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<description>&lt;p&gt;This page lists books suggested for our &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/BookClub"&gt;BookClub&lt;/a&gt;. Click on &lt;em style="text-decoration: underline; font-style: normal;"&gt;Edit this page&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em style="text-decoration: underline; font-style: normal;"&gt;Diese Seite bearbeiten&lt;/em&gt; at the bottom of the page to edit it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Most Wikipedia links are given for the English pages, even if the German equivalent has more info. Note the &amp;#x201c;In other languages&amp;#x201d; sidebar.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Help to rejuvenate this list!&lt;/strong&gt; If you add new book suggestions (and please do), mention the date so we can weed out from time to time those hoary entries that never got picked.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;History Hour:&lt;/strong&gt; I&amp;#x2019;ve started a section &amp;#x2018;past &amp;amp; current reading&amp;#x2019; at the bottom of this page, where you&amp;#x2019;ll find title and a link for each book that we&amp;#x2019;ve read, or selected for reading. Have a look.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Next up:&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;June 2013: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=The+Hare+with+Amber+Eyes+Edmund+de+Waal"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;The Hare with Amber Eyes&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Edmund de Waal&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2013-06_Book_Club"&gt;2013-06 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=The+Orphan+Master's+Son+Adam+Johnson"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;The Orphan Master's Son&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Adam Johnson&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;There was a review of this book in the paper these days which sounded weird enough in a good way (or good enough in a weird way?) to attract my attention &amp;#x2013; and a quick search tells me that it just won the 2013 Pulitzer prize as well, so it&amp;#x2019;s not just our reviewer here. The protagonist grows up as an orphan in North Korea, and is dragged through all the hardship and all the absurdity the author, an American, could come up with to describe a not-so-ordinary life there. Sounds dreary but obiously isn&amp;#x2019;t: &amp;#x201c;What we have here are the ingredients of an across-the-board smash hit: sympathetic characters, an exotic, unknowable setting and a plot that will carry you along more convincingly than any of the fictions used by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.&amp;#x201d; (&lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/fictionreviews/9118725/Adam-Johnsons-Pulitzer-Prize-winning-novel-review.html"&gt;The Telegraph&lt;/a&gt;). Anyone else intrigued?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;More reviews: &lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://www.bookish.com/articles/review-roundup-the-orphan-masters-son-by-adam-johnson"&gt;bookish.com&lt;/a&gt;, or for something slightly weird in itself, &lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://threeguysonebook.com/the-orphan-masters-son-by-adam-johnson/"&gt;threeguysonebook.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;First suggested: May 2013&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Supporters: Uli&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=The+crime+of+Father+Amaro++Jos%c3%a9+Maria+de+E%c3%a7a+de+Queiroz"&gt;&lt;cite&gt; The crime of Father Amaro &lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt; José Maria de Eça de Queiroz &lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;The novel concerns a young priest, Amaro, who serves as diocesan administrator at Leiria. Amaro lacks a vocation, having been pushed into the priesthood by his aristocratic patrons, the Marquesa de Alegros and, later, the Conde de Ribamar, and, owing to the vow of chastity he was obliged to take, is obsessed with women and deeply sexually frustrated. Upon arriving in Leiria, he falls for Amélia, the beautiful daughter of his landlady, a pious widow and the mistress of his superior, Canon Dias. After Amélia&amp;#x2019;s fiancé, João Eduardo, publishes an exposé of the local clergy&amp;#x2019;s venal habits in the town&amp;#x2019;s newspaper under a pseudonym, Amaro and his colleagues and parishioners expose João Eduardo as the author of the piece, pressure Amélia to break off the engagement, and drive João Eduardo out of town. Amaro begins a sexual relationship with Amélia, meeting first in his coal cellar and then in the bell-ringer&amp;#x2019;s house, using charitable visits to his bedridden, mentally disabled daughter as a cover. His love affair with Amélia ends in tragedy when she becomes pregnant, and is forced to seclude herself in the countryside for the duration of the pregnancy in order to prevent a scandal. João Eduardo returns to Leiria, and there is talk of convincing him to marry Amélia and hence make the child legitimate, but this does not come to pass. Amaro and his maid, Dionisia, who also acts as a midwife, find a wet-nurse who, it is implied, kills babies in her care. Amélia gives birth to a healthy boy, who is handed over to the wet-nurse by Amaro and killed. Amélia suffers complications after the birth and dies of a burst aneurysm, or so the doctor tells everyone. She was in good health immediately after the birth, but became hysterical when she was not allowed to see her son. The actual paternity of Amélia&amp;#x2019;s child, while the subject of gossip, never comes to light, and Amaro moves on to another parish. The novel leaves him in Lisbon, discussing the events of the Paris Commune.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;First suggested: May 2013 (Dominique)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Supporters: Dominique&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Disgrace++J.M.+Coetzee"&gt;&lt;cite&gt; Disgrace &lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt; J.M. Coetzee &lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Description by Amazon: After years teaching Romantic poetry at the Technical University of Cape Town, David Lurie, middle-aged and twice divorced, has an impulsive affair with a student. The affair sours; he is denounced and summoned before a committee of inquiry. Willing to admit his guilt, but refusing to yield to pressure to repent publicly, he resigns and retreats to his daughter Lucy&amp;#x2019;s isolated smallholding.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For a time, his daughter&amp;#x2019;s influence and the natural rhythms of the farm promise to harmonise his discordant life. But the balance of power in the country is shifting. He and Lucy become victims of a savage and disturbing attack which brings into relief all the faultlines in their relationship.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;First suggested: May 2013 (Richie)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Supporters: Richie, Nela&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Dear+Tom++Tom+Courtenay"&gt;&lt;cite&gt; Dear Tom &lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt; Tom Courtenay&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Description by Amazon: When Tom Courtenay left his home in Hull to study in London his mother Annie wrote him letters every week. In them she would observe the world on her doorstep. A world of second-hand shoes and pawnshops, where all the men worked &amp;#x201c;on Dock&amp;#x201d; and Saturday nights were spent down the Club. It was a world in which Annie often felt misplaced. Having always longed to write, the letters to her son gave Annie a creative means of escape. &amp;#x201c;It&amp;#x2019;s after tea now, your father is examining the bath, I&amp;#x2019;m awaiting Ann and outside it&amp;#x2019;s India&amp;#x201d;. Like his mother, the young Courtenay also felt he was supposed to be elsewhere. Unlike his mother, he was given the opportunity to educate himself and chase his dream. In Dear Tom: Letters From Home Courtenay intersperses recollections of his days as a student actor in the early 1960s with his mother&amp;#x2019;s engaging and enchanting correspondence. Raw but real, her prose not only paints a graphic and gritty picture of everyday drudge, it displays an inquisitive insight into a life that denied a fishwife her dreams. In a world where working-class women learnt to make do, Annie felt at odds with her artistic aspirations. &amp;#x201c;Just lately I have had the feeling that I am more than one me. It is very strange. There&amp;#x2019;s the me that goes careering off writing, thinking, Then there is the ordinary me that mocks the writing me and thinks she is silly and a boring fool&amp;#x201d;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After his mother&amp;#x2019;s untimely death, her letters became Tom Courtenay&amp;#x2019;s most treasured possessions. Dear Tom: Letters From Home is a memoir of a mother&amp;#x2019;s love that pays posthumous homage to a creative spirit stifled by circumstance. &amp;#x201c;What magic if, after all these years, people read her letters and are affected by them&amp;#x201d;, writes Courtenay. It would be impossible not to be. A beautiful book that won&amp;#x2019;t fail to touch. &lt;del&gt;Christopher Kelly &lt;/del&gt;This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;First suggested: May 2013 (Richie)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Supporters: Richie&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=The+Night+Circus++Erin+Morgenstern"&gt;&lt;cite&gt; The Night Circus &lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt; Erin Morgenstern &lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Description by amazon: The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. The black sign, painted in white letters that hangs upon the gates, reads:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Opens at Nightfall&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Closes at Dawn&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As the sun disappears beyond the horizon, all over the tents small lights begin to flicker, as though the entirety of the circus is covered in particularly bright fireflies. When the tents are all aglow, sparkling against the night sky, the sign appears.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;First suggested: February 2013 (Dominique)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=The+Unlikely+Pilgrimage+of+Harold+Fry++Rachel+Joyce"&gt;&lt;cite&gt; The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry &lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt; Rachel Joyce &lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Description by amazon: When Harold Fry nips out one morning to post a letter, leaving his wife hoovering upstairs, he has no idea that he is about to walk from one end of the country to the other. He has no hiking boots or map, let alone a compass, waterproof or mobile phone. All he knows is that he must keep walking. To save someone else&amp;#x2019;s life.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;First suggested: February 2013 (Dominique) Supporters: Dominique, Rene&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Steal+You+Away+Niccol%c3%b3+Ammaniti"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Steal You Away&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Niccoló Ammaniti&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;While Italo Calvino &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2010-10_Book_Club"&gt;2010-10 Book Club&lt;/a&gt; and Umberto Eco &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2012-07_Book_Club"&gt;2012-07 Book Club&lt;/a&gt; both drew limited enthusiasm at our respective meetings, maybe this Italian author will appeal more to our taste? Certainly less of a high-brow reputation here &amp;#x2026; and this book, warmly recommended by an Italian colleague of mine, is apparently a most readable one. Check out the reviews of &lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2006/jun/17/featuresreviews.guardianreview16"&gt;The Guardian&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/10/books/review/Bray.t.html?_r=0"&gt;The New York Times&lt;/a&gt; for a taste of it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;First suggested: August 2012&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Supporters: Uli, Andrei, Dominique, Nicole&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=White+Teeth+Zadie+Smith"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;White Teeth&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Zadie Smith&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Description by Goodreads.com On New Year&amp;#x2019;s morning, 1975, Archie Jones sits in his car on a London road and waits for the exhaust fumes to fill his Cavalier Musketeer station wagon. Archie &amp;#x2013; working-class, ordinary, a failed marriage under his belt &amp;#x2013; is calling it quits, the deciding factor being the flip of a 20-pence coin. When the owner of a nearby halal butcher shop (annoyed that Archie&amp;#x2019;s car is blocking his delivery area) comes out and bangs on the window, he gives Archie another chance at life and sets in motion this richly imagined, uproariously funny novel.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Epic and intimate, hilarious and poignant, White Teeth is the story of two North London families &amp;#x2013; one headed by Archie, the other by Archie&amp;#x2019;s best friend, a Muslim Bengali named Samad Iqbal. Pals since they served together in World War II, Archie and Samad are a decidedly unlikely pair. Plodding Archie is typical in every way until he marries Clara, a beautiful, toothless Jamaican woman half his age, and the couple have a daughter named Irie (the Jamaican word for &amp;#x201c;no problem&amp;#x201d;). Samad &amp;#x2013; devoutly Muslim, hopelessly &amp;#x201c;foreign&amp;#x201d; &amp;#x2013; weds the feisty and always suspicious Alsana in a prearranged union. They have twin sons named Millat and Magid, one a pot-smoking punk-cum-militant Muslim and the other an insufferable science nerd. The riotous and tortured histories of the Joneses and the Iqbals are fundamentally intertwined, capturing an empire&amp;#x2019;s worth of cultural identity, history, and hope.