S&L Book 3: American Gods
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American Gods is Neil Gaiman's best and most ambitious novel yet, a scary, strange, and hallucinogenic road-trip story wrapped around a deep examination of the American spirit. Gaiman tackles everything from the onslaught of the information age to the meaning of death, but he doesn't sacrifice the razor-sharp plotting and narrative style he's been delivering since his Sandman days.As always, you have some time to get the book before we start reading. Let's shoot for Dec. 19th to begin the official discussion! Of course, knowing most of you, you'll be done reading it by then ;) Pick up the book at the S&L Store, or where ever books are sold or rented! Happy reading! -V
Vote for S&L Book 3!
/Time for another fantasy book, here are the choices!
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Voting will shut down in four days! May the best book win!
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/Since we're just about through with our most recent sci-fi book (Ender's Game) it's time to start choosing what our next fantasy novel will be!
Tom has started a forum thread (DO NOT leave suggestions in the comments here... I won't count them) where you can name some books you'd like us to read. On a totally personal note, I'd like to read something I've never read before (Golden Compass and Ender's Game were both old favorites of mine), so that's the only prerequisite for this voting cycle. I'll let you know in the thread if I've read your choice!
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Vote for the next book!
/We're still well into The Golden Compass, but we still need to choose the next novel! Based on submissions in the forums and and choices by me and Tom, we've created a poll. It will be open for the next 4 days, so make your choice!
UPDATE: Oops. I'm my rushed state, I wrote "iRobot" instead of the correct "I, Robot." Someone has gadgets on the brain, huh? ;)
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-Veronica
Read MoreGet in on the discussion!
/We've begun reading The Golden Compass, so if you haven't already make sure you join the group for the discussion in the forums! There will be a new group for every book we read, so we can keep everything organized.
If you haven't seen the new FAQ that we've added as well, check it out!
Happy reading!
Read MoreS&L Book 1: The Golden Compass
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A social network of our very own
/After many enthusiastic recommendations, I've decided to use Ning as our discussion forum. I've been a member of Ning for some time now, but this is the first time I've created a network. Seems like it will be perfect! There is, of course, the minor downside of having to join yet another social network, but if we had forums you'd have to register on those anyway.
So go check out the page at swordandlaser.ning.com! This blog will still be used to announce the book choices and news. Have fun!
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