These are all cool ideas! What about Brave New World AND The Island? (Or any dystopian/utopian contrast, it wouldn't have to be limited to Huxley.) Also agree on the sci-fi classics and the Victorian macabre. 
Have you guys ever run discussion groups across multiple boards?
Have you guys ever run discussion groups across multiple boards?- Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, which many people say is more realistic and relevant than 1984, for today's society
- Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey, a classic of science fiction (in cooperation with the TV & Movies board, maybe?)
- a number of stories by Edgar Allan Poe, perhaps? Might be fun to discuss and compare various short stories, rather than a single book, and Poe is both immensely influential on various genres (horror, detective, speculative fiction in general) and a good writer, imho
- Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey, a classic of science fiction (in cooperation with the TV & Movies board, maybe?)
- a number of stories by Edgar Allan Poe, perhaps? Might be fun to discuss and compare various short stories, rather than a single book, and Poe is both immensely influential on various genres (horror, detective, speculative fiction in general) and a good writer, imho
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- 02/09/2010 06:21:21 PM
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A few ideas...
- 02/09/2010 09:38:50 PM
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I'm surprised y'all haven't already posted a WoK discussion thread
- 02/09/2010 10:03:08 PM
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And a few more ideas.
- 08/09/2010 03:31:25 PM
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Re: And a few more ideas.
- 13/09/2010 01:21:19 PM
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To be a bit unconventional, I nominate Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams. *NM*
- 02/09/2010 11:22:55 PM
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Nothing wrong with unconventional! *NM*
- 02/09/2010 11:24:10 PM
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Except Brit comic novels don't seem to lend themselves well to discussions 
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- 02/09/2010 11:26:37 PM
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*NM*
- 02/09/2010 11:26:37 PM
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Well, I haven't read Dirk Gently yet (though I intend to). It's the principle of unconventionality..
- 02/09/2010 11:30:42 PM
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