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I'm about to start reading Brian Aldiss's Helliconia omnibus Larry Send a noteboard - 02/09/2010 06:45:18 PM
From the little I've read, it seems like the perfect sort of SF book(s) to discuss and it is widely available (I purchased the recently-released Gollancz SF Masterworks edition).

Olaf Stapledon's Last and First Men and Star Maker would make for a good, deep discussion, although the books aren't full of difficult language. It's sui generis, though, in that there are no real narrators or characters. Imagine a vast, billions-spanning "history" of mankind and of the cosmos in those two books and you'll be close to it.

And you could always discuss Robert Stanek's works ;)
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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Book Club information & Reminder: Consider Phlebas & Nominate Books for December club Jacob - 02/09/2010 06:21:21 PM 1633 Views
I'm about to start reading Brian Aldiss's Helliconia omnibus Larry - 02/09/2010 06:45:18 PM 1053 Views
A few ideas... Legolas - 02/09/2010 09:38:50 PM 973 Views
I'm surprised y'all haven't already posted a WoK discussion thread Larry - 02/09/2010 10:03:08 PM 921 Views
True, we might as well start one now. Legolas - 02/09/2010 10:23:49 PM 933 Views
Remember those Erikson threads from years past? Larry - 02/09/2010 11:09:21 PM 983 Views
And a few more ideas. Legolas - 08/09/2010 03:31:25 PM 960 Views
Re: And a few more ideas. shaiel - 13/09/2010 01:21:19 PM 951 Views
To be a bit unconventional, I nominate Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams. *NM* RandAllThor - 02/09/2010 11:22:55 PM 450 Views
Nothing wrong with unconventional! *NM* Legolas - 02/09/2010 11:24:10 PM 469 Views
Except Brit comic novels don't seem to lend themselves well to discussions *NM* Larry - 02/09/2010 11:26:37 PM 466 Views
Well, I haven't read Dirk Gently yet (though I intend to). It's the principle of unconventionality.. Legolas - 02/09/2010 11:30:42 PM 921 Views
I know Larry - 02/09/2010 11:58:02 PM 958 Views
Why not? *NM* Camilla - 08/09/2010 04:13:43 PM 480 Views
Here are a few ideas: Jacob - 08/09/2010 03:55:50 PM 918 Views
Byatt's The Children's Book Camilla - 08/09/2010 04:15:23 PM 884 Views
I would second Warbreaker aria - 10/09/2010 04:19:49 AM 944 Views
Gormenghast! SECONDED! shaiel - 13/09/2010 01:15:25 PM 948 Views
How about Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut? Stephen - 19/09/2010 01:18:35 PM 948 Views
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