THN Book club.

Ghostwolf67

Ghostwolf67

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The students in the classrooms don't glance up as dozens of reporters intrude, and their lecture continues without pause. The young people in the university pool career down the plastic slide, in front of TV cameras, as if they are completely alone.

Perhaps they are real students. But look into their eyes, and their pupils dance around you like you're not there, as if they've been trained to pretend you are not.
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Now thats fucked up.

Only the official guides, always beautiful women in flowing polyester gowns in ice-cream colours, will talk readily. And any discussion always centre around the Kims: the Great Leader Kim Il-sung, the Great General Kim Jong-il and now - since his father's death - the Respected General Kim Jong-un.

They speak in relentless hyperbole. "The more time passes, the more we miss our Dear Leader Kim Jong-il," said Ri, the music centre guide. "I don't think we can ever find any person so great."
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"Hello I'm Judee. There is no war in Ba Sing Se."

And for those of you who didnt watch Avatar the last airbender: Brainwashed!
 
Ghostwolf67

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Hello? Is anyone there? Man I feel like that last man on earth in the twilight zone.

"Its not fair! There was time now!"

So yeah whats happening with the book club?
 
Haven

Haven

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Ghostwolf67 said:
Hello? Is anyone there? Man I feel like that last man on earth in the twilight zone.

"Its not fair! There was time now!"

So yeah whats happening with the book club?
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Not so sure, I don't really have a "shape" in mind on how this will work. Open to suggestions as it'll likely drift away as a good idea without decent implementation if not.
 
Ki!ler-Mk1

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I suggested a 2nd book to panda, and he liked it, but as i am still midway through the first half of the first book i'lls keep quiet. :)
 
Traxata

Traxata

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As stated I don't like the City and the City due to how hard it is to read, it's not compelling enough for me to want to read it though the discussion of it pretty much is the same for everyone
the third city is intriguing but nothing is really presented to you about it and that was kind of the books main point (atleast so in the first half)
 
Panda with issues...

Panda with issues...

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Traxata said:
As stated I don't like the City and the City due to how hard it is to read, it's not compelling enough for me to want to read it though the discussion of it pretty much is the same for everyone
the third city is intriguing but nothing is really presented to you about it and that was kind of the books main point (atleast so in the first half)
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The point was rather the twist at the end, which I thought was fairly interesting, from an academic's perspective.

As another point, another article that came up recently that reminded me of parts of the City and the City was this:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-18002161

Oh well, we're not all going to enjoy the same books I guess.

I'm sorry I've been busy, and this thread slipped under the radar. I'll try and do my own write up this weekend.

The book killer suggested I think was the Curious incident of the dog in the night time? Or something like that?

Please correct me if I'm wrong.
 
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