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Zadie Smith&amp;#x2019;s dazzling first novel plays out its bounding, vibrant course in a Jamaican hair salon in North London, an Indian restaurant in Leicester Square, an Irish poolroom turned immigrant café, a liberal public school, a sleek science institute. A winning debut in every respect, White Teeth marks the arrival of a wondrously talented writer who takes on the big themes &amp;#x2013; faith, race, gender, history, and culture -- and triumphs.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;First Suggested: February 2013&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Supporter(s): Nela, Amy &lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Past &amp;amp; current reading:&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;June 2013: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=The+Hare+with+Amber+Eyes+Edmund+de+Waal"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;The Hare with Amber Eyes&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Edmund de Waal&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2013-06_Book_Club"&gt;2013-06 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;May 2013: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Sophie's+World+Jostein+Gaarder"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Sophie's World&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Jostein Gaarder&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2013-05_Book_Club"&gt;2013-05 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;April 2013: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=The+Hundred-Year-Old+Man+Who+Climbed+Out+of+the+Window+and+Disappeared++Jonas+Jonasson"&gt;&lt;cite&gt; The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared &lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt; Jonas Jonasson &lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2013-04_Book_Club"&gt;2013-04 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;March 2013: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Dark+Star+Safari+Paul+Theroux"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Dark Star Safari&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Paul Theroux&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2013-03_Book_Club"&gt;2013-03 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;February 2013: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Cloud+Atlas+David+Mitchell"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Cloud Atlas&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;David Mitchell&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2013-02_Book_Club"&gt;2013-02 Book Club&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;&amp;#x2026; and December 2004 &lt;img class="smiley" src="http://www.emacswiki.org/pics/smile.png" alt=":-)" /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;January 2013: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=The+Hakawati+Rabih+Alameddine"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;The Hakawati&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Rabih Alameddine&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2013-01_Book_Club"&gt;2013-01 Book Club&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;December 2012: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Wilt+Tom+Sharpe"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Wilt&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Tom Sharpe&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2012-12_Book_Club"&gt;2012-12 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;November 2012: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Don+Quixote+Miguel+de+Cervantes"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Don Quixote&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Miguel de Cervantes&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2012-11_Book_Club"&gt;2012-11 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;October 2012: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Oscar+and+the+Lady+in+Pink+%c3%89ric-Emmanuel+Schmitt"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Oscar and the Lady in Pink&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2012-10_Book_Club"&gt;2012-10 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;September 2012: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=1Q84+Haruki+Murakami"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;1Q84&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Haruki Murakami&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2012-09_Book_Club"&gt;2012-09 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;August 2012: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=The+Help+Kathryn+Stockett"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;The Help&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Kathryn Stockett&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2012-08_Book_Club"&gt;2012-08 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;July 2012: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=The+Prague+Cemetery+Umberto+Eco"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;The Prague Cemetery&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Umberto Eco&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2012-07_Book_Club"&gt;2012-07 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;June 2012: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Shantaram+Gregory+David+Roberts"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Shantaram&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Gregory David Roberts&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2012-06_Book_Club"&gt;2012-06 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;May 2012: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Crime+and+Punishment+Fyodor+Dostoyevsky"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Crime and Punishment&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Fyodor Dostoyevsky&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2012-05_Book_Club"&gt;2012-05 Book Club&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;&amp;#x2026; and February 2005 &lt;img class="smiley" src="http://www.emacswiki.org/pics/smile.png" alt=":-)" /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;April 2012: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Life+is+Elsewhere+Milan+Kundera"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Life is Elsewhere&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Milan Kundera&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2012-04_Book_Club"&gt;2012-04 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;March 2012: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Snow+Orhan+Pamuk"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Snow&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Orhan Pamuk&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2012-03_Book_Club"&gt;2012-03 Book Club&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;&amp;#x2026; and January 2006 &lt;img class="smiley" src="http://www.emacswiki.org/pics/smile.png" alt=":-)" /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;February 2012: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Atlas+Shrugged+Ayn+Rand"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Atlas Shrugged&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Ayn Rand&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2012-02_Book_Club"&gt;2012-02 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;January 2012: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Black+Box+Amos+Oz"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Black Box&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Amos Oz&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2012-01_Book_Club"&gt;2012-01 Book Club&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;December 2011: No meeting&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;November 2011: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Red+Earth+and+Pouring+Rain+Vikram+Chandra"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Red Earth and Pouring Rain&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Vikram Chandra&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2011-11_Book_Club"&gt;2011-11 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;October 2011: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=A+Week+in+December+Sebastian+Faulks"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;A Week in December&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Sebastian Faulks&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2011-10_Book_Club"&gt;2011-10 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;September 2011: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=The+President's+Last+Love+Andrey+Kurkov"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;The President's Last Love&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Andrey Kurkov&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2011-09_Book_Club"&gt;2011-09 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;August 2011: &lt;em&gt;Egil's Saga&lt;/em&gt; (trad.), see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2011-08_Book_Club"&gt;2011-08 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;July 2011: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Phantoms+in+the+Brain+V.S.+Ramachandran+and+Sandra+Blakeslee"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Phantoms in the Brain&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;V.S. Ramachandran and Sandra Blakeslee&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2011-07_Book_Club"&gt;2011-07 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;June 2011: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Boy+Meets+Girl%2c+The+End+Gregory+Tkac"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Boy Meets Girl, The End&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Gregory Tkac&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, ssee &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2011-06_Book_Club"&gt;2011-06 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;May 2011: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=The+Monkey+Wrench+Gang+Edward+Abbey"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;The Monkey Wrench Gang&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Edward Abbey&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2011-05_Book_Club"&gt;2011-05 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;April 2011: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=The+Art+of+Choosing+Sheena+Iyengar"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;The Art of Choosing&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Sheena Iyengar&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2011-04_Book_Club"&gt;2011-04 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;March 2011: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=A+Tramp+Abroad+Mark+Twain"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;A Tramp Abroad&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Mark Twain&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2011-03_Book_Club"&gt;2011-03 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;February 2011: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Night+Train+to+Lisbon+Pascal+Mercier"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Night Train to Lisbon&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Pascal Mercier&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2011-02_Book_Club"&gt;2011-02 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;January 2011: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=A+Short+History+of+Nearly+Everything+Bill+Bryson"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;A Short History of Nearly Everything&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Bill Bryson&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2011-01_Book_Club"&gt;2011-01 Book Club&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;December 2010: No meeting&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;November 2010: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=One+Day+David+Nicholls"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;One Day&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;David Nicholls&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2010-10_Book_Club"&gt;2010-10 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;October 2010: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=If+On+A+Winter's+Night+A+Traveler+Italo+Calvino"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;If On A Winter's Night A Traveler&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Italo Calvino&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2010-10_Book_Club"&gt;2010-10 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;September 2010: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Sea+of+Poppies+Amitav+Ghosh"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Sea of Poppies&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Amitav Ghosh&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2010-09_Book_Club"&gt;2010-09 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;August 2010: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=The+Immortal+Life+of+Henrietta+Lacks+Rebecca+Skloot"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Rebecca Skloot&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2010-08_Book_Club"&gt;2010-08 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;July 2010: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=The+Bridge+on+the+Drina+Ivo+Andric"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;The Bridge on the Drina&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Ivo Andric&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2010-07_Book_Club"&gt;2010-07 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;June 2010: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Atomised+Michel+Houellebecq"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Atomised&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Michel