Fat Tony’s One Off Book Klub
2022Year of aesthetics No. 20
The idea of this book club came with reviewing my book purchases over last 3 years new books go onto a antechamber sort book shelf of things to read. The shelves is very full with about 150 odd books. I was going to purge them for space but found I wanted to read most of them still. There were many that were one of a kind by authors I never read.
These books were fresh to me and I wanted to discuss them and share them with others. I thought Fat Tony Discord community was the best place for this since we discuss books and movies all the time, and continuously talk as things move from the antechamber of the anti-library to our personal libraries.
I also like Fat Tony’s because disagreement is a key aspect of the space. It is respectful but tough minded space where ideas can be challenged, it is global with many social frameworks and opinions.
It also gives a chance to partner with other readers and hopefully authors to discuss these books.
The Format is I and my discussion partner each discuss ~15 minutes about the book each then go to an open forum discussion.
Rules (loose heuristics)
- One Book per author
- Book I haven’t read, but on initial screening are worth reading (I may make an exception for a Borges but then he is Borges and I have only been exposed recently.)
- I get a discussion partner to go over book who is worth of the book
- Everyone who comes gets their say.
- Respectful disagreement encouraged
- sessions held at
- http://tawk.fattonys.net
Next Two Books
Session 2: i, six nonlectures by ee cummings
In discussion with Mic Mars
A true one of a kind book on the egocentric nature of man and the transcendence of the poet,
Session 3: Only the Dead by Bear F. Braumoeller
Hopefully we can coordinate with the good doctor. he is willing to discuss the book with us.
A detailed rigorous discussion of the persistence or war and argument against the decline of war thesis
Previous Books
Session 1
The Myth of the Framework by Karl Popper
we recorded the session hopefully a link soon
Discussion with Matios Berhe
ps links to amazon and Abe generate no profit to Ernest Boehm this venture is self funded and only reward is good discussions.