| written by Magnulus on Jun 02, 2008 08:04 |
 | |  | | ![]() I don't trust him. Ulysses is on the list. | |  | |  |
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| written by Deanfrz on Jun 09, 2008 01:07 |
 | |  | | I dont have time to read the list, I'll wait for the movie. | |  | |  |
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  | written by Yash on Jun 14, 2008 11:50 |
| | | | ![]() I don't buy it either. The number of books read by someone is not proportional to how clever they are. Cryo mentioned that they were all fiction books. You'd only really want to have read so much if you were a writer yourself. I also don't understand why the epic poems everyone else has already mentioned aren't on that list either, even if they were only translations that you would be reading.
That said, I might be just as good as Megagun with about five myself. Just the sci fi ones, of course.  | | | | |
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 | |  | | ![]() I read the list up to number 300, and hadn't read any of the books.
I'm also curious as to how The Satanic Verses got on the list, but not The Communist Manifesto...
[ And no, I'm not drawing any connections xD I happen to support communism =p ] | |  | |  |
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| written by Tom on Jun 24, 2008 05:06 |
| | | | ![]() Probably because the list was compiled by English professors, who considered their impact on literature and the literary elite, rather than historical importance. I don't know that the Communist Manifesto is literarily groundbreaking (although I haven't read it myself). | | | | |
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| | | | ![]() It is a pretty powerful piece of writing, sounds good read aloud. And how exactly are The Satanic Verses groundbreaking in the realm of literature? | | | | |
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| written by Tom on Jun 24, 2008 19:26 |
| | | | ![]()  | Medeivalstargazer said: | | It is a pretty powerful piece of writing, sounds good read aloud. And how exactly are The Satanic Verses groundbreaking in the realm of literature? |
I don't know for certain, since I haven't read it (or any Rushdie, which I should probably remedy) but I know it was quite controversial. | | | | |
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| written by Trad.a on Aug 27, 2008 12:08 |
| | | | ![]() Iain M. Banks anyone?
British Science Fiction, but how good? | | | | |
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| written by Tom on Aug 27, 2008 20:12 |
| | | | ![]() | Trad.a said: | Iain M. Banks anyone?
British Science Fiction, but how good? |
He's well-respected, I know, but I haven't read any of his stuff myself. | | | | |
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| written by Ssfsx17 on Oct 06, 2008 17:36 |
| | | | I just finished Raymond E. Feist's Magician. I am now reading through Jack Vance's Dying Earth series, and have finished The Eyes of the Overworld. I dare say that Jack Vance is a truly interesting fantasy author, and "Vancian magic" works a lot better in the books than it does in Dungeons & Dragons. | | | | |
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| written by Yayo on Oct 07, 2008 14:48 |
| | | | ![]() meh.. since it's some months now that I'm sick and I changed almost totally my daily rhythm *sighs*, I ended up reading many books too.
I just finished a book by Mario Vargas Llosa about a woman named Julia and a mad writer (don't remember original title, just the italian one, which doesn't mean anything to you).
Not bad.
And before that it has been The grapes of wrath by John Steinbeck.
Very nice reading. Entertaining and well written.
And before, a title of an italian author, Gli indifferenti (the indifferents) by Alberto Moravia. (Not a big thing.. Well written but a bit disappointing about the story..)
And before again, some weeks ago, it has been the Tefth and the dogs, or something, don't remember, written by Naghib Mahfuz.
Bleh: don't waste your time with it. definitely disappointing. : P
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  | |  | | ![]() I haven't been following the thread, but I don't think these would have been mentioned.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time. Great book. It's about a kid with some kind of autism (not specified). I love the way he numbers the chapters.
Articulate Jim: A search for Something. Enjoyable and funny. Only available online, though. I coverted it to .txt and used a DS e-reader to read it. | |  | |  |
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Gene Wolfe: The Book of the New Sun
pretty much anything by Terry Pratchett
Alastair Reynolds: Revelation Space
Hmm, why, when I'm thinking for good books I've read, do I forget most of everything I've ever read? | | | | |
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 | |  | | ![]() Brown Girl in the Ring and Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson.
They're difficult to find, but well worth the search. | |  | |  |
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| written by Tom on Dec 11, 2008 02:14 |
| | | | ![]() | Rabidpotatoe said: | | Hmm, why, when I'm thinking for good books I've read, do I forget most of everything I've ever read? |
I don't know, but it happens to me too.
I'll recommend Crystal Rain by Tobias Buckell, then. Also, Implied Spaces by Walter Jon Williams (as well as his Drake Maijstral trilogy, of which I've only read the first two books, because the local library doesn't have the third one...) | | | | |
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