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SoylentNews Book Club: October 2018

posted by martyb on Wednesday October 03 2018, @03:20AM   
from the hit-the-hit-books dept.

takyon writes:

October: Foundation by Isaac Asimov
November: The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin.
December: Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

October's book is Foundation by Isaac Asimov, meaning the collection of 5 short stories first published in 1951. It is the first published entry in the Foundation series.

Please discuss last month's book, Mars, Ho! below if you haven't done so already. You can also suggest books for January 2019. I can include titles that were already suggested, such as in the comments on the poll. We may be able to increase the maximum number of poll options to accommodate more books.

Previously: SoylentNews Book Club is Alive

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• Is this the thread in which we discuss Foundation?Is this the thread in which we discuss Foundation? (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday October 06 2018, @02:18AM (3 children)

  by Runaway1956 (2926) on Saturday October 06 2018, @02:18AM (#744921) Journal

  Is this the place, or is there supposed to be a thread titled "Foundation by Isaac Asimov"?

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• Re:Is this the thread in which we discuss FoundatiRe:Is this the thread in which we discuss Foundati (Score: 2) by takyon on Monday October 08 2018, @01:34AM (2 children)

  by takyon (881) <{takyon} {at} {soylentnews.org}> on Monday October 08 2018, @01:34AM (#745762) Journal

  We read that one in October, and discuss that one in November.

  I'll retitle/text accordingly going forward.

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  • Re:Is this the thread in which we discuss Foundati(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday October 08 2018, @01:40AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) on Monday October 08 2018, @01:40AM (#745766) Journal

    OK, I think I've got it. Thanks!

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  • Re:Is this the thread in which we discuss Foundati(Score: 3, Insightful) by requerdanos on Wednesday October 10 2018, @06:54PM

    by requerdanos (5997) on Wednesday October 10 2018, @06:54PM (#747084) Journal

    This is a FAQ (where do we discuss this/that) which can be remedied pretty easily.

    My I suggest stories in this nexus along the following lines:

    Story: Let's discuss book so-and-so
    Story: What do you guys want to read for (time period)
    Story: This Story Contains News About The Book Club

    which would semi-neatly put related discussion together.

    This might be an improvement over the current:

    Story: Multiple random not-necessarily-even-connected topics
    Story: Multiple random not-necessarily-even-connected topics

    Just my two cents.

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