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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/af/Ubik%281stEd%29.jpg This is the thread where we'll be discussing Philip K. Dick's Ubik. You can discuss anything you'd like about the section of the novel we are reading. From the 31st of March to the 7th of April we'll be discussing the first 5 chapte...

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Ubik schedule:
Chapters 1-5 (March 31st-April 7th)
Chapters 6-8 (April 7th-14th)
Chapters 9-12 (April 14th-21st)
Chapters 13-End (April 21st-28th)

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Philip K. Dick's Ubik has won the poll. This is the first book that we'll be taking on that I have already read before. I'll post the schedule sometime between today and next Wednesday.

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Around 24 hours to get your votes in.

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Edit: Forgot I already posted in this thread.

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01 | Mother 3 | 2006 02 | Undertale | 2015 03 | Chrono Trigger | 1995 04 | Final Fantasy VII | 1997 05 | EarthBound | 1994 06 | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | 2010 07 | Xenoblade Chronicles | 2010 08 | Fallout 3 | 2008 09 | Super Smash Bros. Brawl | 2008 10 | Call of Duty: Black Ops | 2010 11 | Fire ...

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Choose 3 books that you would like to discuss in a book club.

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We now move on to reading to the end of the book.

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Around 24 hours left to get your nominations in.

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I'm only going to predict the Best Picture noms since I haven't been following the awards season that closely this year. Best Picture Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Mank Minari Nomadland Promising Young Woman Soul Sound of Metal The Trial of the Chicago 7 I also think that Noman...

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I'll nominate:
Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon

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Here are the rules for nominations: 1. The book must be on this list. 2. You may now nominate two books or series. 3. You may not nominate a book that has already been selected in the past. These are: The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft The Road by Cormac McCarthy The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemi...

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We now move on to chapters 11-12.

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I'm not involved in this book club, but I read the novel a while ago. Did the character Ignatius J. Reilly predict modern internet "neckbeard" culture? Discuss. I think so, the "neckbeard" archetype probably has existed forever but never reached a level of notoriety until the in...

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We now move on to chapters 9-10.

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TSPDT is holding a poll for visitors of their website. You must have a Google account and fill out a form with 25 of your favorite films. Here is the link.

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We now move on to chapters 7-8.

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What was the last big band break up? R.E.M.? The White Stripes?

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We now move on to chapters 5-6.

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And of course, Nigerians mobilize support for Fela. Great for them! https://thenationonlineng.net/nigerians-mobilises-support-for-fela-kuti-as-winner-rock-roll-hall-of-fame/ He's ahead by 94k votes to 64k to Tina Turner, probably uncatchable at this point. Has anyone figured out how well the fan vo...

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Fela's miraculously in the top 5 now.

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Listyguy wrote: ↑Thu Feb 11, 2021 2:22 am
ordinaryperson wrote: ↑Wed Feb 10, 2021 11:58 pm Fela Kuti's sadly in last place.
Not just in last place, but has less than half as many votes as second to last.

What's interesting is that Jay-Z is in second to last place which is strange since so many think he's a shoe-in to get inducted this year.

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The current top 5 for the fan vote is:

1. Tina Turner
2. Foo Fighters
3. Carole King
4. Iron Maiden
5. The Go-Go's

Fela Kuti's sadly in last place.

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I was looking up when they were going to announce the nominees last night.

My picks:
Kate Bush
DEVO
Foo Fighters
Fela Kuti
New York Dolls

My predictions:
Foo Fighters
Jay-Z
Carole King
Todd Rundgren
Tina Turner

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We now move on to chapters 3-4.

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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/67/Confederacy_of_dunces_cover.jpg This is the thread where we'll be discussing John Kennedy Toole's 1980 novel A Confederacy of Dunces. You can discuss anything you'd like about the section of the novel we are reading. From the 3rd of February to the 10t...

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A Confederacy of Dunces is a longer novel so this will be the first selection of the book club to last longer than 4 weeks. Schedule: 1. Chapters 1-2 (February 3rd-10th) 2. Chapters 3-4 (February 10th-17th) 3. Chapters 5-6 (February 17th-24th) 4. Chapters 7-8 (February 24th-March 3rd) 5. Chapters 9-...

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Some 2010s films really shot up this time, though the decade is still rather underrepresented. I hate how long it takes for films to play catch up there. I imagine after the 2022 Sight & Sound poll the 2010s will finally get some better representation. It seems that some of them got cut off for...

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I just realized I never commented on Siddhartha despite actually keeping up with the schedule. The book was great but there was nothing I felt that I needed to say about it. Out of the four books we've read this is my favorite.

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Looks like John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces will be our next book. The discussion will start next Wednesday, I'll post the schedule sometime between now and then.

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They Shoot Pictures Don't They has updated their all time list, which can be viewed here.

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Less than 24 hours to get your vote in.

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Choose 3 books that you would like to discuss in a book club.

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We now move on to reading the last 3 chapters.

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Less than 24 hours to get your nominations in.

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Can I nominate Small Gods? It's part of the Discworld series and one of the few standalone works in the series - the general consensus seems to be that the first few books are actually a bad place to start since the style shifts a few books in, so I feel like this would be the best option. Sure, yo...

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I'll nominate:
Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon

ordinaryperson

Here are the rules for nominations: 1. The book must be on this list. 2. You may now nominate two books or series. 3. You may not nominate a book that has already been selected in the past. These are: The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft The Road by Cormac McCarthy The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemi...

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We now move on to reading from 'Sansara' to 'The Ferryman'.
I'm going to move the nomination thread to the 3rd (or the penultimate) week from now on.

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We now move on to reading from 'Awakening' to 'With the Childlike People'.

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Work on that PTG idea I mentioned a couple years ago

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Holden wrote: ↑Fri Jan 01, 2021 6:25 am Alright, in conclusion:
Chose your favorite two albums from each group of three! You have exactly seven days (January 8th) from the time of this post!

Shouldn't this say songs instead of albums unless I'm missing something.

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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Vorzugsausgabe_der_Erstauflage_von_1922%2C_Originalverlagseinband.JPG/330px-Vorzugsausgabe_der_Erstauflage_von_1922%2C_Originalverlagseinband.JPG Gutenberg Librivox This is the thread where we'll be discussing Hermann Hesse's 1922 novel Sidd...

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Finally got around to finishing The Sun Also Rises, most of what I thought about the book is similar to what BleuPanda said. I've read Hemingway before, in my freshman year of high school I read The Old Man and the Sea outside of thinking the book was boring I don't remember much about it. The Sun A...

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Schedule:

The Son of the Brahman-Awakening (Dec. 30-Jan. 6)
Kamala-Sansara (Jan. 6-Jan. 13)
By the River-The Son (Jan. 13-Jan. 20)
Om-End (Jan. 20-Jan. 27)

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My favorite match of 2020 would be between Omega & Page vs. The Young Bucks, WALTER vs. Dragunov, and the Royal Rumble.

R.I.P. Brodie Lee

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Looks like Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha will be our next book. The discussion will start next Wednesday, I'll post the schedule sometime between now and then.

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Choose 3 books that you would like to discuss in a book club.

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Thank you for re-doing this thread Live in Phoenix, every time I checked the original thread on my phone it would cause Safari to crash.

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