Houellebecq&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2010-06_Book_Club"&gt;2010-06 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;May 2010: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=The+Japanese+Chronicles+Nicolas+Bouvier"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;The Japanese Chronicles&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Nicolas Bouvier&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2010-05_Book_Club"&gt;2010-05 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;April 2010: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=The+White+Tiger+Aravind+Adiga"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;The White Tiger&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Aravind Adiga&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2010-04_Book_Club"&gt;2010-04 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;March 2010: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Year+of+Wonders+Geraldine+Brooks"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Year of Wonders&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Geraldine Brooks&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2010-03_Book_Club"&gt;2010-03 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;February 2010: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=The+Howling+Miller+Arto+Paasilinna"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;The Howling Miller&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Arto Paasilinna&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2010-02_Book_Club"&gt;2010-02 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;January 2010: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Omnivore%c3%a2%c2%80%c2%99s+Dilemma+Michael+Pollan"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Omnivoreâs Dilemma&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Michael Pollan&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2010-01_Book_Club"&gt;2010-01 Book Club&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;December 2009: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Miss+Chopsticks+Xinran"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Miss Chopsticks&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Xinran&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2009-12_Book_Club"&gt;2009-12 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;November 2009: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=True+History+of+the+Kelly+Gang+Peter+Carey"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;True History of the Kelly Gang&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Peter Carey&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2009-10_Book_Club"&gt;2009-10 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;October 2009: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Persepolis+Marjane+Satrapi"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Persepolis&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Marjane Satrapi&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2009-10_Book_Club"&gt;2009-10 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;September 2009: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=The+Time+Traveler's+Wife+Audrey+Niffenegger"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;The Time Traveler's Wife&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Audrey Niffenegger&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2009-09_Book_Club"&gt;2009-09 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;August 2009: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Carpentaria+Alexis+Wright"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Carpentaria&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Alexis Wright&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2009-08_Book_Club"&gt;2009-08 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;July 2009: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=A+Scanner+Darkly+Philip+K.+Dick"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;A Scanner Darkly&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Philip K. Dick&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2009-07_Book_Club"&gt;2009-07 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;June 2009: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=The+Lover+Marguerite+Duras"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;The Lover&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Marguerite Duras&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2009-06_Book_Club"&gt;2009-06 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;May 2009: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=The+Loved+One+Evelyn+Waugh"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;The Loved One&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Evelyn Waugh&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2009-05_Book_Club"&gt;2009-05 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;April 2009: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Earthsea+Ursula+K.+Le+Guin"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Earthsea&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Ursula K. Le Guin&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2009-04_Book_Club"&gt;2009-04 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;March 2009: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Three+Cups+of+Tea+Greg+Mortenson+and+David+Oliver+Relin"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Three Cups of Tea&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2009-03_Book_Club"&gt;2009-03 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;February 2009: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Journey+by+Moonlight+Antal+Szerb"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Journey by Moonlight&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Antal Szerb&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2009-02_Book_Club"&gt;2009-02 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;January 2009: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Jonathan+Strange+%26amp%3b+Mr+Norell+Susanna+Clarke"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Jonathan Strange &amp;amp; Mr Norell&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Susanna Clarke&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2009-01_Book_Club"&gt;2009-01 Book Club&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;December 2008: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Where+I'm+Calling+From+Raymond+Carver"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Where I'm Calling From&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Raymond Carver&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2008-12_Book_Club"&gt;2008-12 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;November 2008: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Remains+of+the+Day+Kazuo+Ishiguro"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Remains of the Day&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Kazuo Ishiguro&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2008-10_Book_Club"&gt;2008-10 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;October 2008: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=The+Good+Faeries+of+New+York+Martin+Millar"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;The Good Faeries of New York&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Martin Millar&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2008-10_Book_Club"&gt;2008-10 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;September 2008: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Ines+of+my+Soul+Isabel+Allende"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Ines of my Soul&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Isabel Allende&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2008-09_Book_Club"&gt;2008-09 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;August 2008: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Northern+Lights+Philip+Pullman"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Northern Lights&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Philip Pullman&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2008-08_Book_Club"&gt;2008-08 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;July 2008: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Girl+Meets+Boy+Ali+Smith"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Girl Meets Boy&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Ali Smith&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2008-07_Book_Club"&gt;2008-07 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;June 2008: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Travels+With+My+Aunt+Graham+Greene"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Travels With My Aunt&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Graham Greene&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2008-06_Book_Club"&gt;2008-06 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;May 2008: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=American+Gods+Neil+Gaiman"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;American Gods&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Neil Gaiman&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Sky+Burial+Xinran"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Sky Burial&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Xinran&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2008-05_Book_Club"&gt;2008-05 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;April 2008: No meeting&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;March 2008: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Fingersmith+Sarah+Waters"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Fingersmith&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Sarah Waters&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2008-03_Book_Club"&gt;2008-03 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;February 2008: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=A+Wild+Sheep+Chase+Haruki+Murakami"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;A Wild Sheep Chase&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Haruki Murakami&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2008-02_Book_Club"&gt;2008-02 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;January 2008: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Anna+Karenina+Leo+Tolstoy"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Anna Karenina&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Leo Tolstoy&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2008-01_Book_Club"&gt;2008-01 Book Club&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;December 2007: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Klingsor%c3%a2%c2%80%c2%99s+Last+Summer+Hermann+Hesse"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Klingsorâs Last Summer&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Hermann Hesse&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2007-12_Book_Club"&gt;2007-12 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;November 2007: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Ghostwritten+David+Mitchell"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Ghostwritten&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;David Mitchell&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2007-10_Book_Club"&gt;2007-10 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;October 2007: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Shalimar+the+Clown+Salman+Rushdie"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Shalimar the Clown&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Salman Rushdie&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2007-10_Book_Club"&gt;2007-10 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;September 2007: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Shogun+James+Clavell"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Shogun&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;James Clavell&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2007-09_Book_Club"&gt;2007-09 Book Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;August 2007: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Half+of+a+Yellow+Sun+Chimamanda+Ngozi+Adichie"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Half of a Yellow Sun&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;July 2007: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=The+Namesake+Jhumpa+Lahiri"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;The Namesake&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Jhumpa Lahiri&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;June 2007: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Beloved+Toni+Morrison"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Beloved&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Toni Morrison&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;May 2007: Two meetings, &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=The+Tale+of+Genji+Murasaki+Shikibu"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;The Tale of Genji&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Murasaki Shikibu&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Monkey+Cheng'en+Wu"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Monkey&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Cheng'en Wu&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;April 2007: No meeting&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;March 2007: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=The+Buenos+Aires+Quintet+Manuel+Vazquez+Montalban"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;The Buenos Aires Quintet&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Manuel Vazquez Montalban&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;February 2007: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=The+Inheritance+of+Loss+Kiran+Desai"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;The Inheritance of Loss&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Kiran Desai&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;January 