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Little Nemo
Little Nemo
26 Aug
8:47pm, 26 Aug 2024
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Little Nemo
I've read that, it's very good. A big commitment though!
DazTheSlug
DazTheSlug
27 Aug
1:19am, 27 Aug 2024
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DazTheSlug
I just started "Fortunata and Jacinta" a 19th century Spanish classic - it's over 800 pages and small font! (v.good so far though)
GregP
GregP
27 Aug
6:19am, 27 Aug 2024
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Excellent. There’s a balance between what I think we’d all enjoy and what will stick too much in the craw of the literary fiction crowd.

Can I go up to 420 pages or is 400 the cut off?
McGoohan
McGoohan
27 Aug
7:22am, 27 Aug 2024
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McGoohan
I think 420 is fine.

(Reserving the right to completely reverse on that if it turns out to be Scott Mariani's Space Cop series)
GregP
GregP
27 Aug
7:36am, 27 Aug 2024
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GregP
The short list is three space operas, a grimdark fantasy and a very, very unorthodox crime novel.

The grimdark is 480 though so I think we can safely ditch that.
McGoohan
McGoohan
27 Aug
7:59am, 27 Aug 2024
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McGoohan
Say 'no' to dystopias
Diogenes
Diogenes
27 Aug
8:17am, 27 Aug 2024
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Diogenes
"a very, very unorthodox crime novel" sounds my sort of thing.
GregP
GregP
27 Aug
8:20am, 27 Aug 2024
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GregP
Okay.

We have the one I feel I *should* pick - Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie - but I suspect many of you have already read it, even if I haven't

We have the one I'd like to pick - Revenger by Alastair Reynolds - an accessible yarn by a proper hard-SF author - but I fear the snifferati would have too much fun mocking it.

And so, we come to the extreme compromise candidate.

We accept that Elmore Leonard is A Good Thing, right? And that Carl Hiaasen is the same only with less talent but the Florida madness dialled up to 11?

So the September chozz is to Carl Hiaasen what Carl Hiaasen is to Elmore Leonard.

Florida Roadkill by Tim Dorsey.

I suspect we'll all hate it.

As usual, this can be overturned on appeal, in which case we'll go with Revenger.
GregP
GregP
27 Aug
8:23am, 27 Aug 2024
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GregP
[and thanks to AppleTV's adaption of Bad Monkey for reminding me about the Tim Dorset on my 'to read' pile]
Diogenes
Diogenes
27 Aug
8:28am, 27 Aug 2024
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Diogenes
Ancillary Justice was the bonus book in July 2015 :-)

JULY 2015 (Badger)
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Bonus Book:
Ancillary Justice (Ann Leckie)
amazon.co.uk
Discussion: http://www.fetcheveryone.com/viewtopic.php?id=58087
Poll: http://www.fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=5005

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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
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