The Sonic Youth Gossip Book Club

noumenal · 05.20.2006, 04:01 AM

(I have a hard time not feeling like this is really lame, but at the same time I'm a little excited about it. OK.)

The list I have compiled looks like this:

Albert Camus:
The Fall
The Plague
Nikolai Gogol:
Dead Souls
The Collected Tales (Short Stories)
Haruki Murakami:
A Wild Sheep Chase
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Jean Genet:
Our Lady Of The Flowers
The Miracle of the Rose
Jorge Luis Borges:
Fictions
The Aleph
Henry Miller:
Tropic of Cancer
Black Spring
Fyodor Dostoevsky:
The Idiot
The Brothers Karamazov
William Gibson:
Virtual Light
Pattern Recognition
Vladimir Nabokov:
Pnin
Pale Fire
William Gaddis:
JR
A Frolic of His Own
John Updike:
The Centaur
The Complete Henry Bech
Philip Roth:
The Counterlife
I Married a Communist
Samuel Beckett:
Watt
Murphy
Knut Hamsun:
Hunger
Pan
James Ellroy:
Black Dahlia
American Tabloid
Dave Eggers:
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
You Shall Know Our Velocity
Chuck Palahniuk:
Fight Club
Lullaby
Georges Bataille:
My Mother
The Story of the Eye
Naguib Mahfouz:
Children of Gebelawi
Palace Walk
Graham Swift:
Last Orders
Waterland

If you've no idea what I'm going on about, well: some members here have decided to start a book club. Shut up. If you'd like to join, PM me and suggest 3 authors. Do it quick. There are 14 members so far and we've come up with only 20 authors. I picked 5 of them (guess which 5!). Request more authors!

This thread is for bitching at me about the books I've chosen. I chose two for each author. I have reasons. We really need more authors. After we've added some more authors and straightened out which books belong on the list, I'll pick 5 or so books at random and we'll have a PM vote. Bitch away. And PM me with more authors!

Magublafix · 05.20.2006, 04:07 AM

Now i read "Brave New World" written by Aldous Huxley and the next book will be "The Fall" of Camus

Magublafix · 05.20.2006, 04:14 AM

oh yes... sorry

alyasa · 05.20.2006, 04:25 AM

I've read Dead Souls; while fasting... It's intersting, lots of boiled cabbage and travelling through Russia.... Only trouble is; it's not finished... Never will be.

Пятхъдесят Шест · 05.20.2006, 11:33 AM

Not fond of the picks for my authors, but thats ok.

I'm not one to complain. Good job.

finding nobody · 05.20.2006, 11:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Diesel

aren't book clubs for geeks i mean this is a fucking rock n roll forum after all

p.s. i'm just pissed cos' the king ain't on the list

Geek Definition: a person who is extremely interested and knowledgeable about computers, electronics, technology, and gadgets; also called nerd, geek

are you talking about elvis?

Пятхъдесят Шест · 05.20.2006, 11:42 AM

Maybe you're right, but this is in the 'non-sonics' forum, so just about anything not pertaining to music goes here. Even geeks wanting to read books.

Пятхъдесят Шест · 05.20.2006, 11:47 AM

ahaa Diesel, remember when you were telling me about your crazy drug binges? I think thats for 'fucking boring sods and generally un-cool people, un-like me'. But thats alright....

Пятхъдесят Шест · 05.20.2006, 11:55 AM

Who am I to judge, right?

Which King? Stephen King?

finding nobody · 05.20.2006, 12:01 PM

i couldn't force myself to finish 'misery'

noumenal · 05.20.2006, 01:29 PM

Stephen King wasn't suggested by anyone.

Ich bin gael · 05.20.2006, 03:38 PM

What are we supposed to do now?

Alex's Trip · 05.20.2006, 03:47 PM

Suggest more authors?^

I've only read one of those books out of the list, Pattern Recognition.

noumenal · 05.21.2006, 01:00 AM

If the list is fine, I'll go ahead and randomly pick the books to choose from. Tomorrow probably. I'm concerned that so few of the "members" have posted in here. Guess there aren't any problems.

Пятхъдесят Шест · 05.21.2006, 01:02 AM

I'd just assume they must be ok with your picks then.

Now about those red pills....

noumenal · 05.21.2006, 01:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Пятхъдесят Шест

Now about those red pills....

I understand your eagerness. I too am eager. But patience can be found in prayer. Arthelion bless you.

Edit: Actually, I think a lot of people don't post here much on weekends. I'll wait until Tuesday to get the ball rolling.

noumenal · 05.22.2006, 03:24 PM

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Edit: List of members thus far:

nomadicfollower
Alex's Trip
!@#$%!
golden child
TheDom
Ich bin gael
Пятхъдесят Шест
Glice
xpressway2yrskull
truncated
finding nobody
Laila
Kim C Not G
qprogeny79
Noumenal

Пятхъдесят Шест · 05.22.2006, 03:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by noumenal

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Edit: List of members thus far:

Cyrillic

AHAAH

Glice · 05.22.2006, 03:31 PM

Word. What's actually happening then, did you want us to pick one from the list on the first page, or are you going to do it? Perhaps you should make a shorlist of ten and have a vote on it?

WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON I AM CONFUSED.

Also, is the actual discussion taking place on this board?

WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON I AM CONFUSED.

Alright, so I just like saying that. So sue me.

Word.

noumenal · 05.22.2006, 03:32 PM

sorry, fixed. Notepad wouldn't let me copy your name in.

05.20.2006, 04:01 AM	#1
noumenal expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,855	(I have a hard time not feeling like this is really lame, but at the same time I'm a little excited about it. OK.) The list I have compiled looks like this: Albert Camus: The Fall The Plague Nikolai Gogol: Dead Souls The Collected Tales (Short Stories) Haruki Murakami: A Wild Sheep Chase The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle Jean Genet: Our Lady Of The Flowers The Miracle of the Rose Jorge Luis Borges: Fictions The Aleph Henry Miller: Tropic of Cancer Black Spring Fyodor Dostoevsky: The Idiot The Brothers Karamazov William Gibson: Virtual Light Pattern Recognition Vladimir Nabokov: Pnin Pale Fire William Gaddis: JR A Frolic of His Own John Updike: The Centaur The Complete Henry Bech Philip Roth: The Counterlife I Married a Communist Samuel Beckett: Watt Murphy Knut Hamsun: Hunger Pan James Ellroy: Black Dahlia American Tabloid Dave Eggers: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius You Shall Know Our Velocity Chuck Palahniuk: Fight Club Lullaby Georges Bataille: My Mother The Story of the Eye Naguib Mahfouz: Children of Gebelawi Palace Walk Graham Swift: Last Orders Waterland If you've no idea what I'm going on about, well: some members here have decided to start a book club. Shut up. If you'd like to join, PM me and suggest 3 authors. Do it quick. There are 14 members so far and we've come up with only 20 authors. I picked 5 of them (guess which 5!). Request more authors! This thread is for bitching at me about the books I've chosen. I chose two for each author. I have reasons. We really need more authors. After we've added some more authors and straightened out which books belong on the list, I'll pick 5 or so books at random and we'll have a PM vote. Bitch away. And PM me with more authors!
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05.20.2006, 04:07 AM	#2
Magublafix children of satan Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Austria Posts: 177	Now i read "Brave New World" written by Aldous Huxley and the next book will be "The Fall" of Camus __________________ We are the pets of the nature
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05.20.2006, 04:14 AM	#3
Magublafix children of satan Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Austria Posts: 177	oh yes... sorry __________________ We are the pets of the nature
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05.20.2006, 04:25 AM	#4
alyasa invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 3,791	I've read Dead Souls; while fasting... It's intersting, lots of boiled cabbage and travelling through Russia.... Only trouble is; it's not finished... Never will be. __________________ Sab Kuch Tick Tock Hai
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05.20.2006, 11:33 AM	#5
Пятхъдесят Шест invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Omaha, Nebraska, USA Posts: 3,063	Not fond of the picks for my authors, but thats ok. I'm not one to complain. Good job.
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05.20.2006, 11:42 AM	#7
Пятхъдесят Шест invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Omaha, Nebraska, USA Posts: 3,063	Maybe you're right, but this is in the 'non-sonics' forum, so just about anything not pertaining to music goes here. Even geeks wanting to read books.
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05.20.2006, 11:47 AM	#8
Пятхъдесят Шест invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Omaha, Nebraska, USA Posts: 3,063	ahaa Diesel, remember when you were telling me about your crazy drug binges? I think thats for 'fucking boring sods and generally un-cool people, un-like me'. But thats alright....
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05.20.2006, 11:55 AM	#9
Пятхъдесят Шест invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Omaha, Nebraska, USA Posts: 3,063	Who am I to judge, right? Which King? Stephen King?
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05.20.2006, 12:01 PM	#10
finding nobody invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 7,275	i couldn't force myself to finish 'misery'
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05.20.2006, 01:29 PM	#11
noumenal expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,855	Stephen King wasn't suggested by anyone.
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05.20.2006, 03:38 PM	#12
Ich bin gael little trouble girl Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: User formerly known as Sonic Overload Posts: 34	What are we supposed to do now?
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05.20.2006, 03:47 PM	#13
Alex's Trip invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 5,608	Suggest more authors?^ I've only read one of those books out of the list, Pattern Recognition.
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05.21.2006, 01:00 AM	#14
noumenal expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,855	If the list is fine, I'll go ahead and randomly pick the books to choose from. Tomorrow probably. I'm concerned that so few of the "members" have posted in here. Guess there aren't any problems.
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05.21.2006, 01:02 AM	#15
Пятхъдесят Шест invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Omaha, Nebraska, USA Posts: 3,063	I'd just assume they must be ok with your picks then. Now about those red pills....
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05.22.2006, 03:24 PM	#17
noumenal expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,855	....... Edit: List of members thus far: nomadicfollower Alex's Trip !@#$%! golden child TheDom Ich bin gael Пятхъдесят Шест Glice xpressway2yrskull truncated finding nobody Laila Kim C Not G qprogeny79 Noumenal
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05.22.2006, 03:32 PM	#20
noumenal expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,855	sorry, fixed. Notepad wouldn't let me copy your name in.
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