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  3 0 I would but none of the books interest me. The Doctor answered in General Book Discussion about 1 year ago | Report 2 comments by infernactual and The Doctor… 1 0 Got a suggestion? I'm inclined to agree with you, but finding a book everyone wants to read may be challenging. infernactual commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 Well, I read 99% non-fiction, and usually science or history. Perhaps "Nixonland" or "The Information" by James Gleick or "There is Power in a Union" by Philip Dray or "The Hidden Reality" by Brian Greene The Doctor commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  3 0 This is the best idea ever. I'm up for whatever y'all want to read the most, but my vote goes to Goon Squad. Sphinx answered in General Book Discussion about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  2 0 I vote Goon Squad, and highly recommend Super Sad True Love Story as a great read. That said, I am really bad at book club unless there is wine involved, so I suggest there be an end-of-reading QLand happy hour. Luckier answered in General Book Discussion about 1 year ago | Report 2 comments by Nancy and Bobby… 0 0 My god! Why didn't I think of that? I will make it so. Thanks Luckier. Nancy commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 Man, I never surf Questionland without wine... Bobby commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  2 0 I love this idea! My vote is for Chronic City, if only because one of the main characters has the best name ever (Perkus Tooth). But I'd also be happy with Visit From the Goon Squad or Super Sad True Love Story if the denizens of Questionland proclaim it thus. I would also like to take this opportunity to point out that the Seattle Public Library has digital copies of all of these titles (except The Chronology of Water) in addition to print. For more information on how to download digital books in our collection, check out our website. Still have questions? Ask a Librarian! </shameless plugging of the public library> Abby Bass answered in General Book Discussion about 1 year ago | Report 2 comments by David Wright and Aurora F… 0 0 I thought "Chase Unperson" was the best name ever... David Wright commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 SPL's digital books are great, and underused, so you can get books with waiting lists way faster. Aurora F commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  2 0 I'm in. I'll read whatever. I find New York worship annoying, so at first I was anti-Lethem, but the description of the tiger is intriguing. Since there's a few people chiming in with other book suggestions, how about in the next go 'round, Q'landers can submit their books of choice, and whatever gets the most thumbs-up is the book pick? rickibot answered in General Book Discussion about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  4 3 My choice would be: The Origins of Political Order: From Pre-Human Times to the French Revolution, By Francis Fukuyama It sounds heavy but it is not hard to read at all. He's the guy who wrote The End of History. This book is about how governments came about and why they are necessary. It's very timely given the libertarian tea party bs. As he said in a recent talk: if the libertarians want total freedom without government interference they have plenty of options, like Sudan etc. They can carry their own rocket launchers wherever they want. Otherwise, I'll go along with the crowd. infernactual answered in General Book Discussion about 1 year ago | Report 4 comments by capicola, Emily Steed, and infernactual… 0 0 Libertarian Paradise! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QDv4sYwjO0 capicola commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 I also want to read the new Fukuyama, and it seems like it would be a good one to read with a group. I read The End of History when I was taking an IR class and appreciated the structured discussion. Emily Steed commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 @capicola. Love that video! @Emily, that's what I was thinking. The discussion around real, complex issues will be more interesting (and helpful) than talking about fictional characters (for me anyway). @whoever-voted-me-down. Why? infernactual commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 I'd love to see a little text box that pops up when you give someone a thumbs-down, so that you can justify it. It often mystifies me why an answer gets a thumbs-down and it would be edifying to know the reason why. Emily Steed commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 Goon Squad wasn't my 1st choice (Chronology of Water is)but I'm in for Goon Squad. ARDELL answered in General Book Discussion about 1 year ago | Report 2 comments by David Wright and ARDELL… 1 0 Chronology of Water, btw, everyone, is AMAZING. David Wright commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 Thanks David. I'll likely get that one even if it isn't selected. Can't quite tell how you "vote". Does mentioning the book in a comment constitute a "vote"? ARDELL commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 Been wanting to join a book club for a while, why not this one? I'm in, whatever you guys decide on - I have no preference! westface answered in General Book Discussion about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 This is a really great idea, Nancy - I'm going to do the gentlemanly thing and vote for one of Paul's suggestions: Chronic City, (which, by the way, we have abundant copies of at the library, if you're playing from Seattle). But, as Tom says, evs. David Wright answered in General Book Discussion about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 Goon Squad! hayden answered in General Book Discussion about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 They all seem slightly annoying, but Super Sad True Love Story comes highly recommended so I'll vote for that. My summer reading list has mostly nonfiction on it: The Control of Nature by John McPhee, that biography of Barack Obama's mother, Just Kids (Patti Smith's memoir of her life with Robert Mapplethorpe), Can't Stop Won't Stop, Ian Frazier's book about Siberia, and this book. But if I'm going to read fiction, it might as well be any of the five choices on the list. prettybetsy answered in General Book Discussion about 1 year ago | Report 1 comment by prettybetsy… 0 0 I'd read something by Mieville too. prettybetsy commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 Goon Squad! mishalibrarian answered in General Book Discussion about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 1st choice: Chronology of Water 2nd choice: Super Sad True Love Story bjorker answered in General Book Discussion about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 Goon Squad! lilybird99 answered in General Book Discussion about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 Chronic City JeanineA answered in General Book Discussion about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 Oh boy! I Book Club! Do we get secret decoder rings? I vote for Goon Squad or Super Sad True Love Story! Luisita R. answered in General Book Discussion about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 I vote Egan or Shteyngart. Aurora F answered in General Book Discussion about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 Visit from the Goon Squad please. Misty Brown answered in General Book Discussion about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 Chronic City sounds interesting. Goon Squad does to, but I will have to vote for the first one. Jessi answered in General Book Discussion about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 Whatever you all think is good will work, but I already have Super Sad True Love Story and haven't read it yet, so that would be my vote! :) Kristin Bell answered in General Book Discussion about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 1 The City and the City by China Mieville is available in paperback. How about that one? Homeless, don't see them...crazy? ignore them. People selling the Real News? walk by. People who steal, kill and do not exist because you cannot acknowledge them? If there Really is an entire group, people... a City within The City that we ignore because we are taught to ignore them? That is the book. and a really good mystery. MyOpinion answered in General Book Discussion about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 Chronic City (I see lots of copies available via the Library) or Goon Squad. Linda Johns answered in General Book Discussion about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 I adore the Lethem and the Shteyngart, but I would love to use this as an opportunity to read Goon Squad, which I haven't read yet. My vote goes to that one. Paul Constant answered in General Book Discussion about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 I would happily use this as a cheap excuse to read Visit from the Goon Squad. protosaurus answered in General Book Discussion about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 count me in. Chronic City is my vote, but evs. Tom answered in General Book Discussion about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 3 I would be interested, but I find the selected books boring. : ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassytown ^ would be my vote. Basil answered in General Book Discussion about 1 year ago | Report 5 comments by David Wright, Basil, and David Wright… 0 0 I love that idea, but confess I'm a bit worried about asking anyone to buy a hardcover, these days anyways. (My opinion, obviously). David Wright commented about 1 year ago | Report 1 0 That is a good point. I always forget about costs for books because buying them is a giant hole in my budget that I refuse to pay attention to - out of fear I'd have to stop buying them. Basil commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 Word. David Wright commented about 1 year ago | Report 1 0 Howdy Basil: I hope you're going to come to the Miéville reading we're hosting on May 28th! It's like a book club, only with a band and the author in attendance. (I bet you'd like Chronic City.) Paul Constant commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 Yeah, I can't wait. I bought tickets when I first saw the posting about it. Basil commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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