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Weird Life: The Search for Life That Is Very, Very Different from Our Own
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David Given Schwarm (davidschwarm) | 166 comments Mod
//note that this is weird--we have not finished our conversations on 12 Reasons Why I Love Her, but we are waiting for that for next week & we have not started Weird Life officiailly so this is some kind of weird purgatory book club session--please excuse the note format towards the end--things got a little wild even for me this time...

Score
2 Brian
0 Candace
0 David
0 Fred
0 James
2 Mike
0 Sam
0 Steadman

Discussion
1. Clock Manufacture
a. Self Lubricating Sap
b. Two months to build one clock
c. most important part of the ship
2. Brian's Selection Process
a. Onion A-V Club
b. Length of Book 300 - 350 pages
1. Joe Hill's New book--Stephen King's son--Too long
d. Non Fiction
1. All literature is Fiction
2. Once you set forth a truth you are doomed
3. Pushed the Constraint
4. Accessible
5. Entertaining
6. Good Biology
c. YA
1. David was opposed
2. Saint Anne does not approve
d. History is Semi-Fiction vs Historical Fiction
1. Misinterpretation
2. Denial of History
3. Historical proof of event happening
4. Happening
a. Every time I wake up it is a happening
b. Do happy and happening have the root
Book clubs need to read what we do not normally read
we will be not reading more graphic novels
I am glad that I missed the Kraken / I survived the Kraken
Fiction / Non Fiction
a book that we will enjoy
a book that is acceptable
Science Writing is not done by scientists, generally journalists
trying to make science accessible
I thought that we were going to talk about the next next
I did not know it was a book--the format in the link was not correct
Book Recommendation--Difficult Men
I have not seen Breaking Bad--I was going to select a TV Book--Orange is the new black. I may watch the second season. I would like to see some information of what is going on in the America. The Wire is the Best. Breaking bad is the most fun to watch. History of Television. We are not reading best sellers. We will read that which is esoteric. Tyranny of the Majority or Tyranny of the minority--taking turns. we are taking turns to build consensus. turn taking along with consensus. We have constantly been marginalized. 1. Experts. 2. What the group wants.
Read first four chapters for next time.


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