Dr. Orange Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 I'm a science and fiction fanatic I have a lot or book ideas that could be worth a look at. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Heart of Darkness by Joesph Conrad ​Fahrenheit 431 by Ray Bradbury 1984 by George Orwell The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Any Eager Allen Poe or Stephen Hawking book/poem. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess The Shining by Stephen King Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hidi Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 You do realize Ajc is probably going to kill you if he sees the Communist Manifesto there, right? It's also not very long a book. I could do Farenheit 451, it didn't look too bad. I'm more of a fantasy fan, but I don't read as much as I'd like. Lately, I've been reading more non-fiction stuff. A series I read not too long ago, and is kinda split into two parts: Study Series: Poison Study, Magic Study, Fire Study Glass Series: Storm Glass, Sea Glass, Spy Glass by Maria V Snyder A rarer trilogy I'm reading but I'm liking a lot (Still on the first book) Castings Trilogy: Blood Ties, Deep Water, Full Circle That's a start. I'll see if I can find any other fantasy books worth reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thu'um Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 K guys, we can read Da Manifesto, but only if we read the wealth of nations right after We could start with short stories rather then novels. Then if we're able to get coordinated we could attempt novels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arashikage Posted April 24, 2013 Author Share Posted April 24, 2013 The Communist Manifesto is the only one I looked up at this moment, just because I actually hadn't read it, despite studying the Russian Revolution for a year or two. It's surprisingly cheap. You can find it for Kindle for 99 cents, and print list for 1.95. It's a book I might consider, I hear it's a really funny comedy. Other than that, I will check out the other suggestions once I get home(Currently still at school, don't sign up for night classes, they suck.) But I'll be on that ASAP EDIT: It's actually free for Kindle. I just checked another version and it's right there on the Amazon marketplace for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dr. Orange Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 ... I hear it's a really funny comedy. Shoot... double post. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fana McCloud Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 I'll go for Communist Manifesto, and even Wealth of Nations as the next one thereafter, but only if we read Mein Kamph at some point. ;P Heh heh, but all joking aside, that sounds good as a starter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arashikage Posted April 24, 2013 Author Share Posted April 24, 2013 Yeah I just looked it over and it's 32 pages, and a public domain book. The question now is would anyone be interested in reading it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thu'um Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Sure but it isn't a a breeze. It's an old man talking about how the rich abuse the poor and how the tables will turn. It's relatively short and we can do it. But I'm afraid some people might not exactly know what they're about to start reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arashikage Posted April 24, 2013 Author Share Posted April 24, 2013 That's why it's a book club! ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snys93 Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 I don't think anyone would know of book I read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Orange Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 I, personally, would love to read the Manifesto and it wouldn't hurt to read the Wealth of Nations or the Mein Kampf. I have no idea why the Mein Kampf though, but I'll try it. Hell. We should give the Red Book a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xortberg Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 I'm not against reading historically significant books, but history can be a rather dry subject so we shouldn't go overboard with it. It'll get tedious fast, reading books that a bunch of dead people wrote about how they think their political ideologies are better than mine. The Manifesto is apparently very short, so I don't have a problem with it, but if we want to read other things like that we should do it sparingly rather than just go "MANIFESTO. NOW MEIN KAMPF. NOW WEALTH OF NATIONS." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarFoxfan-FUR_ever Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Allow me to cut into the conversation I don't believe that any one political or economical ideology is better than all the others. Under a specific set of circumstances each "system" works better than the others. The way I see it, flexibility is necessary to get the most out of your resources, both capital and human. I will keep it at that so this doesn't turn into a debate. This is a very good thread. I think I will go read the Manifesto now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snys93 Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 While reading Mein Kampf, it seems Lil' Adolf had a hatred for the french that predating his hate for Jews and blames his father for not supporting his choice of being an artist. It wasn't until his obtaining a copy of Darwin's Origin of the Species did his ultimate resolve become realized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arashikage Posted April 24, 2013 Author Share Posted April 24, 2013 He believed heavily in Eugenics, but that's not the subject matter at hand. You see, I think that we will read the Manifesto just because it's very very short, and not too easy to grasp, therefore there will likely be different interpretations of the writings. But I still need input from a few others before I decide on a book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Orange Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 I think this went from SFO Book Club to SFO Politics Group. But if we want to start on a small book that doesn't involve politics and is quite hard... So how are we going to do this? Everyone gets a copy. Read to X and meet on Skype and chat? