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December 27th Short Story Discussion: Hills Like White Elephants

corellion — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:33:08 -0500

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[SIZE="4"][URL="http://plato.acadiau.ca/courses/engl/lawson/acadia03/texts/HillsLikeWE.html"]Hills Like White Elephants[/URL] by Ernest He

List of Past Book Club Books

PGoutis01 — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:42:48 -0500

So to end all of the confusion of what we have read and what we haven't read - I've organized this list. These are all the books that we have discussed in the past. And they are links to the original discussions - so I encourage you to check out the books and add to the discussions.

If anybody finds any mistakes in this list or has any suggestions - feel free to post them here. Please click on all the links and check them out for me. I will be adding the books to this list after I move them to the Official Cult Book Club Forum (after the discussion is over).

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Angel Dust Apocalypse by Jeremy Robert Johnson
Battle Royale by Koushun Takami
Black Box by Nick Walker
Blindness by Jose Saramago
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
Click by Kristopher Young
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
The Contortionist Handbook by Craig Clevenger
Cosmopolis by Don DeLillo
Dog of the Marriage by Amy Hempel
The Dubliners by James Joyce

Ho Ho Ho (Santa not hookers) Its december and I am reading...

Barca Boy — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:44:36 -0500

Im almost finished Wounded By Percival Everett, very good, whats everyone else reading?

Just finished House of Leaves..

Fox — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:27:44 -0500

I'm aware there have been past threads on this, but I only found one thread discussing the book, and it was more asking if a lot of people have read it, rather than the plot itself and what everyone thought of it.. With in the thread I found a lot of people bitching telling the topic starter to research more before posting a topic on the book.. but, as I said before, didn't find it..so don't slay me for not searching.

Anyhow,

First off, the ending.. WTF?! Did it just not have an end? I mean I'm fine with unclear endings..but it was kind of ridiculous.. I think the Navidson record part ended fine.. with the explorations and then the Karen interview.. but the Johnny part..it was just so vague..And how was Navidson reading the house of leaves? Trippy and deep or..just plain weird?

The curious incident of the dog in the night-time. By Mark Haddon

kirby2007 — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:11:18 -0500

Has anyone read this book?
I had to read it for a class and it was really good, I thought.
It is kind of a Catcher in the rye style book, with the main charecter being a boy with Autism.
I realy liked it and was wondering what others thaught.

Books dealing with corruption in journalism?

Ritt — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:46:16 -0500

Know any good ones? (looking for both fiction or non) Tell me, tell me now!

Greetings from London!

Howard Male — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:40:22 -0500

Hi guys

I've been a huge fan of Chuck's since I saw the Fight Club movie and thought it was the first time I'd ever seen a film which actually felt like the experience of reading a novel. So obviously the logical thing to do was go and hunt down the book. After that I was hooked. I laughed out loud when I read the opening paragraph of Survivor - has there ever been a more gripping opening paragragh?
Anyway, I'm a UK, London-based music critic and first-time novelist. In fact one of the characters in my novel 'Etc Etc Amen' mentions Chuck's 'Choke' in the context of an unlikely coincidence involving Jesus's foreskin - but that's another story! For now I'm just saying hi and congratulating you on what a great vibe you've got going here.

Cheers

Howard

The Average American Male by Chad Kultgen

Johnny Roastbeef — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:07:18 -0500

Listen up!

Have anyone read this book`? And if so, what did you think about it?

Shouts, Johnny!

The Official Cult Book Club (thread)

PGoutis01 — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:02:43 -0500

Hey all.

I'm posting here to let you guys know that I have a poll open for the next book we discussed.

I'm not going to lie - the last discussion was a HUGE disappointment. I'm not sure that many people read/finished the book. I really really really want this one to be better.

We now have 73 (last time I checked) members. And it would be sweet if we could at least get half of them to vote. The poll only has 8 votes and it's been open for almost a week. I think it only has a day or two left.

Really - I want to see this book club be successful. So if you're a member - go vote. If you're not a member - feel free to join.

Gustav Hasford, another great writer you've probrably never heard of

bearchaser — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:05:39 -0500

or maybe you have. he wrote The Short-Timers, the novel Full Metal Jacket was adapted from. he wrote a sequal to the book and a detective novel and ammassed a fortune in late fees fromt he estimated 10,000 books he stole from libraries around the world before he died in 1993. he was working on multiple projects at the time of his death.

here's a sample of his work, an unpublished short-short story called A Periodic Table of the Elements

--Longview, Wash., October 31, 1971--At precisely 3:31 a.m. on the 3rd of August, 1975, a man eats his wristwatch.
"I'm handcuffed to time," he says.
It is simple. Remove the leather band and swallow the fat metal tablet, careful not to gag. Swallow it with the crystal down so that metal will not be cold on your tongue.
While making love to a woman, he asks: "What time is it?"

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