Book discussion next Thurs Dec 6th at 6pm - CAT'S CRADLE by Kurt Vonnegut

[Alice Aman]

Hi everyone,

Hope everyone had a nice Thanksiving.

We will meet next week on Thurs Dec 6th at 6pm at Houston Freed
Montrose Library to discuss CAT'S CRADLE by Kurt Vonnegut.

We also will vote on new books for April through September 2013. The
ballot is still open for suggestions.
http://www.houstonbookclubs.org/Montrose/ballots/dec6-2012.html You
must have attended at least two meetings to submit a title. Please
submit to me via email before c.o.b. on Monday. If you have any
questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

Hope to see you next week.

--Alice

===UPCOMING READINGS=============

Dec 6 - CAT'S CRADLE: A NOVEL by Kurt Vonnegut [publ 1963] 304 pages
Explores issues of science, technology, and religion, satirizing the
arms race and many other targets along the way. Chilling "end of the
world" classic.
--Alice leading discussion
[Note: election at this meeting - ongoing ballot at:
http://www.houstonbookclubs.org/Montrose/ballots/dec6-2012.html]

Readings for 2013

Jan 3 - NO MEETING THIS MONTH! [holiday week]
This gives us time to start reading next month's LONG book early!

Feb 7 - ALL THE KING'S MEN by Robert Penn Warren [publ 1946] 600 pages
Pulitzer Prize winner. Rated the 36th greatest novel of the 20th
century by Modern Library and one of 100 best novels since 1923 by
TIME magazine. Pronounced by Sinclair Lewis as "one of our few
national galleries of character."
Story traces career of a demagogue - loosely based on Governor Huey
"Kingfish" Long of Louisiana. An idealistic man of the people soon
becomes corrupted by success and is caught between dreams of service
and an insatiable lust for power.
[LONG BOOK CATEGORY] Note; you will have more time to read if you use
extra time from January
--Marcella leading discussion

Mar 7 - NEUROMANCER by William Gibson [publ 1984] 288 pages
First winner of the science-fiction "triple crown": the Nebula Award,
the Philip K. Dick Award, and the Hugo Award.
The novel tells the story of a washed-up computer hacker hired by a
mysterious employer to pull off the ultimate hack.
--Wendy leading discussion