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Friday, July 30, 2004

Up to date

Well, mostly. There's an entry for each month since bookclub started. And most of them are probably right.

We still need to know/confirm
-what Liz or Jason chose for June 1999... Done
-whether it was Gina or Terry who chose 'The Business' (I suspect Terry because Gina chose 'Barrayar' 2 months before)...
-whether we did 'V for Vendetta' in December 2000...
-which way round we did 'B-Grade' and 'The Book of Skulls'...
-whether it was Emma or Liz who chose 'Paradise Lost' and 'The Amber Spyglass'... Done
-whether it was Liz or Jason who chose 'Farewell, My Lovely'... Done
-any information about July 2003...

Just me being pedantic really:-(

Friday, July 23, 2004

The List So Far

April 1999 Lives of the Monster Dogs Kirsten Bakis Karen
May 1999 Holy Fire Bruce Sterling Dave Cake
June 1999 Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Liz
July 1999 The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood Emma
August 1999 Cosm Gregory Benford Sandy *Aussicon Guest
September 1999 The Dispossessed Ursula LeGuin Dave Chandler
October 1999 Northern Lights Philip Pullman Shay
November 1999 Flashman George MacDonald Fraser Fe
December 1999 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep Philip K. Dick Liz
January 2000 Barrayar Lois McMaster Bujold Gina
February 2000 The Resurrected Man Sean Williams Anna
March 2000 The Business Iain Banks Gina/Terry
April 2000 Silver Lady and the Fortyish Man Megan Lindholm (aka Robin Hobb) Emma *Swancon Guest
May 2000 To Say Nothing of the Dog Connie Willis Liz
June 2000 Dracula Bram Stoker Emma
July 2000 Sirens of Titan Kurt Vonnegut Cathy
August 2000 20 000 Leagues Under the Sea Jules Verne Shay
September 2000 Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck Liz
October 2000 Orlando Virginia Woolf Lyndall
November 2000 The Hobbit? J. R. R. Tolkien Marie/Tom
December 2000 ?? V for Vendetta Alan Moore/David Lloyd Dave Cake??
January 2001 Travesties Tom Stoppard Karen
February 2001 ??'Book of Skulls' Robert Silverberg ?choice *Swancon Guest??
March 2001 ?? 'B-Grade' Zan Ross Sarah *Swancon Guest??
April 2001 Odyssey Homer Fe
May 2001 Odyssey Homer Fe (due to lack of attendence the previous month)
June 2001 Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Douglas Adams Shay
July 2001 'Chromium' 'Silver' in The Periodic Table Primo Levi Frances
August 2001 I Heard the Owl Call My Name Margaret Craven Darren
September 2001 Paradise Lost MIlton Liz
October 2001 Amber Spyglass Philip Pullman Liz
November 2001 Lord of the flies, by Jonathon Weiner/Antarctic Dreams, by Francis Halzen/Must dog eat dog?, by Susan McCarthy in The
Best American Science Writing 2000 James Gleik Karen Postponed to December
December 2001 Lord of the flies, by Jonathon Weiner/Antarctic Dreams, by Francis Halzen/Must dog eat dog?, by Susan McCarthy in The
Best American Science Writing 2000 James Gleik Karen
January 2002 Farewell, My Lovely Raymond Chandler Jason
February 2002 Farewell, My Lovely Raymond Chandler Jason (due to low attendence last month)
March 2002 Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow Peter Hoeg Frances
April 2002 Songlines Bruce Chatwin Marie
May 2002 Perdido St Station China Miéville Shay
June 2002 Winnie-the-Pooh A. A. Milne Fe
July 2002 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone J. K. Rowling Emma (Last minute replacement for Dave)
August 2002 A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Alexander Solzhenitsyn Emma
September 2002 'Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons' 'The Ballad of Lost C'Mell' 'A Planet Named Shayol' in The Best of Cordwainer Smith Cordwainer Smith Tom
October 2002 Empire of the Sun J. G. Ballard Liz (postponed for some reason) originally 'How to Lose Friends and Alienate People' Toby Young
November 2002 Empire of the Sun J. G. Ballard Liz
December 2002 Oranges are Not the Only Fruit Jeanette Winterson Lily
January 2003 Goblin Market/Jane Eyre Christina Rosetti/Charlotte Brontë Frances
February 2003 Bone Doll's Twin Lynn Flewelling Emma *Swancon Guest
March 2003 Robinson Crusoe Daniel deFoe Anna
April 2003 The Mother Anger Tony Shillitoe Fe *Swancon Guest
May 2003 Curse of Chalion Lois McMaster Bujold Elaine
June 2003 Possession A. S. Byatt Margaret
July 2003 ??No idea
August 2003 I Capture the Castle Dodie Smith Liz
September 2003 Dodgy Cookbooks Anna
October 2003 The Once and Future King T. H. White Anna
November 2003 Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen Jenny
December 2003 The Gifts of the Magi and your favourite Christmas Story O. Henry Fe
January 2004 Much Ado About Nothing William Shakespeare Margaret (at Elaine's)
February 2004 Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass Lewis Carroll Simon
March 2004 The Anubis Gate Tim Powers Shay *Swancon Guest
April 2004 Tree and Leaf/Farmer Giles of Ham J. R. R. Tolkien Anna (postponed to next month)
May 2004 Tree and Leaf/Farmer Giles of Ham J. R. R. Tolkien Ann
June 2004 Bridge of Birds Barry Hughart Frances
July 2004 Mary Poppins P. L. Travers Fe
August 2004 Across the Nightingale Floor Lian Hearn Liz

Thursday, July 08, 2004

'Mary Poppins' by P. L. Travers

Fe's choice.

Generally not popular. The only people who really seemed to enjoy it at all, read it aloud to a 4 y.o.