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09-01-2018, 07:13 AM | #1 |
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Nominations for October 2018 • Out of This World: Otherwhence
Help us select the book that the New Leaf Book Club will read for October 2018. The theme is Out of This World: Otherwhence Everyone is welcome to join the nomination process even if they'd rather lurk during the voting and discussion; if that is still a little too much commitment, please feel free to suggest titles without making a formal nomination. The nominations will run through 7 AM EDT, September 7, 2018. Each nomination requires a second and a third to make it to the poll, which will remain open for four days. The discussion of the selection will start on October 15, 2018. Don't forget to show up for the discussion of the September selection, Never Let Me Go, on September 15. Any questions? See below, or just ask! FAQs for the Nomination, Selection and Discussion process General Guidelines for the New Leaf Book Club Official choices with three nominations: The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier [Bookpossum, bfisher, CRussel] $US6.99, $C9.99, $A12.99, £5.99 Spoiler:
336 pages
Stargazing by Peter Hill [gmw, Bookpossum, issybird] Amazon UK - £6.17 | Amazon AU $12.99 | Kobo UK - £6.83 | Kobo AU $12.99 Spoiler:
292 pages
Mary Rose by Geoffrey Girard, based on J. M. Barrie's play of the same name [Catlady, gmw, orlok] Amazon U.S. $7.34 | Amazon CA $9.99 | Kobo U.S., $8.69 | Kobo CA $9.89 | Hoopla, Scribd, Overdrive, RB Digital Spoiler:
272 pages
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino [issybird, Bookpossum, astrangerhere] Amazon US $9.99 | Amazon UK £4.99 | Amazon AU $12.99 | OverDrive, Audible Spoiler:
182 pages
The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde [Bookworm_Girl, astrangerhere, CRussel] Public Domain Spoiler:
126 pages
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Clair North [Dngrsone, darryl, CRussel] Amazon US $2.99 Spoiler:
417 pages
Against the Fall of Night by Arthur C. Clarke [gmw, darryl, bfisher] Amazon US $7.75 | Amazon CA $7.99 | Amazon AU $10.55 | Kobo US $8.09 | Kobo CA $8.69 | Kobo AU $10.88 Spoiler:
120 pages
The Big Over Easy (Nursery Crime #1) by Jasper Fforde [issybird, bfisher, BelleZora] Amazon US $4.99 | Amazon UK £0.99 | Amazon AU $12.99 | Amazon CA $4.99 Spoiler:
383 pages
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09-01-2018, 07:14 AM | #2 |
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Titles with one or two nominations:
*Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan [a7sharp9] Amazon US $4.99 | Amazon AU $6.94 | Amazon UK £3.98 | Amazon CA $6.94 Spoiler:
736 pages
*The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov [Ralph Sir Edward] **A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay [Catlady, orlok] Amazon U.S. $11.49 | Amazon CA $5.99 | Amazon AU $5.14 | Amazon UK £4.74 | Kobo US $11.49 | Kobo CA $9.99 | Kobo AU $8.13 | Kobo UK £4.79 | Overdrive Scribd Hoopla RB Digital Spoiler:
320 pages
*Marina by Carlos Ruiz Zafón [Catlady] Amazon U.S. $9.99 | Amazon CA $12.99 | Amazon AU $15.28 | Amazon UK, £3.99 | Kobo U.S. $9.99 | Kobo CA $12.99 | Kobo AU $25.51 | Kobo UK, £3.99 | Overdrive, Axis360, Scribd, Hoopla, RB Digital Spoiler:
234 pages
**Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga #2) by Orson Scott Card [darryl, Dngrsone] Amazon AU: $12.99, Amazon US: $ 8.99, Amazon UK: £ 5.99, Amazon CA: $ 5.99 Spoiler:
382 pages
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09-01-2018, 12:02 PM | #3 |
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Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01JZAKPF0
It is a cult classic in its native Russian (fanfics, fanart, cosplay, the lot), and has nothing to do with the "physically disabled teens overcoming adversity" boilerplate that it's advertised with - or, rather, it has about as much in common with the real book as the eponymous three-story building has with what's going on inside it. "My most important problem was destroying the lines of demarcation that separates what seems real from what seems fantastic", said Marquez - this book solves it, and how. Also, the book club format is perfect for it, because there's so much hidden inside to dig out, and discussing the sudden discoveries is fun. (full disclosure: I am the translator into English, and know it almost by heart - so if it's chosen, I'll lurk, but would be able to answer questions) It is a long book though (300K words), and takes its time spooling up; things start happening in earnest only after about a quarter of the way through. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...the-gray-house Last edited by a7sharp9; 09-01-2018 at 12:21 PM. |
09-01-2018, 06:28 PM | #4 | |
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Welcome to New Leaf Book Club, a7sharp9!
