There are now individual forums for books? Isn't that a little silly. I prefer this generalisation that we have where all books are listed and categorised.

quote Zorro

Isn't that normal? How else would you expect to get there?

I love the books section. It's made me more interested in contributing to neo, since it's something I'm really knowledgable on, compared to the games and films (I'm not bad, but I'm better at the old titles, which already have enough information). And since contributing information on books has encouraged me to contribute in other ways (even indirectly leading to me making FF portal staff ) then I say it's a good thing.

I mean sure each book should have a profile and all. But do they really each need their own forum? It kind of makes this one obsolete, don't you think?

Every film has it's own forum, and the Movie forum is still going strong.

But that's a different kettle of fish, don't you think? I mean, a lot of people don't read books now. And a lot of books will not have large discussion forums because they either aren't popular, or aren't good book.

I guess the two of us are here to keep this forum active though. It'll be mighty lonely, just the two of us...

The two of you eh? I've been stalking this forum for ages. =( Anyway, I don't see that there's any particular problem with the way things are now. There are actually quite a few visitors to this forum, though they don't seem to post much.

It's true that there are less readers than movie watchers (I do both, I collect the books the films were made from, just to get the full story). Doesn't detract from the quality of discussion at all. I mean, Sheri S. Tepper isn't really mainstream, but when I found out that CURTCONNERS had read her books I bumped my old thread and we got four good pages of discussion out of it. That was nice. *bumps thread again*

Yes, Aegir, we <3 you too. Although I don't really know what your taste in books is like. *considers starting a thread on that, so I learn of more people who like my books and know which threads to make or bump in future*

This forum won't necessarily become obsolete. It has plenty of non-specific literature discussion threads, as well as a couple of games. I bumped several general favorite-type threads a while back, but only a few seemed to catch on with the community.

I guess you're right there.

To keep my activity up within the forum I have taken to reading a bit more than usual, so I'll be able to actively contribute to discussions more.

I think we should start a book club though. Like pick a book, all read it and then review/rate it and discuss it, picking it to pieces as we do so.

Sounds like good fun!

BOOKS & LITERATURE FORUM

quote Matt Addison

I think we should start a book club though. Like pick a book, all read it and then review/rate it and discuss it, picking it to pieces as we do so.

Generally I can get in any book I require. It's called a store named Borders.

Anyway, we can select books that everyone will have access to. XD

Oy! If y'all are in the town book club, we're getting ready to start another book (A Clockwork Orange was too confusing): The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. State your position.

If you haven't joined yet, pay us a visit over at Neo's Book Club: Third Mix. New members are always welcome, and Yuna doesn't bite... for now.

A Clockwork Orange was too hard to find in any stores, you mean, or just didn't appeal to enough people to warrant them to finish it. Confusion adds to the discussion material available.