2007: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Palace+Walk+Naguib+Mahfouz"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Palace Walk&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Naguib Mahfouz&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;December 2006: No meeting&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;November 2006: Two meetings, &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Catch-22+Joseph+Heller"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Catch-22&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Joseph Heller&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Death+and+the+Penguin+Andrey+Kurkov"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Death and the Penguin&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Andrey Kurkov&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;October 2006: No meeting&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;September 2006: Double feature, &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Dirty+Hands+Jean-Paul+Sartre"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Dirty Hands&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Jean-Paul Sartre&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=The+Just+Assassins+Albert+Camus"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;The Just Assassins&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Albert Camus&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;August 2006: Two meetings, &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=The+Baron+in+the+Trees+Italo+Calvino"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;The Baron in the Trees&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Italo Calvino&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Balzac+and+the+Little+Chinese+Seamstress+Dai+Sijie"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Dai Sijie&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;July 2006: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=The+Sea+John+Banville"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;The Sea&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;John Banville&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;June 2006: Notes fail me!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;May 2006: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Saturday+Ian+McEwan"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Saturday&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Ian McEwan&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;April 2006: Not sure &amp;#x2026; perhaps &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Never+Let+Me+Go+Kazuo+Ishiguro"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Never Let Me Go&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Kazuo Ishiguro&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;March 2006: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Palace+of+Dreams+Ismail+Kadare"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Palace of Dreams&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Ismail Kadare&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;February 2006: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Hanna's+Daughters+Marianne+Fredriksson"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Hanna's Daughters&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Marianne Fredriksson&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;January 2006: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Snow+Orhan+Pamuk"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Snow&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Orhan Pamuk&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt; Some months missing for 2005 &amp;#x2026; sorry &amp;#x2026; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;November 2005: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=The+Double+Jos%c3%83%c2%a9+Saramago"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;The Double&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;JosÃ© Saramago&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;October 2005: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=On+Beauty+Zadie+Smith"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;On Beauty&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Zadie Smith&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;July 2005: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Bitter+Fruit+Achmat+Dangor"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Bitter Fruit&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Achmat Dangor&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;June 2005: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Reading+Lolita+in+Tehran+Azar+Nafisi"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Reading Lolita in Tehran&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Azar Nafisi&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;May 2005: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Purple+Hibiscus+Chimamanda+Ngozi+Adichie"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Purple Hibiscus&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;April 2005: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=The+Wind-up+Bird+Chronicle+Haruki+Murakami"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;The Wind-up Bird Chronicle&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Haruki Murakami&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;March 2005: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=The+Way+to+Paradise+Mario+Vargas+Llosa"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;The Way to Paradise&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Mario Vargas Llosa&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;February 2005: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Crime+and+Punishment+Fyodor+Dostoyevsky"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Crime and Punishment&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Fyodor Dostoyevsky&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;January 2005: No meeting? &lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;December 2004: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Cloud+Atlas+David+Mitchell"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Cloud Atlas&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;David Mitchell&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;November 2004: No meeting&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;October 2004: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Nip+the+Buds%2c+Shoot+the+Kids+Kenzaburo+Oe"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Kenzaburo Oe&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;September 2004: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Death+in+Venice+Thomas+Mann"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Death in Venice&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Thomas Mann&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;August 2004: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Middlesex+Jeffrey+Eugenides"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Middlesex&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Jeffrey Eugenides&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;July 2004: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=First+Love+Ivan+Turgenev"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;First Love&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Ivan Turgenev&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;June 2004: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=The+Outside+Albert+Camus"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;The Outside&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Albert Camus&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;May 2004: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=The+German+Lesson+Siegfried+Lenz"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;The German Lesson&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Siegfried Lenz&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;April 2004: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=I'm+Not+Scared+Niccol%c3%83%c2%b3+Ammaniti"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;I'm Not Scared&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;NiccolÃ³ Ammaniti&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;March 2004: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Funny+Boy+Shyam+Selvadurai"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Funny Boy&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Shyam Selvadurai&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;February 2004: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Everything+is+Illuminated+Jonathon+Safran+Foer"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Everything is Illuminated&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Jonathon Safran Foer&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;January 2004: Double feature, &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Oryx+and+Crake+Margaret+Atwood"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Oryx and Crake&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Margaret Atwood&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=The+Royal+Game+Stefan+Zweig"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;The Royal Game&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Stefan Zweig&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;December 2003: No meeting&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;November 2003: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Chronicle+of+a+Death+Foretold+Gabriel+Garcia+Marquez"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Chronicle of a Death Foretold&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Gabriel Garcia Marquez&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;October 2003: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Famished+Road+Ben+Okri"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Famished Road&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Ben Okri&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;September 2003: &lt;a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=Life+of+Pi+Yann+Martel"&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Life of Pi&lt;/cite&gt; by &lt;cite&gt;Yann Martel&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;#x2026; The beginning of this branch of our book club!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 20:52:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:contributor>Uli</dc:contributor>
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<title>Comments on There Is No Hope</title>
<link>http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/Comments_on_2009-10-11_There_Is_No_Hope</link>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;Agreed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#x2013; &lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://blog.microlite20.net"&gt;greywulf&lt;/a&gt; 2009-10-11 12:50 UTC&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Some ranting inspired by &lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://godlesspaladin.wordpress.com/"&gt;The Godless Paladin&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;img class="smiley" src="http://www.emacswiki.org/pics/smile.png" alt=":)" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#x2013; &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/AlexSchroeder"&gt;AlexSchroeder&lt;/a&gt; 2009-10-11 23:19 UTC&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;p&gt;you forgot to mention, that there is still NO eqal rights for gay people as well..&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#x2013; &lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://www.schroeders.twoday.net"&gt;dein cousinchen&lt;/a&gt; 2009-10-12 11:28 UTC&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Du meinst &lt;a class="near" title="Wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposition_8"&gt;Proposition 8&lt;/a&gt; und ähnlichen Hirnriss? Auch da sehe ich wenig Fortschritte.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#x2013; &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/AlexSchroeder"&gt;AlexSchroeder&lt;/a&gt; 2009-10-12 11:47 UTC&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why are you surprised? Most (if not all) of the glamorous awards in most fields are expedient and marketing gimmicks. This is just another facet of Brand Obama.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#x2013; &lt;a class="near" title="Names" href="http://nibrahim.net.in"&gt;NoufalIbrahim&lt;/a&gt; 2009-10-12 12:22 UTC&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Maybe I&amp;#x2019;m not yet as cynic as that. &lt;img class="smiley" src="http://www.emacswiki.org/pics/smile.png" alt=":)" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I liked half the prize for Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2007. I don&amp;#x2019;t think Al Gore really deserved it. Muhammad Yunus in 2006 was ok for micro finance. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Mohammed el-Baradei in 2005 was ok for struggling against Bush in Iraq, even thought it ended up being to no avail. Wangari Maathai in 2004 seemed to be ok as well. I know very little about her. Shirin Ebadi in 2003 seemed to be well deserved. Médecins sans frontières in 1999 was deserved. My personal highlight of recent years remains the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) and Jody Williams in 1997.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#x2013; &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/AlexSchroeder"&gt;AlexSchroeder&lt;/a&gt; 2009-10-12 13:44 UTC&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;p&gt;You&amp;#x2019;ve got a brighter heart than me then. I consider all the genuine winners of (atleast) the Nobel peace prize as exceptions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#x2013; &lt;a class="near" title="Names" href="http://nibrahim.net.in"&gt;NoufalIbrahim&lt;/a&gt; 2009-10-12 17:25 UTC&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hm, I found a link to &lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMJuEOaF84o"&gt;Rachel Maddow: The Nobel Prize &amp;amp; Obama Derangement Syndrome&lt;/a&gt; via Twitter via &lt;span class="nick"&gt;@&lt;a class="url http" href="http://twitter.com/seankreynolds"&gt;seankreynolds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. Hm, interesting.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#x2013; &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/AlexSchroeder"&gt;AlexSchroeder&lt;/a&gt; 2009-10-13 01:41 UTC&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="portrait gravatar"&gt;&lt;a class="newauthor" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/AlexSchroeder"&gt;&lt;img class="portrait" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e33b88db6bc04e1c93db25c702baea28" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/AlexSchroeder"&gt;AlexSchroeder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://m.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/15/obama-civil-liberties-sea-change"&gt;Obama, years later&lt;/a&gt;. Sing with me and Johnny Cash: &amp;#x201c;What have you become?&amp;#x201d;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#x2013; &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/AlexSchroeder"&gt;AlexSchroeder&lt;/a&gt; 2013-05-18 11:50 UTC&lt;/p&gt;</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 11:50:08 GMT</pubDate>
