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ellen_fremedon at Small Press Expo (more on that later) and in the course of our meandering discussion, I came to the realization that I really want to talk about non-fiction books with other fans in an organized setting. I want to found a book group!
Mostly, I'm thinking about history, anthropology, and science books for the interested layperson and maybe the more accessible academic texts. Given that it takes a while to read these kind of non-fiction books, I think that such a group would only meet every other month.
ellen_fremedon and I brainstormed a list of books that we think might be interesting to read and discuss:
Personally, I'd like to get read more by female researchers and more on non-Western cultures.
I'd be willing to organize such a group, and host it part of the time -- so who in the Washington Metro area think this sounds interesting? Or you can just give me suggestions for books to read.
ETA: Jesse Byock's Viking Age Iceland, which is fascinating
ellen_fremedon at Small Press Expo (more on that later) and in the course of our meandering discussion, I came to the realization that I really want to talk about non-fiction books with other fans in an organized setting. I want to found a book group!Mostly, I'm thinking about history, anthropology, and science books for the interested layperson and maybe the more accessible academic texts. Given that it takes a while to read these kind of non-fiction books, I think that such a group would only meet every other month.
ellen_fremedon and I brainstormed a list of books that we think might be interesting to read and discuss:- The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World by David W. Anthony
- The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman
- 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C Mann
- Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America by David Hackett Fischer
- Servants of the Dynasty: Palace Women in World History edited by Anne Walthall
- Viking Age Iceland by Jesse Byock
Personally, I'd like to get read more by female researchers and more on non-Western cultures.
I'd be willing to organize such a group, and host it part of the time -- so who in the Washington Metro area think this sounds interesting? Or you can just give me suggestions for books to read.
ETA: Jesse Byock's Viking Age Iceland, which is fascinating
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1491 is on my "to read in the quite near future" list; it sounds fascinating.
The Future-Eaters is another thought-provoking nonfiction book I've been wanting to read for awhile, as is Genghis Kahn and the Making of the Modern World.
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That's another one we thought of! I read it recently, and it's just fascinating.