The Gold Bug

The Gold-Bug | Poe Edgar Allan

Spy and Mystery Stories, printed in Hong Kong 1978 - everything in the UK was made in Hong Kong or Taiwan back then. My first exposure to Edgar Allen Poe, forty years on my shelf.

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Victoriapl

The Gold Bug | Edgar Allan Poe

When you're doing research for a trip...

RidgewayGirl The day after tomorrow! 6y

Victoriapl I‘m SO excited! 6y

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Sara_Planz

The Gold Bug | Edgar Allan Poe

Always a must reread when I visit Sullivan‘s Island, SC

GypsyKat Love this! 🖤 7y

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Quasifesto

The Gold Bug | Edgar Allan Poe

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I‘m a week late reading this for #EagerforEdgar A fine tale. Not Poe‘s best work, but enjoyable enough.

GarthRanzz How the hell did I miss this read along!? Damn! Maybe next time. 7y

SconsinBookyBadger @GarthRanzz are you following @KennedyBooks? There are more Poe read along being planned on. 7y

GarthRanzz @anansigirl I wasn‘t but am now. Thanks Stacy! 7y

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KennedyBooks

The Gold Bug | Edgar Allan Poe

Hey guys! Discussion is open! What did you think?! Did you enjoy it? Favourite parts! Let‘s talk! @RainyDayReading @Quasifesto @starlight97 @sprainedbrain @cobwebmoth @BookwormM @mypoesoul @ananisgirl #eagerforedgar

KennedyBooks I think after reading this I really want to create a Gold Bug necklace! 7y

cobwebmoth I enjoyed it. I thought the solution was really clever. 7y

starlight97 @KennedyBooks what a great idea! 7y

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starlight97 I enjoyed it too, it was really smart, and I liked how they explained the whole solution step by step. Although I had a hard time understanding Jupiter's accent, since English is not my native language. But I think I got used to it after a while :) 7y

RainyDayReading Ack I‘m so behind 🙈 I‘ve gotten halfway through but put it down and completely spaced on it. As soon as I get home today I‘m finishing it so I can actually contribute something xD 7y

KennedyBooks I agree @cobwebmoth I really enjoyed the cryptography in it! @starlight97 I completely under why you would struggle with Jupiter‘s accent! @RainyDayReading it happens to the best of us! Just join in when you can 😊 7y

SconsinBookyBadger Googling info on The Gold Bug I found a BookRiot story that Poe invented the word cryptograph and the first person to incorporate it into a plot. 7y

BookwormM I liked this story it was not what I expected from Poe the slow revealing of the mystery worked really well. Loved the way the title was a play on words the literal gold bug and the gold bug relating to treasure hunting 7y

starlight97 @anansigirl wow that's really interesting 😮 7y

CoffeeNBooks I really liked the cryptography and the explanation of the solution. It was so much more thorough than if Poe had just written "Hey, there was a code, I cracked it, and voila. I found the treasure." 7y

CoffeeNBooks @BookwormM I agree- the play on words was great! 7y

Quasifesto I finally caught up and read it. Pretty good. I remember liking it better as a kid. 7y

Quasifesto Is there another #EagerforEdgar read, yet? 7y

KennedyBooks @Quasifesto there will be a list up tomorrow of the next 8 or so reads 😁 7y

GarthRanzz Please tag me when you release the list. I‘d love to join in! 7y

starlight97 @KennedyBooks is the list up already? Did I miss it? 7y

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KennedyBooks

The Gold Bug | Edgar Allan Poe

Firstly apologies! When I first had the idea last week everything was good- unfortunately some life drama got in the way to how I wanted this to start! But im ready to go! So the first pick....The Gold Bug! The group discussion will start for this on 2nd May and hopefully this gives everyone enough time! If not join in whenever! So excited to start this with you all #Eagerforedgar #poe #goldbug

KennedyBooks @RainyDayReading @Quasifesto @starlight97 @sprainedbrain @cobwebmoth @BookwormM @mypoesoul 7y

KennedyBooks And last but certainly not least @anansigirl so looking forward to sharing this with you all!!! 7y

RainyDayReading Wooo!!! 7y

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Quasifesto Yay! 7y

cobwebmoth Thanks for setting this up! 7y

mypoesoul Sounds great!!! 😊 7y

sprainedbrain Great! I can get that one read by May 2. 😃 7y

SconsinBookyBadger No need to apologize, it‘s completely understandable that sometimes real life circumstances have to be taken care. Thank you for setting up the Poe reading! 7y

starlight97 Yaaay thanks! 😊 7y

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Gina

The Gold Bug | Edgar Allan Poe

One thing I never outgrew from childhood... daydreaming...♡♡♡

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Angela_AVT

The Gold Bug | Edgar Allan Poe

#getindie My local bookshop posts Facebook photos of cool books. #ontheroadbookshop

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Sara_Planz

The Gold Bug | Edgar Allan Poe

Added an extra day to the vacay to visit Sullivan's Island where Edgar Allan Poe was stationed and inspired the Gold Bug tale. The tree is thought to be the tree in the story.

callunakeep How cool!!! 9y

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled So cool!! I want to see! 9y

NatalieR Awesome! I want to go there! 9y

DiruVamp Oh that is so cool! 9y

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