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LindsD
LindsD
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LindsD
Thank you

I like Carl Hiaasen.
GregP
GregP
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GregP
I thought it was out of play somehow. Right. So I can read it then contribute to the discussion. Nice.

FWIW Tim Dorsey died late last year, aged 62.
McGoohan
McGoohan
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McGoohan
Surrey Libraries do not have a copy but have instead offered me 'Kids Fight Plastic' by Martin Dorey which features illustrations by Tim Wesson. The blurb reads:
"Have you got 2 minutes? That's all the time it takes to become a `2minutesuperhero. Plastic is everywhere. It is in the rivers and it is in the sea. We need superheroes to fight plastic and help save our oceans. Read this essential book and find out how you can become a `2minutesuperhero by completing 50 missions to fight plastic at home, school and on your days out."
GregP
GregP
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GregP
Does that mean we can do Revenger instead?

The galaxy has seen great empires rise and fall. Planets have shattered and been remade. Amongst the ruins of alien civilizations, building our own from the rubble, humanity still thrives.

And there are vast fortunes to be made, if you know where to find them.
McGoohan
McGoohan
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9:06am, 27 Aug 2024
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McGoohan
Is that from Kids Fight Plastic? It seems to have the same plot
GregP
GregP
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9:08am, 27 Aug 2024
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GregP
“Another kind of wind, raging out of the Old Sun all the while, but it slips through the hull and the photon sails like they aren’t there at all. Dark-wind, some call it. Or ghost-wind or shadow-wind.”
― Alastair Reynolds, Revenger
GregP
GregP
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9:10am, 27 Aug 2024
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GregP
“South Tampa is the polyp of land that dangles into Tampa Bay like a uvula.”
― Tim Dorsey, Florida Roadkill
McGoohan
McGoohan
27 Aug
9:17am, 27 Aug 2024
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McGoohan
Arrr, we suffers badly from the wind, so we does, arr
Diogenes
Diogenes
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9:33am, 27 Aug 2024
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Diogenes
any palps to boast?
McGoohan
McGoohan
27 Aug
9:49am, 27 Aug 2024
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McGoohan
Arr, palps to windward, palps to larboard, there be palps all around

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September 2024 book


Welcome to Season Seven

September 2024 (The Greppler)
Florida Roadkill (Tim Dorsey)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/florida-roadkill---book-group-september-2024-discussion-thread-63210
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11489

August 2024 (The Scribbler)
A Thousand Ships (Natalie Haynes)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/a-thousand-ships---august-2024-book-group-discussion-thread-63153
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11435

July 2024 (Fetch)
The Cranes That Build The Cranes (Jeremy Dyson)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/the-cranes-that-build-the-cranes---by-jeremy-dyson---july-2024-book-group-discussion-thread-63104
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11364

June 2024 (Dio)
Bournville (Jonathan Coe)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/bournville-by-jonathan-coe---book-group-june-2024-discussion-thread-63061
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11356

May 2024 (Quimby)
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (Gabrielle Zevin)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/the-storied-life-of-a-j-fikry---may-2024-book-group-discussion-thread-63033
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11337

April 2024 (Maclennane)
Independence Day (Richard Ford)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/independence-day-by-richard-ford---april-2024-book-group-choice-63006
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11269

March 2024 (Chrisull)
The High House (Jessie Greengrass)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/the-high-house-by-jessie-greengrass---march-2024-fetch-book-group-discussion-thread-62965
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11192

February 2024 (Linds)
Severance (Ling Ma)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/severance-by-ling-ma---feb-2024-book-group-discussion-thread-62917
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11165

January 2024 (Night-owl)
The Rabbit Factor (Antti Tuomainen (Author), David Hackston (Translator))
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/the-rabbit-factor---jan-2024-book-group-discussion-62892
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11119

December 2023 (Serendippers)
The Indisputable Existence of Santa Claus (Hannah Fry and Thomas Oleron Evans)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/the-indisputable-existence-of-santa-claus---december-2023-book-group-discussion-thread-62852
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11004

November 2023 (Columba)
Watling Street (John Higgs)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/watling-street---nov-2023-book-group-dicussion-thread-62830
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=10925

October 2023 (Little Nemo)
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Toshikazu Kawaguchi trans. Geoffrey Trousselot)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/before-the-coffee-gets-cold---book-group---oct-2023-discussion-thread-62811
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=10860

The last two months of Season Six:

September 2023 (westmoors)
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/rabbit-run-by-john-updike---book-group-sept-2023-discussion-thread-62786
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=10848

August 2023 (Serendipps)
Queenie (Candice Carty-Williams)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/queenie-by-candice-carty-williams---august-2023-book-group-discussion-thread-62766
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=10808

Currently Choosinating

Not yet chozzed:
Bint
McGoohan
Westmoors

Already chozzed:
Little Nemo
Columba
Serendippers
Night-owl
Linds
Chrisull
Maclennane
Quimby
Dio
Fetch
The Scribbler
Grepples

Earlier book choices and discussion threads
All previous runners and riders can be found on this thread here: http://www.fetcheveryone.com/viewtopic.php?id=58751

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