I attended my first ever book discussion group this morning. We had a small but very lively group. We agreed to read a variety of mystery subgenres, and that we would rotate into the mystery mix novels of suspense as well.
We wanted to be able to read older classic titles and authors as well as newer titles and authors. The older authors can be a problem just because often it is difficult to find multiple copies of them for a whole group to read.
In cases like these we will read any book we can find by that author for the discussion, and we will discuss their work more generally and look for common themes and perhaps methods of presenting and solving crimes.
I've agreed to do the author background, discussions and read-alikes.
This will be alot of fun, and I'm glad I chose mysteries as my first experience with book groups.
These are our first selections:
February
Daughter of Time/Josephine Tey
March
Murder in the Vicarage/Agatha Christie (Note the group is meeting Tuesday March 17th instead of Tuesday March 10th this month.)
April
Any book by A. A. Fair
May
The Devil's Teardrop/Jeffrey Deaver
June
Woman in White/Wilkie Collins
For more Gernsback papers look up this book.
ReplyDeleteI’ve recently published a new 900-page biography about the life and times of Hugo Gernsback. It is available on Amazon. Just follow this link:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=steckler+hugo+gernsback
The manuscript was found while I was in the process of closing down Gernsback Publications Inc. in 2003. It was apparently written some time in the 1950’s. It covers all the areas that Hugo found interesting: wireless communications, science fiction, publishing, patents, foretelling the future, and much more.
Want more info? Contact me at PoptronixInc@aol.com
It looks like the book "Hugo Gernsback: A Man Well Ahead of His Time" by Larry Steckler isn't available on Amazon.
ReplyDeleteAs a long time science fiction reader I've heard of Gernsback, and the book certainly sounds interesting.
How did you find your way here, though?
By the way, if you're from that era, do you remember the name of the group of science fiction writers that included I think...Isaac Asimov, Damon Knight, Frederick Pohl (I want to say C.L.Moore, Henry Kuttner as well but haven't read about them in a very long time)?
Thanks!
I am so glad that you liked the book group! There is something wonderful about talking with likeminded people about books that you loved! Mona
ReplyDelete