Hello, Dave.
Arthur C. Clarke's groundbreaking 1968 novel 2001: A Space Odyssey set the standard for the sci-fi literature that was to come. In begins in prehistory. Moon Watcher, and ape-man discovers a mysterious, dark monolith near his cave home. Millions of years later, a similar monolith is uncovered on the Moon. Next, a ship is sent to Saturn under the guise of collecting information about the planet; however, the HAL 9000, the ship's computer, knows what it's real mission is, and it cannot allow the ship's captain, to get in the way of that mission.
Join us for the discussion of this novel on Wednesday, January 13, and for the film version on Friday, January 15.
If you enjoy this novel, check out (pun intended) its sequel, 2010: Odyssey Two. Very fitting given the new year.
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This Month's Selection:
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This Year's Theme
Ignorance is not bliss.
We may share one nation, but we do not share one national experience. The goal this year is to read books that open our minds to the American experience as we might not expect it. What's it like to be a Native American who leaves the reservation and tries to assimilate to the culture outside it? What is it like to be disabled in America? How are the experiences of immigrants, the impoverished, etc. different from what we might consider the "American experience"? This year, we will find out.
We may share one nation, but we do not share one national experience. The goal this year is to read books that open our minds to the American experience as we might not expect it. What's it like to be a Native American who leaves the reservation and tries to assimilate to the culture outside it? What is it like to be disabled in America? How are the experiences of immigrants, the impoverished, etc. different from what we might consider the "American experience"? This year, we will find out.
About the Book Club
The Book Club meets after school on the second Wednesday of each month to discuss that month's selection.
Books are chosen by the Selection Committee, made up of student Book Club members. Come to any Committee meeting to be a part of the selection process.
Books are chosen by the Selection Committee, made up of student Book Club members. Come to any Committee meeting to be a part of the selection process.
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2009-2010 Selections
- The Road by Cormac McCarthy
- The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
- Fight Club by Chuck Palahnuik
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
- Pet Semetary by Stephen King
- A Time to Kill by John Grisham
- The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
List of the selections from 2007-2008:
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
- My Name is Asher Lev, by Chaim Potok
- Dress Your Family in Corduory and Denim, by David Sedaris
- Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
- Timeline, by Michael Crichton
- Angela's Ashes, by Frank McCourt
- Prep, by Curtis Sittenfeld
- Angels and Demons, by Dan Brown
- Uglies, by Steve Westerfeld
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