05-21-2013, 07:10 PM | #31 | |
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I nominate The Giver by Lois Lowry.
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05-21-2013, 07:21 PM | #32 |
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Where are the biography fans? American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson by Joseph J. Ellis still needs a second and a third.
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05-21-2013, 07:28 PM | #33 |
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I just noticed that I'd like to second American Sphinx by Joseph J. Ellis.
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05-21-2013, 07:34 PM | #34 |
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Thanks, medard. Jefferson was an interesting fellow, as followers of The Jefferson Hour well know.
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1980 BSFA Winner
1980 Nebula Winner 1981 Campbell Winner 1981 Locus SF Nominated I am going to nominate Timescape by Gregory Benford. This is a multiple award winning book well worthy of being read. Quote:
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05-21-2013, 07:47 PM | #37 |
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So you're going with a science fiction choice this time?
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I second The Giver.
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05-22-2013, 01:49 AM | #42 |
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I'll third The Giver if it still needs it. I have this on my reading list this year.
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American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson by Joseph J. Ellis still needs a third. I've long been intrigued by Jefferson. His strengths, weaknesses, and contradictions make for absorbing reading. Even when choosing my food at buffets, I think of Jefferson and what Jefferson portrayer Clay Jenkinson said was his preference: "Just enough meat to season the vegetables." Doesn't anyone want to read about this fascinating man of inspiring noble ideas and feet of clay?
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I'd like to nominate Who Fears Death? by Nnedi Okorafor. This won the World Fantasy Award in 2011.
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05-22-2013, 10:18 AM | #45 |
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I will third Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. It's been sitting on my bookshelf since Christmas. I gave it to my mother to read and she hated it. I think it'll be right up my alley.
I will also nominate Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri. It is a collection of short stories that won the Pulitzer and the Hemingway Foundation/PEN award in 2000. |
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