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arashikage Posted April 25, 2013 Author Share Posted April 25, 2013 I'll make a topic per book I think, and we'll discuss the book we read on said topic. We'll have a set amount of chapters or pages to read per week or bi weekly depending on schedules. And we can discuss only said chapters as the weeks come along. Well, said chapters and chapters before them, this way nobody spoils anything for anyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faisul Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 You have to write yourself up on a government list to read Mein Kampf here... Yeah, not gonna do that 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arashikage Posted April 25, 2013 Author Share Posted April 25, 2013 You have to write yourself up on a government list to read from some guy's whining about how he hates the French while he's in prison, and how Eugenics is the answer to everything? Wow. I guess we won't do Mein Kampf(Not that I was considering it a lot, didn't seem like a very interesting book unless you want to know more about Hitler.) But yeah, the Communist Manifesto still seems like a possibility right? Do you have to write yourself up on a list for that, Faisul? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fana McCloud Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 You guys do realize I was mostly kidding about Mein Kampf, right? XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Elite Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 You guys do realize I was mostly kidding about Mein Kampf, right? XD But were you Fana, were you really? Only kidding. I've wanted to read it so I could see the insight of possibly the most evil man of all time, but that's not really a book club kinda thing. One of my life's ambitions, or possibly because I watch too many sitcoms for my own good was to attend a book club meeting. I have a keen interest in books and culture so I'm interested certainly, depends on the details. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snys93 Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 I think this went from SFO Book Club to SFO Politics Group. But if we want to start on a small book that doesn't involve politics and is quite hard... So how are we going to do this? Everyone gets a copy. Read to X and meet on Skype and chat? Interesting, I wonder what happens... *puts on sunglasses* ...when you get to the end? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fana McCloud Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 But were you Fana, were you really? Only kidding. I've wanted to read it so I could see the insight of possibly the most evil man of all time, but that's not really a book club kinda thing. One of my life's ambitions, or possibly because I watch too many sitcoms for my own good was to attend a book club meeting. I have a keen interest in books and culture so I'm interested certainly, depends on the details. I did say "kidding aside" in like the same post, but yeah I agree, learning what went through the mind of the world's most infamous mass murderer would be enlightening. So how long a period are we looking at to read Communist Manifesto before discussing it, since that "seems" to be the consensus (unless anybody objects)? There's an audiobook version (two actually) on LibriVox if anyone wants something that's easy to read, say, in the car: https://catalog.librivox.org/search.php?title=Communist+Manifesto&author=&status=all&action=Search Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballisticwaffles Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Christ, cant even tlak about mein kamph without a huge BAWWWW fest on how much the government sucks. Jesus. I personally have read Mein Kamph, from a public library because this country is better than you all think it is, and let me tell you how boring it was. PLOT SYNOPSIS BY CHAPTER CH1. I blame the Jews CH2. Still Blame the Jews CH3. See above CH4. Lets invade Russia CH5. Look at your partner CH6. Now back to me. CH8. THE RUSSIANS ARE NOW DIAMONDS CH9 . Now back to the Jews Repeat until Europe is Facist Its really really repetitive. Its honestly not worth reading. History books are good depending on the writer. Juleus Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic Campaign is a very straight forward, easy to read book. The Secret History of the Mongols is another very good history book. Not all History books are boring. A good book for this kind of book club would indeed be the Communist Manifesto. Something easy to read, and something easy to understand with hundreds of diffrent interpretations. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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