Suggestions of what we should read together.
Kolapsnik Book Club Candidates Unlisted
Created by TheGr8Whoopdini and managed by Kolapsnik Book Club
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4 stars
Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family …
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Neuromancer by William Gibson, William F. Gibson (duplicate)
4 stars
The first of William Gibson's 'Sprawl' trilogy, Neuromancer is the classic cyberpunk novel.
More information on the [novel's official …
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Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks (Culture, #1)
3 stars
The war raged across the galaxy. Billions had died, billions more were doomed. Moons, planets, the very stars themselves, faced …
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The Road by Cormac McCarthy, Cormac Mccarthy
4 stars
The Road is a 2006 post-apocalyptic novel by American writer Cormac McCarthy. The book details the grueling journey of a …
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Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
4 stars
An epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expansion, Blood Meridian brilliantly subverts the conventions of …
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The crying of lot 49. by Thomas Pynchon
4 stars
The Crying of Lot 49 is a novel written by American author Thomas Pynchon and published in 1966. The shortest …
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Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
4 stars
Tyrone Slothrop, a GI in London in 1944, has a big problem. Whenever he gets an erection, a Blitz bomb …
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A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
4 stars
A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to …
TheGr8Whoopdini says: For the sake of having a little fun among the doom and gloom.
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Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou: Deluxe Edition 1 by Hitoshi Ashinano (Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou, #01)
5 stars
Don't miss this moving, critically acclaimed classic manga (which inspired the anime) about an android running a coffee shop in …
TheGr8Whoopdini says: Quoth MrDenman: It's a slow, manga about an android barista living after a collapse Lots of introverted thoughts about loss, and mourning
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War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Larissa Volokhonsky, Richard Pevear
4 stars
"War and Peace centers broadly on Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812 and follows three of the best-known characters in …
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The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber, David Wengrow
4 stars
A breathtakingly ambitious retelling of the earliest human societies offers a new understanding of world history
For generations, our …
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1177 B.C. : The Year Civilization Collapsed by Eric H. Cline (Turning Points in Ancient History ; 6)
4 stars
From acclaimed archaeologist and bestselling author Eric Cline, a breathtaking account of how the collapse of an ancient civilized world …
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The Collapse of Complex Societies. by Joseph A. Tainter
4 stars
Any explanation of political collapse carries lessons not just for the study of ancient societies, but for the members of …
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The Green Ages by Annette Kehnel
In this fascinating meld of history and ecological economics, the author uncovers the medieval precedents for modern concepts of sustainable …
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Collapse by Vladislav M. Zubok
4 stars
In 1945 the Soviet Union controlled half of Europe and was a founding member of the United Nations. By 1991, …