<dc:contributor>AlexSchroeder</dc:contributor>
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<title>Pendragon RPG</title>
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<description>&lt;div class="right" style="float: right"&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kensanata/8746075723/" class="url http"&gt;&lt;img class="url http" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8413/8746075723_1d6720b08a_o.jpg" alt="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8413/8746075723_1d6720b08a_o.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Recently Joshua Petronis-Akins asked in the &lt;a class="url http outside" href="https://plus.google.com/communities/102395761736499103859"&gt;Pendragon RPG Google+ community&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="url http outside" href="https://plus.google.com/115052207789261024447/posts/Ny3yy3iZn2v"&gt;Could anyone sell me on Pendragon? What makes it cool?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Coming from a D&amp;amp;D background, this is what made us want to play Pendragon RPG and The Great Pendragon Campaign:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;a multi-generation campaign&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;#x2014;play your knights, their sons, and their grandsons&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;the annual cycle&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;#x2014;every session is about the adventures during the summer and the &amp;#x201c;levelling up&amp;#x201d; in winter&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;personality traits&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;#x2014;knights have multiple traits that come in opposing pairs such as &lt;em&gt;just&lt;/em&gt; vs. &lt;em&gt;arbitrary&lt;/em&gt; and usually whenever you increase one, the other decreases; these traits sometimes get used to determine what the character does &lt;em style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0.125em; padding-left: 0.125em;"&gt;in spite of what the player might wish&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;I really like the combat system: your skill is a number; roll below this number to succeed, roll the exact number to succeed critically. In a round, there is no need to roll for initiative. It&amp;#x2019;s all opposed checks. If you want to fight multiple opponents, you must split your skill between all your opponents and roll for each one. This is devastating. If you hit, roll damage. The opponent checks whether this value is higher than their &lt;em&gt;knockback&lt;/em&gt; stat. If so, succeed at a horsemanship test or fall off the horse. Armor reduces damage. You can further reduce damage using a shield, but only if you had a &amp;#x201c;partial success&amp;#x201d;&amp;#x2014;only if you succeeded in your check but lost against an opponent who succeeded with a higher roll.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Critical hits count as 20. If your skill rises above 20, just add that much to your roll. If your skill is 23, you roll 1d20+3. Thus, your crit range in effect is 17–20.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x2019;s interesting, it&amp;#x2019;s different, and it still works.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Our campaign is still in the Anarchy period.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x2019;s a German campaign wiki, if you want to take a look: &lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://campaignwiki.org/wiki/Ritter%C2%A0von%C2%A0Salisbury/Hauptseite"&gt;Ritter von Salisbury&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Things we&amp;#x2019;re not that much into:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;the resources game&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;#x2014;gaining manors, building fortifications, hiring men, the minutiae of earning your taxes, paying for upkeep&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;the family events&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;#x2014;we switched from the table in the rulebook to &lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://recedingrules.blogspot.ch/2012/12/the-dramarama.html"&gt;Telecanter’s Dramarama&lt;/a&gt; (with a few changes once we discovered that too many of our relatives kept eloping with butchers and tax men)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;I &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2010-12-28_New_Print_On_Demand_Option"&gt;bought the books&lt;/a&gt; in 2011 from RPG Now, and they&amp;#x2019;re still doing fine:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kensanata/8539404868/" class="url http"&gt;&lt;img class="url http" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8231/8539404868_eaab402d46_n.jpg" alt="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8231/8539404868_eaab402d46_n.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kensanata/8539409258/" class="url http"&gt;&lt;img class="url http" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8244/8539409258_dd5be18586_n.jpg" alt="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8244/8539409258_dd5be18586_n.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kensanata/8538296923/" class="url http"&gt;&lt;img class="url http" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8101/8538296923_732dc0d2d7_n.jpg" alt="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8101/8538296923_732dc0d2d7_n.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 07:25:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:contributor>AlexSchroeder</dc:contributor>
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<title>Comments on Raspberry Pi WiFi</title>
<link>http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/Comments_on_2013-05-07_Raspberry_Pi_WiFi</link>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;If you start X, there is a GUI app on the desktop to set up the wifi &lt;img class="smiley" src="http://www.emacswiki.org/pics/smile.png" alt=":)" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#x2013; &lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://sheep.art.pl"&gt;Radomir Dopieralski&lt;/a&gt; 2013-05-08 08:07 UTC&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="portrait gravatar"&gt;&lt;a class="newauthor" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/AlexSchroeder"&gt;&lt;img class="portrait" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e33b88db6bc04e1c93db25c702baea28" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/AlexSchroeder"&gt;AlexSchroeder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Hah. The problem there is how to provide keyboard, mouse and wifi all at the same time without a USB hub. I think I need a hub.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#x2013; &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/AlexSchroeder"&gt;AlexSchroeder&lt;/a&gt; 2013-05-08 10:17 UTC&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you get a powered hub, your Pi will take power from it too!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#x2013; &lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://sheep.art.pl"&gt;Radomir Dopieralski&lt;/a&gt; 2013-05-16 18:15 UTC&lt;/p&gt;</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 18:15:47 GMT</pubDate>
<dc:contributor>Radomir Dopieralski</dc:contributor>
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<title>Comments on My One Page Dungeon Contest Nominations</title>
<link>http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/Comments_on_2013-05-13_My_One_Page_Dungeon_Contest_Nominations</link>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="portrait gravatar"&gt;&lt;a class="newauthor" href="http://www.ultanya.com"&gt;&lt;img class="portrait" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e2aab629727bb28f3d2ca70516851d83" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/B._Pace"&gt;B. Pace&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; The Demon Idol is my favorite - although I&amp;#x2019;m a bit biased since that is my favorite old school book cover &lt;img class="smiley" src="http://www.emacswiki.org/pics/smile.png" alt=":)" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#x2013; &lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://www.ultanya.com"&gt;B. Pace&lt;/a&gt; 2013-05-16 03:16 UTC&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="portrait gravatar"&gt;&lt;a class="newauthor" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/AlexSchroeder"&gt;&lt;img class="portrait" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e33b88db6bc04e1c93db25c702baea28" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/AlexSchroeder"&gt;AlexSchroeder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Having painted the &lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://otherworldminiatures.co.uk/shop/demons-devils/dd1a-the-demon-idol-diorama-pack/"&gt;Otherworld Miniatures demon idol&lt;/a&gt;, I concur! Best old school cover. &lt;img class="smiley" src="http://www.emacswiki.org/pics/smile.png" alt=":)" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#x2013; &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/AlexSchroeder"&gt;AlexSchroeder&lt;/a&gt; 2013-05-16 08:17 UTC&lt;/p&gt;</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 08:17:17 GMT</pubDate>
<dc:contributor>AlexSchroeder</dc:contributor>
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<title>Comments on Treasure Hunting In Niflheim</title>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;What does the horn of the mountain cedar do?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#x2013; Harald 2013-05-15 11:40 UTC&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="portrait gravatar"&gt;&lt;a class="newauthor" href="http://ynasmidgard.blogspot.com"&gt;&lt;img class="portrait" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ad5a065323fdec5121f5b6c2bf723490" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/Ynas_Midgard"&gt;Ynas Midgard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; @ Alex Nice game &lt;img class="smiley" src="http://www.emacswiki.org/pics/smile.png" alt=":)" /&gt; What a memorable treasure trove.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;@ Harald &amp;#x201c;summons twelve tengu once per day: crow-headed, flying swordsmen (HD 5; AC 7; Atk 1 two handed glass swords (2d6); MV 9 fly)&amp;#x201d;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#x2013; &lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://ynasmidgard.blogspot.com"&gt;Ynas Midgard&lt;/a&gt; 2013-05-15 15:43 UTC&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<description>&lt;div class="right" style="float: right"&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kensanata/8739860841/" class="url http"&gt;&lt;img class="url http" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7282/8739860841_54fe5d2a6a.jpg" alt="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7282/8739860841_54fe5d2a6a.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The party had just finished &lt;em style="text-decoration: underline; font-style: normal;"&gt;The Eternal Boundary&lt;/em&gt; and had found a treasure map that would lead them into &lt;em&gt;The Gray Waste&lt;/em&gt;. I prepared a very linear adventure that you can see on the on the right. I decided that the map represented an incomplete list of dangers to be overcome:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;near the roots of Yggrasil sleeps the dragon Níðhöggr&amp;#x2026;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;in the woods the &amp;#x201c;children&amp;#x201d; of Hekate roam freely, the &lt;em style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0.125em; padding-left: 0.125em;"&gt;trolls&lt;/em&gt; of Niflheim (I&amp;#x2019;m claiming that Hel and Hekate are the same)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;there are big, flightless birds in the swamps with big &lt;em style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0.125em; padding-left: 0.125em;"&gt;hands&lt;/em&gt; instead of wings and they are called Diakka&amp;#x2026;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;there is a plain where nightmares ride, the mighty horses of black riders&amp;#x2026;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;the larval petitioners live in the sea of fog&amp;#x2026;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;the island of the black trees is the realm of a ghoul-witch&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;I also had a number of NPCs in mind:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0.125em; padding-left: 0.125em;"&gt;Njal&lt;/em&gt;, a priest and a drinker and a melancholy man who would act as a guide, if they wanted to pursue their connections with priestess Anja of the Freya temple&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0.125em; padding-left: 0.125em;"&gt;Raud&lt;/em&gt;, another priest and a gloomy, apathetic victim of Hades, who can provide them with information about Hades and who&amp;#x2019;ll offer to lead them to &lt;em style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0.125em; padding-left: 0.125em;"&gt;Hopelessness&lt;/em&gt; and through its gate to Hades (but this is a false lead since this gate will lead to the upper layer called &lt;em style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0.125em; padding-left: 0.125em;"&gt;Oinos&lt;/em&gt; where the &lt;em&gt;Blood War&lt;/em&gt; rages)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0.125em; padding-left: 0.125em;"&gt;Lissandra&lt;/em&gt; &amp;#x201c;gate-seeker&amp;#x201d; will contact them if they brag about the portal they know; she is described in &lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://www.dndclassics.com/product/17285/Uncaged%3A-Faces-of-Sigil-(2e)"&gt;Uncaged: Faces of Sigil&lt;/a&gt;; she can lead them to &lt;em style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0.125em; padding-left: 0.125em;"&gt;Alluvias Ruskin&lt;/em&gt; (in the same book) who will sell them &amp;#x201c;the holy axe with the wooden root-grip of wisdom&amp;#x201d; which will be required to travel to Niflheim via Yggdrasil&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;This was &lt;b&gt;the first challenge&lt;/b&gt;: figure out whom to trust and discover through questions that Raud would lead them to the wrong layer on Hades since Oinos ≠ Niflheim. This was also the opportunity for them to learn about the &lt;em style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0.125em; padding-left: 0.125em;"&gt;apathy&lt;/em&gt; of Hades. One player expertly decided to spend 100gp on books with jokes, fart machines and other ludicrous things to drive away apathy and despair.