I would like to nominate The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier. From Goodreads: Quote:
Kobo prices: $US6.99, $C9.99, $A12.99, GBP5.99. |
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09-01-2018, 07:16 PM | #5 |
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Gray House doesn't seem to be available anywhere I have looked apart from the Amazon link, which I assume is the US. It isn't showing on Amazon Australia, and Kobo doesn't seem to have it.
Is it available in other countries a7sharp9? For an international book club, it really needs to be. |
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It is at Australian Amazon, https://www.amazon.com.au/Gray-House...dp/B01JZAKPF0/ , as well as other Amazons (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gray-House-...dp/B01JZAKPF0/ , https://www.amazon.ca/Gray-House-Mar...dp/B01JZAKPF0/ , https://www.amazon.de/Gray-House-Mar...dp/B01JZAKPF0/ etc.). I don't think you can buy the ebook anywhere else, because it is Amazon's own imprint, but I can send out a .mobi or a .epub to any club member.
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09-01-2018, 09:44 PM | #7 |
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I'll second The House on the Strand
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09-01-2018, 11:06 PM | #8 |
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Isaac Asimov's The End of Eternity
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09-01-2018, 11:17 PM | #9 | |
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09-01-2018, 11:30 PM | #10 |
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Anyone up for a long book and not read 1Q84? Very good book but also very long (~1100 pages.)
If there isn't good interest I don't want to nominate it given the length. I have another author I will probably nominate something from later. |
09-01-2018, 11:39 PM | #11 |
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This is shaping up to be a month I sit out.
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09-02-2018, 01:41 AM | #12 |
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I suspect the length would be rather daunting. I thought at first I hadn't read anything by Murakami, but then realised I had read After the Quake and didn't really enjoy it. So I'm rather ambivalent.
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09-02-2018, 01:43 AM | #13 |
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I'll third The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier. I don't believe I've ever read anything by her, and I should.
@Catlady: It's all about finding a book that you DO want to read that can be construed to fit the category. The range is fairly large, and that's without pushing too hard. Personally, I'm a bit gunshy this month, and I think I'll save my tickets for seconds. |
09-02-2018, 07:36 AM | #14 |
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I know I suggested this theme, and at the time I even suggested I was looking for science fiction nominations (and was duly and wisely corrected ), but I've gone off the idea quite a bit. That may be because some of the books I wanted to nominate are not readily available in e-book form, or that a few turned out to have been nominated before, or that one will draw all the wrong sorts of discussion, or others that have most probably been already read by anyone likely to read this sort of thing. (It's been altogether most frustrating.) It might also be partly due to the fact that I'm reading a Sci-Fi at the moment that I'm really struggling with. (I want to enjoy it, but the author is so making damn hard that I'm considering giving it up, which would make two books in a row and that has never happened to me before.) On top of all that, my VPN service has effectively stopped working with Amazon CA or US, so reliably checking availability there is now effectively impossible for me. ... So, where does that leave me?
Well, after considering and discarding around two dozen possibilities, I've decided on two nominations - either they will be available to you, or they won't, check them before voting. I apologise in advance if you can't get them. One's a classic to sit up against Ralph's nomination of Isaac Asimov's The End of Eternity. But my second nomination stretches this theme to virtual breaking point, suggesting a book that even Catlady might vote for - if she can find it. So after such a protracted struggle, I think a drum roll is in order before ... |
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I nominate: Against the Fall of Night by Arthur C. Clarke.
Amazon US - USD$7.75 | Amazon CA - CDN$7.99 | Amazon AU - AUD$10.55 | Kobo US - USD$8.09 | Kobo CA - CAD$8.69 | Kobo AU AUD$10.88 From Goodreads: Quote:
This is early Clarke and some criticise it for that early earnestness, but I like it better than some of his later work for many of the reasons others don't like it. There is much in here that Clarke doesn't try to explain; it's more human and less scientific than Clarke eventually becomes. I recommend you check out your library options: this book is old and short, no one should be charging $10+ for this! (But some are.) Why I cannot find this on the UK sites is a mystery to me - I mean this is Arthur C. Clarke for crying out loud! |
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