Only the strong survive

Readers,

Hope everyone is almost done. And we can get on with discussing this wild-ride that was, "Kafka on the Shore"
When we are done, I hope some can attend the discussion. But I think we should change one of the days. Feel free to make suggestions, but I think we will still have the discussion on SUNDAY the 22nd, but now, instead of Saturday it will be on Thursday instead. PLEASE email me and we can come to a consensus on the days. How is 6 to 8 pm on Thursday and 4 to 6pm on Saturday. These are both Pacific time. So call someone and tell them to get on the Skype or the Gmail or the phone or whatever and Talk about this god forsaken book. Speaking of God Forsaken. The next book seems to be just that.





HERE IS CORINNE'S little BLURB on WORLD WAR Z

World War Z - An Oral History of the Zombie War, Max Brooks

So I have never read this book before, nor much science fiction for that matter. I'm loving Kafka on the Shore so much that I realize its a hard act to follow. Upon discussing my book chooser of the month role with a friend, she recommended this as a great book for a book club and listing off all of our mutual friends that are also now obsessed. None of these folks are your typical science fiction aficionados, so I take her word that its worth the read.

From my understanding the story is told through interviews looking back at the post apocalyptic world where Patient Zero came in and nearly wiped out humanity. Zombies took over and the war for survival raged. Max Brooks writes in his introduction, "By excluding the human factor, aren't we risking the kind of personal detachment from history that may, heaven forbid, lead us one day to repeat it? And in the end, isn't the human factor the only true difference between us and the enemy we now refer to as 'the living dead'?" I think the general them speaks to fear of the "other," the enemy, among other relevant metaphors of the time.

This is a link to the publisher's description, which I like the best of those that I've read so far.

http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307346605


I think we all have something to look forward to...

I know you can get this on Amazon for eight books and some library is likely to have it. So get on it! Also, this is a great month to get more people on who didn't read last month. Talk to you soon....

Andrew

Feb-March Update

Book Readers,

I just wanted to put this out there. The new book for the Month February 20th to March 20th will be...


World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War.


Corinne will write more about it soon. When it is more official. I think there is a companion book you could read / look through first called: The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead.

These books may be sort of obscure from libraries, so reserve your copy today!

EXCITING!!!

-Andrew

February

Interesting... hmm, wow, what a great line. Yes.
Oh sorry, I was just reading the book, finishing it up, almost there and I guess I was interrupted. Still, I hope everyone is enjoying, I know I am and I can't give it up enough to ol Brett Allin. What a great guy huh?

Don't get worried now, everyone still has a few weeks to get on it. But I just want to put it out there that we should schedule a discussion. I am thinking the Saturday and/or Sunday after the 20th of February. Around 4pm pacific time on Saturday, and 11 am pacific on Sunday. Shouldn't be too early for anyone.

Here is how it will go down. If you want to call someone, email me and I will give you someones number that you need or someone random, if you wish. If you want to talk, chat, email Brett (the man who picked the book), here is his email: brett.allin@gmail.com He is from Danville, CA the same town as "SULLY" the Miracle Pilot. My email again is motandrew@gmail.com

Other than a ONE-on-ONE discussion with someone, we will try to do a group discussion. During those times I mentioned I will be on gmail and SKYPE. my skype name is "asuneater" so you can SKYPE me and then I will add you to the group call we will be having, if you are technology capable. Also, I think we can have a giant gmail group chat. Should work out well, just email me if we don't chat already. This is one of the most important parts of the book club, so lets try and make it work.

Either Way, I hope we talk. Yes, you and me... and I hope the next book goes down like sweet apple pie on a southern plantation. It will be picked out by none other than Corinne Ray, no not the famed singer/songwriter, instead a humble couchsurfer who now lives in the Bay Area. Email her corinne.ray@gmail.com or check out her inspiring website corinneray.com or watch her show "Weird, True, and Freaky" on Animal Planet. There will be more about her, and the new book soon! I am also going to email this out to everyone on the list until you start checking this blog regularly.

weird, true, Freaky?,

Andrew