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;They don&amp;#x2019;t contact Njal but they do talk to Raud and end up going with Lissandra. They made such a good impression on her, in fact, that she decides to tell them about a merchant called &lt;em style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0.125em; padding-left: 0.125em;"&gt;Kherion Mallibrun&lt;/em&gt; (described in the section about &lt;em style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0.125em; padding-left: 0.125em;"&gt;Death of Innocence&lt;/em&gt; in the &lt;em style="text-decoration: underline; font-style: normal;"&gt;Planes of Conflic&lt;/em&gt; box). In return, he wants them to protect him from Hekate&amp;#x2019;s trolls.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This was &lt;b&gt;the second challenge&lt;/b&gt;: take along a guide and avoid fighting rock pythons and giant squirrels on the branches of Yggdrasil.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The dragon is easy: &lt;b&gt;the third challenge&lt;/b&gt; is simply to be quiet. The cleric is prepared and casts &lt;em&gt;silence&lt;/em&gt;. No problem.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The woods and trolls present &lt;b&gt;the fourth challenge&lt;/b&gt;: unbeknownst to the players, I had decided that the forest houses both &lt;em style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0.125em; padding-left: 0.125em;"&gt;wolves&lt;/em&gt; and trolls. Even though the party was silenced, the wolves had picked up their scent and the trolls were following the wolves. One player who plays a character that can fly decided to take a listen and fly overhead. He soon discovers the wolves and using the fillings of a little rocket full of itching powder they disable the wolves&amp;#x2019; scent ability and the flying character distracts and enrages the trolls until they break off the chase.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the village, they see that the merchant is selling &lt;em style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0.125em; padding-left: 0.125em;"&gt;colorful textiles&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;b&gt;the fifth challenge&lt;/b&gt; is finding a guide to the island. They discover that there is a hunter of nightmares who will lead them in exchange for the funny articles one of the characters had bought. This part was all improvised but it worked well.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;He warns them of the giant, flightless birds. Luckily they are slow. The party buys horses for the three characters in plate armor and can thus outrun the &lt;b&gt;the sixth challenge&lt;/b&gt;, the Diakka birds.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I had thought that the nightmares would be the next challenge but at the table I suddenly felt strange using the nightmares as predators. As I had seen one of the players get really excited about the prospect of catching and taming a nightmare, I decided that &lt;b&gt;the seventh challenge&lt;/b&gt; would be the &lt;em style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0.125em; padding-left: 0.125em;"&gt;temptation&lt;/em&gt; of catching a nightmare. The party would have to start a fight. And they didn&amp;#x2019;t&amp;#x2026;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;The eight challenge&lt;/b&gt; had not been listed on the &amp;#x201c;treasure map&amp;#x201d;: flying yeth hounds. The party moved away from their baying (it&amp;#x2019;s effect only works within 100 ft.) and decided to &lt;em style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0.125em; padding-left: 0.125em;"&gt;avoid&lt;/em&gt; the dogs. It worked.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;At the edge of the sea of fog, they left their guide who, when asked, said that all they had to do was &lt;em style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0.125em; padding-left: 0.125em;"&gt;ignore&lt;/em&gt; the larva. And they did. No talking, no eye contact, no listening. Again, the party used &lt;em&gt;silence&lt;/em&gt; to bypass &lt;b&gt;the ninth challenge&lt;/b&gt;. It worked.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Finally, they reached the witch, &lt;b&gt;the tenth challenge&lt;/b&gt;. I decided to use witches from the &lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://campaignwiki.org/wiki/DungeonMaps/Shark_Den"&gt;Shark Den&lt;/a&gt; section of the &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/Caverns_of_Slime"&gt;Caverns of Slime&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;em style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0.125em; padding-left: 0.125em;"&gt;Vialashta&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0.125em; padding-left: 0.125em;"&gt;Kurmatesha&lt;/em&gt;, the four lesser witches, the &lt;em&gt;tengu horn&lt;/em&gt;, and my own treasure I had rolled up. As you can see, I had prepared a different night hag in my notes (including a 65% magic resistance)&amp;#x2026; Oh well. There was a lot of talking, bluffing and haggling involved, a short discussion on the merits of both Odin and Hekate, but in the end, the orc witch has charmed the talking character and disappeared into the tent and the fight was on.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The party consisted of a cleric 5, a fighter 4, an elf 2, and some henchmen: two giant apes, a cleric 4, a fighter 2, and a magic-user 1.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The enemies:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Vialashta&lt;/b&gt;, the one-eyed crow priestess of the orcs (HD 9; AC 8; Atk 1 orcish hammer (1d6); MV 9; &lt;em&gt;curse&lt;/em&gt; at will, roll d6: 1. slowed, 2. blind, 3. stupid like an ox, 4. weak as a baby, 5. contract the plague, 6. crippling pain; save vs. spells to avoid)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;her &lt;b&gt;four witches&lt;/b&gt; (HD 5; AC 8; Atk 1 cudgel (1d6); MV 9; &lt;em&gt;curse&lt;/em&gt; 3×/day as above)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Kurmatesha&lt;/b&gt;, the orc witch (HD 9; AC 9; Atk 1 staff (1d6); MV 9; spells as per her spellbook below); she has the &lt;em&gt;horn of the mountain cedar&lt;/em&gt; which summons &lt;b&gt;twelve tengu&lt;/b&gt; once per day: crow-headed, flying swordsmen (HD 5; AC 7; Atk 1 two handed glass swords (2d6); MV 9 fly); if attacked she will polymorph into a &lt;b&gt;shadow wolf&lt;/b&gt; (HD 9; AC 7; Atk 1 bite (2d6); MV 12; &lt;em&gt;howl of pain&lt;/em&gt; (anybody touching the ground within 60 ft. must save vs. petrification or be stunned for a round and save vs. death or suffer 1d6 damage from bleeding ears)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;the &lt;b&gt;hanging tree&lt;/b&gt; (HD 15; AC 3; Atk 8 branches and roots (1d6 each); MV 0); the branches of the hanging tree are loaded with twitching corpses: &lt;b&gt;twelve armless ghouls&lt;/b&gt; are hanging up there, unable to free themselves (HD 2; AC 9; Atk 1 bite (1d6); MV 12)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kurmatesha is reduced to less than 10 hit-points in two rounds. She, in turn, blows the horn and summons the tengus, then polymorphs into a shadow wolf. The party then kills her and have a quick chat with the tengu. They want the horn (and their freedom), but one character is close enough to the horn to blow it again, at which point I decide that the tengu are all dispelled.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The second half of the battle is a running battle as the witches are standing under the hanging tree, cursing all that approach. With a desperate rush, a character delivers the arrow that has &lt;em&gt;silence&lt;/em&gt; cast on it to the witches. The witches start releasing ghouls but they are being turned as fast as they are being released. Finally, when the crow witch Vialashta is finally &lt;em&gt;held&lt;/em&gt; using magic, the remaining lesser witches flee into the sea of fog.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The witch tells them that the hanging tree is guarding the treasure and since they stocked up on oil and hadn&amp;#x2019;t used any of it, I decided that burning a 15 HD tree required 15 flasks of oil&amp;#x2014;and having bought 20 flasks of oil without having to use them against the trolls, that was no problem at all&amp;#x2026;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;20&amp;#x2019;000 gold pieces&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;10 gems worth 1980 gold pieces (1000, 10, 50, 10, 10, 500, 100, 100, 50, 100)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;two pieces of jewelry (&amp;#x201c;the crown and sceptre of the Ulfides&amp;#x201d;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;a halfling chain +1 and a small shield +1 (&amp;#x201c;the magic armor of a halfling hero with the heraldry of the Oxwrestler clan&amp;#x201d;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;the &lt;em&gt;horn of the mountain cedar&lt;/em&gt; (I already fear that this item might be too powerful!)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tags: &lt;a class="outside tag" title="Tag" rel="tag" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki?action=tag;id=RPG"&gt;RPG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="feed tag" title="Feed for this tag" rel="feed" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/feed/full/RPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://alexschroeder.ch/pics/rss.png" alt="RSS" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="outside tag" title="Tag" rel="tag" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki?action=tag;id=Old%20School"&gt;Old School&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="feed tag" title="Feed for this tag" rel="feed" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/feed/full/Old%20School"&gt;&lt;img src="http://alexschroeder.ch/pics/rss.png" alt="RSS" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="outside tag" title="Tag" rel="tag" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki?action=tag;id=Caverns%20of%20Slime"&gt;Caverns of Slime&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="feed tag" title="Feed for this tag" rel="feed" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/feed/full/Caverns%20of%20Slime"&gt;&lt;img src="http://alexschroeder.ch/pics/rss.png" alt="RSS" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="portrait gravatar"&gt;&lt;a class="newauthor" href="http://hackslashmaster.blogspot.com"&gt;&lt;img class="portrait" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/9cf021732ee0339d3a073e62564ba7be" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/-C"&gt;-C&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; I still struggle with this often.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Extra rolls are a fast route to a dull game. Normally I roll for opening doors just once, on a failure there is no chance of surprise. The attempt always draws a wandering monster roll.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#x2013; &lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://Http://hackslashmaster.blogspot.com"&gt;-C&lt;/a&gt; 2013-05-15 08:58 UTC&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;Ever since I stopped listening to music on iTunes, scrobbling is absolutely broken. I listen to music on at least three different Apple devices, sync them with iTunes every now and then, checked &amp;#x201c;Enable iPod submissions&amp;#x201d; using playlist &amp;#x201c;zuletzt gespielt&amp;#x201d; which is defined as matching both of these rules: &amp;#x201c;last played in the last 3 months&amp;#x201d; and &amp;#x201c;media kind is not podcast&amp;#x201d; with live updating. I listen to music practically constantly. If you &lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://www.lastfm.de/user/kensanata"&gt;check my profile&lt;/a&gt;, you&amp;#x2019;ll note &lt;em style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0.125em; padding-left: 0.125em;"&gt;huge&lt;/em&gt; gaps everywhere. Why is that? Are the devices &amp;#x201c;overwriting&amp;#x201d; each other? iScrobbler says 586 items queued. Ok… All I&amp;#x2019;m seeing is &lt;em style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0.125em; padding-left: 0.125em;"&gt;two&lt;/em&gt; new items. &lt;img class="smiley" src="http://www.emacswiki.org/pics/sad.png" alt=":(" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl class="quote"&gt;&lt;dt /&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;b&gt;Update&lt;/b&gt;: &lt;ins&gt;Apparently I'm an idiot. It just takes a long time (a day?) to process the tracks submitted. Yikes, sorry for the bad press, iScrobbler!