Re: [scifinoir2] My Online Reading Group Is Pretentious and Boring

2006-03-29 Thread Astromancer
Just a suggestion...I use Yahoo, MSN, and AIM messengers...I also rigged a cam and a multimedia headset to my piece of crap computer... On Yahoo's IM, they have a great chatroom setup I use to talk or type in real time to several of my friends and we have a blast...it the same as having a

Re: [scifinoir2] My Online Reading Group Is Pretentious and Boring

2006-03-25 Thread Martin Pratt
I'm game. And my county's library system usually has most of the good sci-fi books, both new and older. Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We could always read a classic that is available at the library or from a used bookstore cheap. I'm easy, and usually way broke as well. I just want to

Re: [scifinoir2] My Online Reading Group Is Pretentious and Boring

2006-03-25 Thread Bosco Bosco
I think the first step is getting all the people who want in to say so. I wonder if a poll would be better to determine who wants to join in or perhaps, a private email to me? Or a clearly subject line like, reading group participation, so that those who do not want to participate can delete on

[scifinoir2] My Online Reading Group Is Pretentious and Boring

2006-03-24 Thread Bosco Bosco
I am on a Dune discussion group and we've begun reading the series together and discussing it. I thought it would be fun but the list is peopled with socially painful goober people who want to endlessly argue about each other's opinions, worship frank Herbert sycophantically and obsess on small

Re: [scifinoir2] My Online Reading Group Is Pretentious and Boring

2006-03-24 Thread Martin Pratt
Where you lead, I'll follow. As long as it costs as little as possible. Signed, One Poor Black Man Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am on a Dune discussion group and we've begun reading the series together and discussing it. I thought it would be fun but the list is peopled with

Re: [scifinoir2] My Online Reading Group Is Pretentious and Boring

2006-03-24 Thread Bosco Bosco
We could always read a classic that is available at the library or from a used bookstore cheap. I'm easy, and usually way broke as well. I just want to read some of the best books out there and talk with people who actually read as well. Bosco --- Martin Pratt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where

Re: [scifinoir2] My Online Reading Group Is Pretentious and Boring

2006-03-24 Thread buky90
this could be good could we mix this up with comicsmy first ideal would be maybe the v movie and gn and a discourse of both. Also a little trashy stuff i'm a big l hamilton anita blake anyone . let's roll also by the books maybe especially dune etc acouple of chapters at a time easier than trying