Book Club Alert

[cathschaffstump]

Everyone:

Our local SF/F group is going to actually have a book club. You know, where we all decide to read something together, and talk about it once a month? Yup, pretty old skool.

So…I was thinking, what would YOU recommend if you were suggesting books to read? I’m not the only one suggesting books, but I wanted to go in armed with some good ideas (TM) as well as some classics.

One thing I thought might be cool is if we could get an author to come in and discuss their book with us once every few months. You know, deep and philosophical discussions of, I don’t know, Love Bites or something. With the author. Our SF club might be able to shell out some meager money for the kerosene that fueled author’s cars or something

More on that speculation later. What books do you think that a group of people who like the speculative fiction genre should read? We’ll take suggestions in SF, Fantasy, YA, Spec Fic, Horror, Mythic, Faerie Tale Re-tellings, Urban Fantasy, stuff like that.

Also, how close are y’all to Eastern Iowa? Who’d be willing to come discuss their book with a group of fans (who would talk to local bookstores about having them sign?) Don’t be modest or shy in your response. We’d be lucky to get you.

Grammar tests? Oh. Darned.

Catherine

Originally published at Writer Tamago. You can comment here or there.

Comments

[erised1810.livejournal.com]

ummm..the onl ythingi can come up with is yo uall read 9or go back to yoru childhood and reread0 the neverending story. it isso full of more than jst a fairy tale/kids stor yadn s oforth.

jsut like the little prince (antoin de st-exupery) i hope it's traslated at al lin english. i read it in french for schoo lbut it is so!cool!

[cathschaffstump.livejournal.com]

Both of those are great ideas.

Catherine

[jimhines.livejournal.com]

Alas, Iowa is a bit out of my driving range. But I believe Sarah Prineas is out your way, and her book The Magic Thief comes out in June. (http://www.sarah-prineas.com/)

[awelkin.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the tip about Sarah, Jim.

If it's any consolation, however, your first book has come up among two of the members of the group already as one we want to read.

You can haz literariness.

Catherine

[jimhines.livejournal.com]

Woot! Goblin power!

[dracschick.livejournal.com]

I wish I lived close to you. I don't at all. I live on the East Coast.

PS

[dracschick.livejournal.com]

sounds like a great idea. Good luck to you and your group!