If people are interested, Harry G. Frankfurt's On Bullshit is short, inexpensive, and still on the NY Times' bestseller list.
I've been out of the abbey two days, I've beaten a lawman senseless, I've fallen in with criminals. I watched the captain shoot the man I swore to protect. And I'm not even sure if I think he was wrong.
Book ,'Serenity'
The Buffista Book Club: the Harry Potter iteration
This thread is a focused discussion group. Please see the first post below for the current topic and upcoming book discussions. While natter will inevitably happen, we encourage you to treat this like a virtual book club and try to keep your posts in that spirit.
By consensus, this thread is reopened specifically to discuss Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It will be closed again once that discussion has run its course.
***SPOILER ALERT***
Hayden - Aug 16, 2005 5:20:01 am PDT #1172 of 3301
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Wolfram - Aug 16, 2005 5:45:37 am PDT #1173 of 3301
Visilurking
Cool link, Deena!
I'd toss in a vote for Hound of the Baskervilles too. Whatever we end up with from Gutenbergs, I'll probably get a print copy through my library, but I was wondering if someone could reformat the text version from Gutenberg for easier reading. Maybe throw it up on a webpage somewhere? Also, during discussion, we'd be able to reference it easier.
Deena - Aug 16, 2005 5:58:19 am PDT #1174 of 3301
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
I could probably do that, Wolfram.
Ginger - Aug 16, 2005 6:03:45 am PDT #1175 of 3301
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'm always up for Sherlock Holmes. The word we're going for here might be "obsessive." I do have the new annotated Holmes, so I could throw in information from that.
(edited because "through" is not "throw," even when you have a fever)
Wolfram - Aug 16, 2005 6:07:36 am PDT #1176 of 3301
Visilurking
Thanks, Deena.
So is Harry Potter discussion officially done, or should we give it a little more time?
Fred Pete - Aug 16, 2005 6:08:47 am PDT #1177 of 3301
Ann, that's a ferret.
We can keep discussing while reading whatever is chosen next?
Wolfram - Aug 16, 2005 6:09:29 am PDT #1178 of 3301
Visilurking
Ginger, if we go with HotB, are you up for being our guide?
Wolfram - Aug 16, 2005 6:11:46 am PDT #1179 of 3301
Visilurking
We can keep discussing while reading whatever is chosen next?
I'm okay with that. I was just wondering if maybe people who didn't want to be spoiled for HBP might want to re-enter the thread to discuss the next selection. Of course those folks may be only hypothetical and not actually exist.
Ginger - Aug 16, 2005 6:27:56 am PDT #1180 of 3301
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Ginger, if we go with HotB, are you up for being our guide?
Sure.
Connie Neil - Aug 16, 2005 6:33:20 am PDT #1181 of 3301
brillig
I do have the new annotated Holmes
How is this different from the Baring-Gould annotated Holmes?