# Digest urth.v031.n010 *The Urth list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 07 Dec 2001* > Exported from an unofficial mirror of a public mailing list. Copyright > in each message remains with the person who wrote it. > Email addresses are obscured as `user at host`, the form the original > archive published. This file was rebuilt from parsed fields rather than > retained headers, so it is faithful in content but not byte-exact. --- ### Dan'l Danehy-Oakes *07 Dec 2001, 21:09* MBS 808 asked: > my brother is in a bookclub and asked me for > suggestions - I offered a few, including fifth head of > cerberus and Shadow of the torturer.. > > he asked me to pick just one .. ideas, thoughts, alternatives? Well, if it's "just one" I certainly would _not_ pick SotT. Basic question would be what the membership of the club is like. If they are comfortable with SF - I mean _really_ comfortable with it, people who actually know how written sf (as opposed to filmic sci-fi) works, then go with 5HC. If not, I think your best bet is probably _Peace_ (distant second would be _Pandora_, but that might be better for a group that discusses on the "Oprah's Book Club" level). --Dan'l ---