We are seven handsome and charming* guys who meet at a different restaurant every month or so, having read a book in common, and discuss whatever we want--generally the assigned book, but usually many other timely topics as well. We rotate the responsibility to suggest titles, but the group has the final say. Our book club rules: 1) Anything goes, fiction or nonfiction; 2) paperbacks are preferred; and 3) staying under 300 pages is desirable (N.B., we violate this one all the time). We rate all books and restaurants on a 5-point scale.

* All other adjectives were vetoed.

February 18, 2008

Blade Runner by Scott Bukatman and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip Dick (Luci Ancora)

We watched a movie this time, Bladerunner, and some read the novel on which it was based, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Paul made a strong case that the movie raises important issues regarding human identity and contemporary society. An incomplete group, we met at Luci Ancora and had a very satisfying meal. The next book is V. S. Naipaul, India: A Wounded Civilization. The meeting is April 1.
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February 4, 2008

All The Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy (Amazing Thailand)

We mostly talked politics since the presidential campaign was heating up, but the book (All the Pretty Horses) was well received. We liked McCarthy's powerful, lyrical style and, after the first 100 pages or so, the story was compelling. Most of us also gave high marks to the restaurant (Amazing Thailand). The next assignment is to watch the movie Blade Runner and to read Scott Bukatman's Blade Runner and Philip Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
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