&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kensanata/8738643028/" class="url http"&gt;&lt;img class="url http" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7286/8738643028_80349f0e2e_o.png" alt="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7286/8738643028_80349f0e2e_o.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;That&amp;#x2019;s a lot of titles&amp;#x2026;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You&amp;#x2019;ll notice that &lt;em style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0.125em; padding-left: 0.125em;"&gt;The Beatles&lt;/em&gt; have made a big comeback in 2013. &lt;img class="smiley" src="http://www.emacswiki.org/pics/smile.png" alt=":)" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;2013&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kensanata/8737525023/" class="url http"&gt;&lt;img class="url http" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7282/8737525023_225628fc02_o.png" alt="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7282/8737525023_225628fc02_o.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;2012&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kensanata/8737525275/" class="url http"&gt;&lt;img class="url http" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7281/8737525275_9d48546b9d_o.png" alt="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7281/8737525275_9d48546b9d_o.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl class="quote"&gt;&lt;dt /&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;b&gt;Update&lt;/b&gt;: &lt;ins&gt;Apparently there's another abandoned scrobbler…&lt;/ins&gt; &lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://mmrr.fi/scrobblepod/"&gt;ScrobblePod&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tags: &lt;a class="outside tag" title="Tag" rel="tag" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki?action=tag;id=Music"&gt;Music&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="feed tag" title="Feed for this tag" rel="feed" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/feed/full/Music"&gt;&lt;img src="http://alexschroeder.ch/pics/rss.png" alt="RSS" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 14:13:10 GMT</pubDate>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;Recently I left a comment on &lt;a class="url http outside" href="https://plus.google.com/106791563133302266720/posts/eRGb8EUYF8C"&gt;Philip Watson's thread on Google+&lt;/a&gt; where he wondered whether players should know when their thief failed to hide. I said:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl class="quote"&gt;&lt;dt /&gt;&lt;dd&gt;I let them roll in the open but will delay the roll until immediate consequences are at hand. Player says their character is hiding, no roll required. Orcs are coming. &lt;em style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0.125em; padding-left: 0.125em;"&gt;Now&lt;/em&gt; you roll—and if you fail, they spot you.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;Consequences happen right after the result of the die roll is known. As a referee, I have have no &amp;#x201c;information advantage&amp;#x201d; and thus the question of unfairness doesn&amp;#x2019;t come up.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I was reminded of Courtney Campbell&amp;#x2019;s blog post &lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://hackslashmaster.blogspot.ch/2011/11/on-skill-deconstruction-why-roll-for.html"&gt; On Skill Deconstruction: Why Roll for Resolution?&lt;/a&gt; He lists five reasons for rolling dice.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;time constraints&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;in conflict with another entity&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;a serious consequence for failure&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;impossible to model at the table&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;(partial results can make the procedure more exciting)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x2019;m trying to have thieves succeed automatically whenever possible. I&amp;#x2019;m going to opt for dice rolling when the conditions listed above are true. If the dungeon has wandering monsters, each failed roll to open a door or unlock a chest means one check for wandering monsters. If there are no monsters, we don&amp;#x2019;t need to know how long the thief takes to unlock the chest. It will succeed eventually.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tags: &lt;a class="outside tag" title="Tag" rel="tag" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki?action=tag;id=RPG"&gt;RPG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="feed tag" title="Feed for this tag" rel="feed" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/feed/full/RPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://alexschroeder.ch/pics/rss.png" alt="RSS" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="portrait gravatar"&gt;&lt;a class="newauthor" href="http://quicklyquietlycarefully.blogspot.com"&gt;&lt;img class="portrait" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/078887483eac7f5ba9e62b7fce521a79" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/Paul_Gorman"&gt;Paul Gorman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Your link to your nominations points to the Edit page.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#x2013; &lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://quicklyquietlycarefully.blogspot.com"&gt;Paul Gorman&lt;/a&gt; 2013-05-13 19:32 UTC&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="portrait gravatar"&gt;&lt;a class="newauthor" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/AlexSchroeder"&gt;&lt;img class="portrait" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e33b88db6bc04e1c93db25c702baea28" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/AlexSchroeder"&gt;AlexSchroeder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Oops, fixed. Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#x2013; &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/AlexSchroeder"&gt;AlexSchroeder&lt;/a&gt; 2013-05-13 21:15 UTC&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<description>&lt;div class="right" style="float: right"&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kensanata/8733961353/" class="url http"&gt;&lt;img class="url http" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7294/8733961353_32f503d211_n.jpg" alt="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7294/8733961353_32f503d211_n.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;I just posted &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2013-05-13_My_One_Page_Dungeon_Contest_Nominations"&gt;my nominations for the One Page Dungeon Contest 2013&lt;/a&gt;. I also liked the following entries.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://enterik.blogspot.ch/2013/04/the-issue-of-blipdoolpoolp.html"&gt;Erik-Karl Read, The Issue of Blipdoolpoolp&lt;/a&gt;: a small vertical dungeon, ocean, the tide and watery creatures.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://content.wuala.com/contents/kensanata/Dokumente/1PDC%202013/Heikki%20Hallamaa%2C%20The%20Diamond%20of%20Hishep-Ratep.pdf?dl=1"&gt;Heikki Hallamaa, The Diamond of Hishep-Ratep&lt;/a&gt;: a short tomb raiding adventure with grey aliens, a lovely combination.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://content.wuala.com/contents/kensanata/Dokumente/1PDC%202013/Josh%20Burnett%2C%20The%20Burial%20Mound%20of%20Gilliard%20Wolfclan.pdf?dl=1"&gt;Josh Burnett, The Burial Mound of Gilliard Wolfclan&lt;/a&gt;: a short, simple and cute tomb raid with goblins. I liked the map and the elf leader.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://acornafloat.blogspot.se/2013/04/the-giants-dollhouse.html"&gt;Jens Thuresson, The Giant's Dollhouse&lt;/a&gt;: a giant that petrifies and depetrifies people, go! I like the setup. I just wondered what to do about the rod in the end.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://content.wuala.com/contents/kensanata/Dokumente/1PDC%202013/Joe%20Pruitt%2C%20Echoes%20of%20Empire.pdf?dl=1"&gt;Joe Pruitt, Echoes of Empire&lt;/a&gt;: I don&amp;#x2019;t think I can simply insert this into my campaign, but perhaps my campaign can use this sort of mini-game one day.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://content.wuala.com/contents/kensanata/Dokumente/1PDC%202013/LSF%2C%20A%20Stolen%20Spring.pdf?dl=1"&gt;LSF, A Stolen Spring&lt;/a&gt;: a beautiful map, a mage&amp;#x2019;s expedition gone wrong, a nice encounter to insert into your running adventure.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;I saw &lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://rolesrules.blogspot.ch/2013/05/one-page-dungeon-contest-reviews.html"&gt;Roger the GS’ recommendations&lt;/a&gt; the other day. What about your favorites?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tags: &lt;a class="outside tag" title="Tag" rel="tag" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki?action=tag;id=RPG"&gt;RPG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="feed tag" title="Feed for this tag" rel="feed" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/feed/full/RPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://alexschroeder.ch/pics/rss.png" alt="RSS" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="outside tag" title="Tag" rel="tag" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki?action=tag;id=1PDC"&gt;1PDC&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="feed tag" title="Feed for this tag" rel="feed" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/feed/full/1PDC"&gt;&lt;img src="http://alexschroeder.ch/pics/rss.png" alt="RSS" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<description>&lt;div class="right" style="float: right"&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kensanata/8735009164/" class="url http"&gt;&lt;img class="url http" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7318/8735009164_dbb6eb8e7c_n.jpg" alt="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7318/8735009164_dbb6eb8e7c_n.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x2019;ve finished reading the submissions to the &lt;a class="near" title="Names" href="http://campaignwiki.org/wiki/DungeonMaps/One_Page_Dungeon_Contest_2013"&gt;One Page Dungeon Contest 2013&lt;/a&gt;. As always, an interesting mix of styles. Less tombs than in previous years. The ever popular &amp;#x201c;get into the dungeon and trigger a trap&amp;#x201d; is there. Bandits, undead, but &lt;em style="text-decoration: underline; font-style: normal;"&gt;no&lt;/em&gt; pirates! This year&amp;#x2019;s popular rare monster must have been the &lt;em style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0.125em; padding-left: 0.125em;"&gt;gibbernig mouther&lt;/em&gt;. It showed up in three submissions. &lt;img class="smiley" src="http://www.emacswiki.org/pics/smile.png" alt=":)" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Gibbering Mouthers:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://rpggeek.com/blogpost/18678/opd-2013-the-parched-throat"&gt;Intrepid Eddie, The Parched Throat&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://jaspersrantings.wordpress.com/2013/04/28/one-page-dungeon-contest-the-lost-temple-of-tyrandraxu/"&gt;Joshua J. Laboskie, The Lost Temple of Tyrandraxu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://content.wuala.com/contents/kensanata/Dokumente/1PDC%202013/Ramsey%20Hong%2C%20Something%20Happened%20At%20The%20Temple%20Near%20Glourm.pdf?dl=1"&gt;Ramsey Hong, Something Happened At The Temple Near Glourm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;I wanted to comment on my &lt;em style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0.125em; padding-left: 0.125em;"&gt;nominations&lt;/em&gt; for the contest winners. I&amp;#x2019;ve done this before (&lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2010-03-21_My_One_Page_Dungeon_Contest_Nominations"&gt;2010&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2011-04-24_My_One_Page_Dungeon_Contest_Nominations"&gt;2011&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class="local" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2012-05-28_Regarding_My_Nominations"&gt;2012&lt;/a&gt;). Writing it all down helps me think it through.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://content.wuala.com/contents/kensanata/Dokumente/1PDC%202013/Daniel%20O%27Donnell%2C%20Down%20Among%20the%20Dead%20Men.pdf?dl=1"&gt;Daniel O'Donnell, Down Among the Dead Men&lt;/a&gt;: beautiful map; lovely visuals such as a well surmounted by the jaws of a giant shark or acolytes on stilts &amp;#x201c;tending&amp;#x201d; the undead in the water. It&amp;#x2019;s gruesome. It stands on its own and can be placed in my campaign.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://dungeonofsigns.blogspot.ch/2013/04/one-page-dungeon-contest-brittlestone.html"&gt;Gus L., The Brittlestone Parapets&lt;/a&gt;: a lovely amalgam of trench warfare, undead soldiers, Beowulf, D&amp;amp;D as an implied post-apocalyptic setting; and it comes with an inspiring map, an interesting list of random encounters, the witch comes with the list of spells prepared, one faction can be hired for a few weeks. It&amp;#x2019;s fascinating. It stands on its own and can be placed in my campaign.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://www.metagamemastery.com/2013/05/01/one-page-dungeon-2013/"&gt;Jobe Bittman, Into The Demon Idol&lt;/a&gt;: an iconic image, a beautiful map, the giant grab pincer. Best of all: the option of reanimating it! A potential long-term change for your campaign. It&amp;#x2019;s tempting. It stands on its own and can be placed in my campaign.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://content.wuala.com/contents/kensanata/Dokumente/1PDC%202013/Misha%20Favorov%2C%20Court%20of%20the%20King%20of%20No%20Men.pdf?dl=1"&gt;Misha Favorov, Court of the King of No Men&lt;/a&gt;: a map that allows multiple approaches; the most important notes are on the map itself. That&amp;#x2019;s what I love! The two simple magic items are interesting without being overengineered: a sword dealing wounds that heal within 24h, a hammer that can be thrown once a day, a rod that allows you to control the movement of an opponent (but nothing else). It&amp;#x2019;s sylvan. It stands on its own and can be placed in my campaign.