE", with the accent falling on the second syllable, as in "profuse". Thank you.
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A human heart posted:is talking about a book really that hard man Reading books is hard, man. Now you want to talk about them too?
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https://www.humblebundle.com/books/small-beer-press-fiction any of this good?
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Mortimer posted:https://www.humblebundle.com/books/small-beer-press-fiction I've only read North American Lake Monsters, which is under the 'More than $10 Average' tier, roughly what I paid for it. It was a decent horror collection with at least three strong stories, but I traded it in at a book store for store credit. I don't think I'll revisit it.
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Lydia Millet does good adult fiction, not sure about her YA stuff
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Mortimer posted:https://www.humblebundle.com/books/small-beer-press-fiction Everything I recognise is good. Small Beer is good. But what you really want to be spending your money on is Mark Z. Danielewski's clothing range, right? http://markzdanielewski.com/ Like the Yggdrasil zip-up hoodie and "It's mine" bag (explicit!) They even come with page numbers!
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Mortimer posted:https://www.humblebundle.com/books/small-beer-press-fiction *hunched, deep in thought, fingers rubbing chin* I wonder if the people who sell bad videogames for low prices have good taste in books
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I read so much. But I feel I am a jaded adult. I miss the sparkly warmth reading Harry Potter under the covers gave me. That's really what I am seeking when I read but forgot until now.
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Lampsacus posted:I read so much. But I feel I am a jaded adult. I miss the sparkly warmth reading Harry Potter under the covers gave me. That's really what I am seeking when I read but forgot until now. Read Bridge of Birds, it's the closest you'll get
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gwaarrk posted:I just finished reading Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt and it was a pretty good creepy horror book, but in the epilogue he says that he changed stuff for the american version including the ending. And so far I can not find the original dutch ending online, does anyone have a link to it or could just spoil it for me? 
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I'm getting depressed by reading all the comments online about the actress playing Hermione Granger in the new stage play 
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Hedrigall posted:I'm getting depressed by reading all the comments online about the actress playing Hermione Granger in the new stage play I guess she's some sort of a... black mage 
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Lampsacus posted:I read so much. But I feel I am a jaded adult. I miss the sparkly warmth reading Harry Potter under the covers gave me. That's really what I am seeking when I read but forgot until now. if you want sparkles under the covers, there's a ton of weird "erotica"
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yeah hi long time reader first time caller just had a quick question where the gently caress is the book club thread thank you
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Mel Mudkiper posted:yeah hi long time reader first time caller just had a quick question where the gently caress is the book club thread thank you http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3774553 Ha I had the same problem earlier. Trick is you gotta search for "botm". There's no room to have the full sentence "Book of the Month" + title and author on top.
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Snapchat A Titty posted:http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3774553 ITS JUNE THOUGH!
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Mel Mudkiper posted:ITS JUNE THOUGH! AH gently caress idk the poll for choosing the book is here: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3777499
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"I Sing the Body Electric" is the best conceived title for a poem and also for an anthology, album, song and play and others.
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Is there a Harry Potter thread? Early audience reports from the Cursed Child previews are hitting the Internet. The plot sounds batshit crazy: Albus Potter and Scorpio Malfoy, who are super BFFs, steal a time turner to go back and try to save Cedric Diggory (reason=?????), only to accidentally create a dark alternate future where Harry died in book 7 and Voldemort took over the world. They eventually fix things. Cameos by past and future versions of almost every character who's ever been in the series. It sounds both  and  I legitimately can't wait to read this crazy motherfucker when the script comes out. 
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Further thoughts: I thought time turners didn't work that way. The plot is literally Back to the Future and even more literally that fan musical, A Very Potter Sequel.
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Full plot descriptions: Part 1 - http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sop22s Part 2 - http://victorkrvm.tumblr.com/post/145680264471/in-depth-plot-summary-of-cursed-child-part-two Spoilers, duh.
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With regards to certain stories working best in specific mediums, why would a time-travel storyin the Harry Potter universe be made as a play? That doesn't really make sense.
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Hedrigall posted:Full plot descriptions:
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Franchescanado posted:With regards to certain stories working best in specific mediums, why would a time-travel storyin the Harry Potter universe be made as a play? That doesn't really make sense. You couldn't be more wrong, the second Harry Potter musical (A Very Potter Sequel) is a time travel story and it's brilliant.
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I'm not trolling, the plot is legitimately ingenious.
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