ILF BOOK CLUB: Entry the First: The City & The City

[Invisible Man]

Let's get it going--some folks are already in. People can pop in and out as time and interest allow; no real format except maybe putting together a schedule for reading based on chapters/sections/page #s other arbitrary divisions of time, space, and narrative.

First entry: China Mieville's The City & The City, which is am SF-Fantasy neo-noir kind of thing (haven't read it, can't describe it too well) written by a very ILF-esque person.

How about we wait to start until say, the second week of February to 1) get some momentum behind this and 2) to give people a chance to get a copy in whatever format they'd like to use?

Also: the period before we start might be a good time to put together suggestions for next entries. I'll put forward B. Traven's Death Ship, which is a fucking killer novel I think most people would enjoy (one I would love to read again).



EDIT for schedule:

For discussion on- or after 2/10:

Chapters 1-4

For discussion on- or after 2/17:

5-8

For discussion on- or after 2/24:

9-12

For discussion on- or after 3/3:

13-16

For discussion on- or after 3/10:

17-20

For discussion on- or after 3/17:

21-24

For discussion on- or after 3/24:

24-end

[Jwar]

Explain please? I'm a horror guy, so I may be bored out of my mind reading sci fi. No offense to the sci fi crowd. I just don't dig it. Is there a criteria for this of some kind? Rules??? How does it work?

[popvulture]

I'd be down to read it again, been (gasp) almost 8 years since last time. Probably due for a refresh

[Jwar]

Fuck you guys.

[Invisible Man]

Explain please? I'm a horror guy, so I may be bored out of my mind reading sci fi. No offense to the sci fi crowd. I just don't dig it. Is there a criteria for this of some kind? Rules??? How does it work?

I don't see any need for rules...what do you mean? I figured folks who are interested could read stuff at the same time and talk about it here.

I guess we could post discussion questions or something like that, but honestly it'd feel like a class, and I don't think that'd be much fun.

Once we get a couple people on it, we'll set up a loose schedule so as not to spoil things for people who haven't read that far. I figure that's enough. Let anarchy reign, Jwar.

[popvulture]

Don't worry, Jwar—we'll work some Goosebumps into the lineup

[Jwar]

OH I've got much better shit than Goosebumps I could get you guys to read. I've read some seriously fuck up shit. I own around 1k books I believe and half of them are insanely morbid or horrific. LOL!

[D.o.S.]

IM already knows this but I'm one of the people who are in already. for tC&tC

[UglyCasanova]

I'm very much down for this. I've even got the book, thanks to monkeydancer! Unemployed literary academic signing up!

[Invisible Man]

Unemployed

literary

academic

Redundant x3

[Eivind August]

I'll be down for this in time. Will follow.

[coldbrightsunlight]

Can I just watch this thread and hop on the next book as I've read this recently?

[01010111]

I'm in. I need an excuse to read a book in less than three months.

[PeteeBee]

In. Yeah I definitely think less rules and format is better.

[Invisible Man]

Can I just watch this thread and hop on the next book as I've read this recently?

No; kindly fuck off.





Yes, of course. But you should just contribute to the klub if you read it recently, duder.