I read 46...
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It is a fast-and-furious list by the editors, not complete by any means (I'm not sure it meant to be such)...Maybe those 100, the BBC staff read (including kids)...
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Yes - its difficult to pick the top 100; from the beginning-of-time till this moment. New ones tend to nudge out some great oldies.
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Some missing ones: Jules Verne - From the Earth to the Moon H G Wells - The Time Machine Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo Edward Bulwer Lytton - The Last Days of Pompeii Those are some I'd read more than thirty years ago.
In the S.F. category, I would add: Arthur C. Clarke - Childhood's End Isaac Asimov - The Foundation Trilogy (without the later additions) Robert A. Heinlein - "The Number of the Beast..." Larry Niven - Ringworld I feel that Science Fiction tends to be shortchanged in lists of the "100 best books", presumably because the so-called literati consider it beneath them.
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I don't read a lot, so I got 4,5 (LOTR is the 0,5). I did see 20 of the movie adaptions though :)
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I don't read a lot, so I got 4,5 (LOTR is the 0,5). I did see 20 of the movie adaptions though :)
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I hope you didn't wasted your time to watch the other half of LOTR...
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In the S.F. category, I would add: Arthur C. Clarke - Childhood's End Isaac Asimov - The Foundation Trilogy (without the later additions) Robert A. Heinlein - "The Number of the Beast..." Larry Niven - Ringworld I feel that Science Fiction tends to be shortchanged in lists of the "100 best books", presumably because the so-called literati consider it beneath them.
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And no Pterry Pratchett? No Orson Scott Card? Harry Potter gets in, but Belgarion doesn't?
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I hope you didn't wasted your time to watch the other half of LOTR...
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I've seen all LOTR movies four or five times I think. I love them :D And The Hobbit movies too, of course. Although I like LOTR better.
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And no Pterry Pratchett? No Orson Scott Card? Harry Potter gets in, but Belgarion doesn't?
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I didn't like the Diskworld novels when I originally read them (many years ago). Perhaps I should try them again, now that I am (slightly) more mature. Orson Scott Card's books are a good read, but with the possible exception of Ender's Game, I don't feel that they are in the running for a "100 best books" list. As for Belgarion, I'll leave the task of compiling the fantasy list to someone who is better-versed in the field.
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I've seen all LOTR movies four or five times I think. I love them :D And The Hobbit movies too, of course. Although I like LOTR better.
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Hobbit was a disgrace even to the LOTR movies - Peter Jackson re-wrote the storyline... X|
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Hobbit was a disgrace even to the LOTR movies - Peter Jackson re-wrote the storyline... X|
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He added and removed some stuff. I've read the book (one of few) and I recognized the story, so it can't be that bad. Still pretty good movies.
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I didn't like the Diskworld novels when I originally read them (many years ago). Perhaps I should try them again, now that I am (slightly) more mature. Orson Scott Card's books are a good read, but with the possible exception of Ender's Game, I don't feel that they are in the running for a "100 best books" list. As for Belgarion, I'll leave the task of compiling the fantasy list to someone who is better-versed in the field.
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote:
I didn't like the Diskworld novels
Burn the heretic!
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32. They missed out Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go although they did include The Remains Of The Day. Glad to see Donna Tarte's Secret History there - probably one of the best novels I have read in the past 10 years. + how about the translations of Iliad, the Oddysey and the Aeneid?
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32. They missed out Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go although they did include The Remains Of The Day. Glad to see Donna Tarte's Secret History there - probably one of the best novels I have read in the past 10 years. + how about the translations of Iliad, the Oddysey and the Aeneid?
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They missed out a lot Kazuo Ishiguro...
FTFY
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35. A bit weird though that they list both Chronicles of Narnia (7 books) and The LW&W separately. Marc
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35. A bit weird though that they list both Chronicles of Narnia (7 books) and The LW&W separately. Marc
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That maybe to check you :-)
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I'm actually reading an other Irving novel these days - a fat one... The Cider House Rules
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I'm actually reading an other Irving novel these days - a fat one... The Cider House Rules
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Yes, The Cider House Rules is a very good one. I could also recommend you The World According to Garp and The Water Method Man.
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He added and removed some stuff. I've read the book (one of few) and I recognized the story, so it can't be that bad. Still pretty good movies.
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I concur. He added a few bits a left out a few bits but the Hobbit was still basically the same. The original book would not have made a good movie without some changes and in these times to have a movie without a major female warrior character would have brought more criticism than leaving her out - plus she was cool! I enjoyed the book a lot and enjoyed the movie(s) a lot as well. Same with LOTR - my favourite book(s) of all time; some of my favourite movies as well.
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