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://content.wuala.com/contents/kensanata/Dokumente/1PDC%202013/Paul%20Gorman%2C%20Faery%20Ring%20to%20Alpha%20Ari.pdf?dl=1"&gt;Paul Gorman, Faery Ring to Alpha Ari&lt;/a&gt;: not the only adventure using myconids and various fungus effects, but what I liked in particular was the strange mix of fantasy and present day space exploration; the observatory and the tiny island on the one hand and a map that looks appropriate for a Mars colony. I also like how enemies come in all sizes from pixies to giant. I&amp;#x2019;m not sure it would simply fit into my campaign.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://content.wuala.com/contents/kensanata/Dokumente/1PDC%202013/Ramsey%20Hong%2C%20Something%20Happened%20At%20The%20Temple%20Near%20Glourm.pdf?dl=1"&gt;Ramsey Hong, Something Happened At The Temple Near Glourm&lt;/a&gt;: a beautiful map with village and five dungeon levels; multiple stairs and entrances; notes on the map itself. This dungeon is beautiful. It&amp;#x2019;s terrifying. It stands on its own and can be placed in my campaign.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://6ironspikes.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/citadel-of-severed-hand-one-page-dungeon.html?view=classic"&gt;Rob S, Citadel of the Severed Hand&lt;/a&gt;: another beautiful map with notes on the map itself; it also features myconids and &amp;#x201c;shroom effects&amp;#x201d;. The part I like is the tragic figure of the orc boss with his &lt;em&gt;staghelm&lt;/em&gt; who hates the torturer demon because she has his son in her power. The entire setup with the two slaves is genious. It&amp;#x2019;s evil. It stands on its own and can be placed in my campaign.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://rolesrules.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/devil%27s%20acre"&gt;Roger SG Sorolla, Devil's Acre&lt;/a&gt;: when I first read about it on the author&amp;#x2019;s blog I thought that it was an interesting take on the complex of sin, vigil, prayer, temptation, saint and devils, and all of that in a D&amp;amp;D context. My campaign hasn&amp;#x2019;t featured these topics, however, so I&amp;#x2019;m not sure how well it would work for me.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://content.wuala.com/contents/kensanata/Dokumente/1PDC%202013/S.%20J.%20Harris%2C%20The%20Baleful%20Spring.pdf?dl=1"&gt;S. J. Harris, The Baleful Spring&lt;/a&gt;: a small tower always comes in handy. This one has a tower with an evil master and a ship with a neutral captain. I like the framing story: two diplomats trying to secure a peace accord have gone missing. It&amp;#x2019;s nothing fancy with a functional map. It&amp;#x2019;s useful. It stands on its own and can be placed in my campaign.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://content.wuala.com/contents/kensanata/Dokumente/1PDC%202013/Simon%20Forster%2C%20Church%20of%20Consumption.pdf?dl=1"&gt;Simon Forster, Church of Consumption&lt;/a&gt;: a beatiful map; another cult trying to raise a demon. Unfortunately it&amp;#x2019;s very linear. Strangely enough it appears to be open on both ends with major treasure sitting right next to one of the two entrances. But… it&amp;#x2019;s so beautiful. And I love the imagery of the cultists eating their dead god, the meat grinder, the ghouls dreaming about eating the same dead god, one day… It&amp;#x2019;s gruesome. It stands on its own and can be placed in my campaign.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;The One Page Dungeon Contest is just so damn &lt;em style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0.125em; padding-left: 0.125em;"&gt;useful&lt;/em&gt; it amazes me every year.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tags: &lt;a class="outside tag" title="Tag" rel="tag" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki?action=tag;id=RPG"&gt;RPG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="feed tag" title="Feed for this tag" rel="feed" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/feed/full/RPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://alexschroeder.ch/pics/rss.png" alt="RSS" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="outside tag" title="Tag" rel="tag" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki?action=tag;id=1PDC"&gt;1PDC&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="feed tag" title="Feed for this tag" rel="feed" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/feed/full/1PDC"&gt;&lt;img src="http://alexschroeder.ch/pics/rss.png" alt="RSS" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;This topic ties together two topics that probably don&amp;#x2019;t see too much overlap.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;I play role-playing games of the D&amp;amp;D old school variety.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;I use Emacs to help me do simple stuff on a daily basis.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p&gt;The problem: the party of characters my players run is &lt;em style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0.125em; padding-left: 0.125em;"&gt;huge&lt;/em&gt;. Even if there are usually only around ten characters that are part of a single session, there are more than thirty primary and secondary characters &lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://campaignwiki.org/wiki/F%C3%BCnfWinde/Status"&gt;on the status page&lt;/a&gt;. Given &lt;a class="url http outside" href="http://campaignwiki.org/wiki/F%C3%BCnfWinde/raw/Status"&gt;the wiki table&lt;/a&gt; for the status page, how can I quickly add up the correct XP and gold values? Any XP gained is shared equally amongst the characters that took part in the session but any gold gained is distributed according to each characters share. Primary characters get a full share, secondary characters get a third of a share.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I used Emacs widget mode to create a page like this:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;pre class="real"&gt;XP total:   805          
Gold total: 7191         
[X] Schalk
[ ] Uluf
[ ] Witschik
[X] Schachtmann
[ ] Sirius
[X] Logard
[X] Arnd
[X] Tinaya
[ ] Pyrula
[ ] Pijo
[ ] Garo
[X] Zeta
[ ] Pipo
[X] Fusstritt
[ ] Thor
[ ] Jack
[ ] Gloria
[ ] Hermann
[ ] Urs
[ ] Alpha
[ ] Beta
[ ] Gamma
[ ] Boden
[ ] Basel
[ ] Bern
[X] Nuschka
[ ] Moranor
[ ] Axirios Hectaxius

[Go!]&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;p&gt;And here&amp;#x2019;s the code to do it:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;pre class="real"&gt;(defconst fünf-winde-regexp "^\\(|\\[\\[\\(.*?\\)\\]\\][ \t]*|[ \t]*\\(1\\|1/3\\)[ \t]*\\)|\\([ \t]*[0-9]+[ \t]*\\)|\\([ \t]*[0-9]+[ \t]*\\)"
  "Regular expression to parse the Status page.
\(let ((str (match-string 1))
      (name (match-string 2))
      (share (match-string 3))
      (xp (match-string 4))
      (gold (match-string 5)))
    ...\)")

(defvar fünf-winde-buf nil
  "Source buffer.")

(defvar fünf-winde-xp nil
  "XP share.")

(defvar fünf-winde-gold nil
  "Gold share.")

(defvar fünf-winde-party nil
  "Charakters in the party.")

(defun fünf-winde-xp-and-gold ()
  "Hand out Gold and XP."
  (interactive)
  (let ((buf (current-buffer))
	(names))
    (save-excursion
      (goto-char (point-min))
      (while (re-search-forward fünf-winde-regexp nil t)
	(setq names (cons (match-string 2) names))))
    (switch-to-buffer "*Fünf Winde*")
    (kill-all-local-variables)
    (set (make-local-variable 'fünf-winde-buf) buf)
    (make-local-variable 'fünf-winde-xp)
    (make-local-variable 'fünf-winde-gold)
    (make-local-variable 'fünf-winde-party)
    (let ((inhibit-read-only t))
      (erase-buffer))
    (remove-overlays)
    (setq fünf-winde-xp
	  (widget-create 'integer
			 :size 13
			 :format "XP total:   %v\n"
			 0))
    (setq fünf-winde-gold
	  (widget-create 'integer
			 :size 13
			 :format "Gold total: %v\n"
			 0))
    (setq fünf-winde-party
	  (apply 'widget-create 'checklist
		 (mapcar (lambda (name)
			   `(item ,name))
			 (nreverse names))))
    (widget-insert "\n")
    (widget-create 'push-button
		   :notify (lambda (&amp;amp;rest ignore)
			     (fünf-winde-process
			      fünf-winde-buf
			      (widget-value fünf-winde-xp)
			      (widget-value fünf-winde-gold)
			      (widget-value fünf-winde-party)))
		   "Go!")
    (widget-insert "\n")
    (use-local-map widget-keymap)
    (local-set-key (kbd "q") 'bury-buffer)
    (local-set-key (kbd "SPC") 'widget-button-press)
    (local-set-key (kbd "&amp;lt;left&amp;gt;") 'widget-backward)
    (local-set-key (kbd "&amp;lt;up&amp;gt;") 'widget-backward)
    (local-set-key (kbd "&amp;lt;right&amp;gt;") 'widget-forward)
    (local-set-key (kbd "&amp;lt;down&amp;gt;") 'widget-forward)
    (widget-setup)
    (goto-char (point-min))
    (widget-forward 1)))

(defun fünf-winde-process (buf total-xp total-gold party)
  (message "(fünf-winde-process (get-buffer \"%s\") %d %d '%S)"
	   buf total-xp total-gold party)
  (switch-to-buffer buf)
  (save-excursion
    (let ((xp-shares 0)
	  (xp-share nil)
	  (gold-shares 0)
	  (gold-share nil))
      (goto-char (point-min))
      (while (re-search-forward fünf-winde-regexp nil t)
	(let ((name (match-string 2))
	      (share (match-string 3)))
	  (when (member name party)
	    (setq gold-shares (+ gold-shares
				 (cond ((string= share "1/2") 0.5)
				       ((string= share "1/3") (/ 1.0 3))
				       (t (string-to-number share))))
		  xp-shares (1+ xp-shares)))))
      (setq gold-share (/ total-gold gold-shares)
	    xp-share (/ total-xp xp-shares))
      (goto-char (point-min))
      (while (re-search-forward fünf-winde-regexp nil t)
	(let ((str (match-string 1))
	      (name (match-string 2))
	      (share (match-string 3))
	      (xp (match-string 4))
	      (gold (match-string 5)))
	  (when (member name party)
	    (setq gold (format (concat "%9d")
			       (+  (string-to-number gold)
				   (* gold-share (cond ((string= share "1/2") 0.5)
						       ((string= share "1/3") (/ 1.0 3))
						       (t (string-to-number share))))))
		  xp (format (concat "%9d")
			     (+  (string-to-number xp)
				 xp-share)))
	    (replace-match (concat str
				   "|" xp
				   "|" gold))))))))&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x2019;m not sure I&amp;#x2019;m spending my time wisely, but there you go. I used to have a simpler piece of code that helped me distribute XP and gold separately. The drawback was that it would ask me for every person in the table &amp;#x201c;was this character in the party? (y/n)&amp;#x201d; and that&amp;#x2019;s a lot of yes and no replies if you go through the list &lt;em&gt;twice&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x2019;s also a stark reminder that simpler old rules doesn&amp;#x2019;t automatically mean less work for the referee. With D&amp;amp;D 3.5, I had a spreadsheet to compute the XP gained based on challenge rating and character level. It wasn&amp;#x2019;t something to do quickly without a book in front of me. Now the complexity of the task has been reduced, but the number of characters has exploded to compensate!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tags: &lt;a class="outside tag" title="Tag" rel="tag" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki?action=tag;id=Emacs"&gt;Emacs&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="feed tag" title="Feed for this tag" rel="feed" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/feed/full/Emacs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://alexschroeder.ch/pics/rss.png" alt="RSS" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="outside tag" title="Tag" rel="tag" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki?action=tag;id=RPG"&gt;RPG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="feed tag" title="Feed for this tag" rel="feed" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/feed/full/RPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://alexschroeder.ch/pics/rss.png" alt="RSS" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="outside tag" title="Tag" rel="tag" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki?action=tag;id=Old%20School"&gt;Old School&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="feed tag" title="Feed for this tag" rel="feed" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/feed/full/Old%20School"&gt;&lt;img src="http://alexschroeder.ch/pics/rss.png" alt="RSS" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;Once again, I&amp;#x2019;m syncing my wife&amp;#x2019;s iPhone using iTunes and half way through the process it claims that it can&amp;#x2019;t do it because the computer is out of disk space. With more than 9 GB on the main hard disk and much more on the external hard disk (and a link from &lt;code&gt;~/Library/Application Support/MobilySync&lt;/code&gt; to the external hard disk), this is simply impossible. Strangely enough, synchronization continues anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Luckily I remembered what to do: open preferences, &lt;b&gt;find the backup&lt;/b&gt; for my wife&amp;#x2019;s device &lt;b&gt;and delete it&lt;/b&gt;. Done. Now I can sync without any messages interrupting it. Strange.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tags: &lt;a class="outside tag" title="Tag" rel="tag" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki?action=tag;id=iPhone"&gt;iPhone&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="feed tag" title="Feed for this tag" rel="feed" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/feed/full/iPhone"&gt;&lt;img src="http://alexschroeder.ch/pics/rss.png" alt="RSS" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="outside tag" title="Tag" rel="tag" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki?action=tag;id=Apple"&gt;Apple&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="feed tag" title="Feed for this tag" rel="feed" href="http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/feed/full/Apple"&gt;&lt;img src="http://alexschroeder.ch/pics/rss.png" alt="RSS" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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