Hatrack River Writers Workshop: Book Club News

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Posted by rickfisher (Member # 1214) on :

Christine's book club was such a great idea, I'd hate to see it die out. Might I suggest that everyone involved in this take a look at the Hooks and Books forum and read the most recent thread (it's not long) so that we can get some feedback as to how many people are willing to continue to participate?

Hardly anyone looked at it last month, and this month it appears that even the moderator has disappeared. But next month is Joe Haldeman's The Forever War, led by Lord Darkstorm. There's still time to read it.

Posted by punahougirl84 (Member # 1731) on :

I picked up "The Forever War" on Saturday from our library. If I didn't have children, I'd probably be done. So far, a very fast, very enjoyable read! And one I had passed up before at one point, so I really thank LDS for selecting it for August.

One little note. There are three versions of the book out there. Parts of it were serialized in Analog in the early 70's. Certain stuff got rewritten, then the book happened. Then another publisher picked it up and allowed Haldeman to change stuff back to the way it was supposed to be, but not all the changes happened. So hopefully the copy people are reading is the more current edition, in which everything got fixed to the way Haldeman wanted it (except a few anachronism occurred with all the changes!). He explained this in the copy I have - so even the book has a story!

I too hope the club is continuing. I'm appreciating and enjoying my broadening horizons, especially with recommendations of new books to try.

Posted by Robyn_Hood (Member # 2083) on :

I'm curious about the Books and Hooks section.

Is it only for discussing book club books or is it for discussing anything we happen to read?

I've got a favourite e-zine that I always read and wouldn't mind discussing from time to time.

Posted by Kathleen Dalton Woodbury (Member # 59) on :

It's for discussing published stories:

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Topics here can start with a 13-line quote from the start of a published work and discuss what works and doesn't work about the opening. Or they can be for discussion of other aspects of published books.

Posted by Keeley (Member # 2088) on :

Sounds interesting. Count me in.