PrinceofWands
Lifer
- May 16, 2000
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Originally posted by: Kenazo
Originally posted by: Armitage
Originally posted by: dainthomas
Good call not ranking them. That just pisses people off.
Glad Tolkien and Lewis were on there. Thought Foundation should be also.
The SciFi grandmasters are notably absent. Nothing by Clarke, Asimov, Bradbury, etc.
I guess the compilers of the list figured those ones were a little too popular.
Originally posted by: TGS
Originally posted by: Kenazo
Originally posted by: Armitage
Originally posted by: dainthomas
Good call not ranking them. That just pisses people off.
Glad Tolkien and Lewis were on there. Thought Foundation should be also.
The SciFi grandmasters are notably absent. Nothing by Clarke, Asimov, Bradbury, etc.
I guess the compilers of the list figured those ones were a little too popular.
Any Heinlein(though my wife is a bigger fan of his books), Frederick Brown, Orson Scott Card. Though with the Foundation series I was rather disappointed in the ending. Along with the Dune series turned into. I just find it's rather weak to develop a plot around sex based culture. It seems like some great stories go this route to get to a hurried end...
Originally posted by: BDawg
I've read a whole mess of those, probably > 20%. Of those, I'm thankful I got to read, "Their Eyes Were Watching God" and "Things Fall Apart." Lots of people probably don't get assigned those books in school.
It's too bad there's no Thomas Wolfe on the list.
I wonder if they were ranked if Gatsby would be #1.
Originally posted by: PrinceofWands
Originally posted by: BDawg
I've read a whole mess of those, probably > 20%. Of those, I'm thankful I got to read, "Their Eyes Were Watching God" and "Things Fall Apart." Lots of people probably don't get assigned those books in school.
It's too bad there's no Thomas Wolfe on the list.
I wonder if they were ranked if Gatsby would be #1.
God I hope not. I HATED that book.
Originally posted by: dainthomas
Good call not ranking them. That just pisses people off.
Glad Tolkien and Lewis were on there. Thought Foundation should be also.
Originally posted by: Armitage
Originally posted by: Anubis
why oh why is Beloved on there, it was absolutly horrid
Agree completely - had a college prof who was apparently a dues paying member of the Toni Morrison fan club.
Originally posted by: Leper Messiah
Originally posted by: yllus
Animal Farm, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, Lord of the Flies, The Lord of the Rings, Midnight's Children, 1984.
I've read six out of their one hundred. Time to throw some on my library reserve list.
You've never read to kill a mocking bird? how did you escape high school with this feat?
Originally posted by: benchiu
No Harry Potter? Blasphemy I tell you!