20-04-2003 11:29									#31
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IT'S A CRAZY WORLD AINT IT?!?!?!?!??!

	20-04-2003 15:01									#32
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Difference Engine sounds very cool.

	21-04-2003 06:46									#33
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quote: Originally posted by monolith94 IT'S A CRAZY WORLD AINT IT?!?!?!?!??!

My world is, anyway.

"Alphane Moon" is one of my favorite Philip K. Dick books, and one of the few of his that I personally regard as being genuinely crazy.

PKD has a great quote in which he says that he looks at some of his books and sees wonderful representations of the point of view of the mentally disturbed, and other times he looks at them and sees that they're the product of a disturbed mind, his own. Not to say he's truly crazy, of course.

There are some truly bizarre ideas in this book, such as the linking of hebephrenics and the idea of the "Wandering Jew" in literature. And if you step back and look at the plot of this book, it's just outright nuts.

	21-04-2003 08:03									#34
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I've read two volumes of PKD short stories, but have yet to tackle his novels.

	21-04-2003 08:05									#35
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God, y'all are gonna make me read Snow Crash after all.

	21-04-2003 08:20									#36
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quote: Originally posted by JohnT God, y'all are gonna make me read Snow Crash after all.

It's actually more interesting than the description makes it sound, and Stephenson is more of a spiritual father to the better post-cyberpunk writers than either Gibson or Sterling, IMO. He uses a lot of humor and clever wordplay in the book, but there are a lot of great ideas, as well.

	24-04-2003 13:54									#37
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^BUMP!^

Still tied, I see.

	25-04-2003 00:59									#38
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Once again, it is down to me and Lonestar. Israelis, Finns, commies, I need your help!

	25-04-2003 01:09									#39
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quote: Originally posted by chegitz guevara Once again, it is down to me and Lonestar. Israelis, Finns, commies, I need your help!

I'm a commie, chegitz guevara... but I'm with Lonestar. Sorry.

	25-04-2003 01:24									#40
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As the moderator, it's hard to be neutral about any but my own selection... dammit.

	25-04-2003 01:26									#41
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Snowcrash is balls off funny.

	25-04-2003 01:30									#42
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Can we avoid the ballot stuffing that went on last month? If people aren't going to read the book then they shouldn't be hit up for their vote to throw one book over the top.

Just my opinion.

	25-04-2003 08:40									#43
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Oh good, Moon is leading. As I said last month, if we discuss it I'll bring up an interesting theory about the ending which I heard from David (son of Milton) Friedman.

	25-04-2003 08:58									#44
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The thing is, I just convinced my Real Life© SF discussion club to do Snow Crash for June as well. Dammit, how do I get myself into these positions?

	25-04-2003 20:06									#45
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Now if SnowCrash wins, you'll only have to read one book.

	27-04-2003 18:52									#46
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Precisely my point.

Where's your lobbying efforts????

	28-04-2003 02:41									#47
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quote: Originally posted by JohnT By the way, I'm just loving Red Mars and am going to have a lot to say about it.

Great! We'll have a lot to argue about.

quote: [moderator] Bad news: Because of travel, the Red Mars discussion will likely be delayed a couple of days... possibly until the first weekend in May. [/moderator]

What's the official start date? Next Friday? I'm halfway through, but I should make it by then.

	28-04-2003 15:41									#48
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I don't know, Static. The "official" start is the 1st of the month, but as I said, it might be delayed until this upcoming weekend.

	29-04-2003 01:51									#49
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quote: Originally posted by JohnT I don't know, Static. The "official" start is the 1st of the month, but as I said, it might be delayed until this upcoming weekend.

Thanks, I may make it by the first anyway. I'm 2/3s through now.

	02-05-2003 14:15									#50
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Che, you let me down.

Moon is a Harsh Mistress wins!!!

	02-05-2003 18:39									#51
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quote: Originally posted by JohnT Che, you let me down. Moon is a Harsh Mistress wins!!!

Cool, everyone will finally get to hear the infamous David Friedman anecdote.

or depending on your politics.

	04-05-2003 21:27									#52
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I'm not disappointed because I think it will make an interesting contrast to Red Mars.