Why the best fantasy-writers come from Britain?

It was one of the topics that were discussed at first meeting of the Library Book Club on Wednesday.

But we wandered also on the field of the healthy food and proper surrounding for living.

Topic was huge, because everybody was talking about their favourite book. But the group of the fantasy fans dominated and the most mentioned titles were The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter or Discworld.

The origin of the wild fantasy of the British authors could be set off the weak position of the Church and fortune of the British mythology. Also it could be caused by historical spirit that still remians in Oxford, Cambridge, and Edinburgh. Or what do you think?

Beat poets had their fans there too, by name Jack Kerouac and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, but two members jumped from the beat poetry to classical Scandinavian authors. Do you know some of them?

Small circle of the fans talked about authors that try to show the connection between human and the surrounding. Not only the physical relations, but also spiritual connection. From Czech authors, Václav Cílek, the geologist, writes very popular books about this topic and about Genius Loci phenomenon. Do you sometimes have the feeling, that some place is breathing?

Topic for next meeting will be selected by your voting. We have three themes: Fantasy, classic Scandinavian literature, non – fiction literature, focus on the relation between man and surrounding.

You can also suggest good books for every topic in the Forum.

Next meeting will be held on February 18, at 18:30 in the Central Library in the club room.