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_refugee_  ·  3621 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski Literary Thing – The Spokening

fuggit if the spot is still open I'm in.

I didn't jump for it at first because I'm bad at post and also reading promptly, but this is turning out way too cool. Although I admit I've read/own a fair number of these.

Applaud the choice of Flatland, scold the choice of Jitterbug.

Please let me know if I actually am in or if someone else got the spot already.

edit: alas I am too late. (Really that is fine.) But update the damn OP, 'plex.





Complexity  ·  3621 days ago  ·  link  ·  

There's an empty spot on the table, to make nine souls. CHOOSE!

_refugee_  ·  3621 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'll take Owen Meany.

Are you buying all these copies yourself? Some of these I can provide and would not miss, or would cherish if I ended up in permanent possession of the final marked-up copy. I definitely own BNW (and probably already lightly annotated), Flatland, The Road, American Gods, ASOF&I, maybe Jitterbug and maybe Owen, (funny story if I do, I got it on a first date with a polyamorous dude I never saw it again, I was supposed to be borrowing it along with Cider House Rules, which I definitely still have). Asking because we have considered cost of postage but cost of texts could be not insignificant too.

Everyone let's buy Complexity a beer when this is finished (in a year or so...or never... - let's try and finish this, but patience).

Nine for the erudite men, doomed to read.

Complexity  ·  3621 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Too late for Owen Meany, KB was in like lightning!

_refugee_  ·  3621 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Curses I made a list of "taken" but skipped right by KB.

I'll take the City & the City.

When Jitterbug comes my way I may abscond with annotations and write a small note expressing my dislike, just to get it all out. Lance the boil and all that - but I don't know if I should be the first to take it and leave everyone else with such an intro. So the City & the City.

Shanks, shanks, shanks.