In October, our Science Fiction Book Club will finally be reading Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. This book has been nominated and come in a close second a number of times, hopefully now that it has won, we’ll get some good participation for it.
In reality, Hiro Protagonist delivers pizza for Uncle Enzo’s CosoNostra Pizza Inc., but in the Metaverse he’s a warrior prince. Plunging headlong into the enigma of a new computer virus that’s striking down hackers everywhere, he races along the neon-lit streets on a search-and-destroy mission for the shadowy virtual villain threatening to bring about infocalypse. Snow Crash is a mind-altering romp through a future America so bizarre, so outrageous…you’ll recognize it immediately.
Literary Awards: Arthur C. Clarke Award Nominee (1994), British Science Fiction Association Award Nominee (1993), Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire for Roman étranger (1997)
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Our discussion breakpoints will be:
Week 1: Chapters 1 – 13
Week 2: Chapters 14 – 30
Week 3: Chapters 31 – 47
Week 4: Finished
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WANT TO JOIN IN?
If you would like to join us you can visit our forums and add your name to the list here. Want to know how our Sci-fi Book Club works first? Read on!
CHOOSING A BOOK
All books are nominated and voted on by our members. Anyone can nominate a book and everyone can vote. In November we will be reading Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie.
SPOILER FREE DISCUSSION
Sci-Fi Book Club begins on the 1st of every month. Once a book is started we discuss our books in a way that will not spoil the story. We limit how much you can discuss and when and break it down by week.
Week 1 – You may only discuss the first 1/4 of the book
Week 2 – You may only discuss the first 1/2 of the book
Week 3 – You may only discuss the first 3/4 of the book
Week 4 – Anything goes
We are going to go based on page count. So for example, if a book has 500 pages then week one you can discuss up to page 125 and then week two 250 and so on. Each week will have a separate thread, so as not to spoil the story for people who fall behind or come in late.
WHAT IF YOU WANT TO READ FASTER THAN THAT?
Not a problem at all. You are more than welcome to read ahead, but when discussing things just remember to post in the appropriate thread. And if you’re not sure when something happened, you can always use the spoiler tag to hide your post.
Should you not want any spoilers or discussion during the reading process, just come after the end of week three and start discussing the book once you have finished. (This is how most book clubs operate anyway.)
We would love for you to join us! You can sign up for this month’s book club here or visit our book club section to see all our past selections here.
WANT REMINDERS?
Follow @FFBookClub on Twitter for reminders when book club starts nominations, voting and discussions.
Jennie Ivins
JC Kang