I read 46...
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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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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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Just a few more, although I read a lot and a lot of books were left out of the list. I won't start listing them here as it would go on for pages. I noticed they had the Bible but not the Koran (both of which I have read). They also left out the greatest book of all time, "Do androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick - which is a lot deeper than it seems and was made into one of my favourite movies of all time, "Bladerunner".
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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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Forogar wrote:
plus she was cool hot!
Otherwise agreed! :D
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I don't take any list of that kind without Terry Pratchett seriously!
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Just a few more, although I read a lot and a lot of books were left out of the list. I won't start listing them here as it would go on for pages. I noticed they had the Bible but not the Koran (both of which I have read). They also left out the greatest book of all time, "Do androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick - which is a lot deeper than it seems and was made into one of my favourite movies of all time, "Bladerunner".
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I guess it comes with the intended audience, explains the choice of the other books, or lack thereof, as well
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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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The original book would not have made a good movie without some changes
Yes it would, but it couldn't have been stretched into three 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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Orson Scott Card's books are a good read, but with the possible exception of Ender's Game
I think I might help stoking the fire. While I believe Ender's Shadow is his best book, it wouldn't have been anything without the predecessor.
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I don't take any list of that kind without Terry Pratchett seriously!
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According to the USA Library of Congress, the most influential book in America for decades (after the Bible), has been Atlas Shrugged. Why is it not on the list? Is it because the list was compiled by the BBC?
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36, which means, as I read a minimum of 100 books a year, either that I read some real rubbish or this list is too random to be representative of anything much. I'm choosing to believe the latter!
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this list is too random to be representative of anything much
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You have just been Sharapova'd.
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote:
Orson Scott Card's books are a good read, but with the possible exception of Ender's Game
I think I might help stoking the fire. While I believe Ender's Shadow is his best book, it wouldn't have been anything without the predecessor.
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Jörgen Andersson wrote:
I think I might help stoking the fire.
De libris non est disputandum :)
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According to the USA Library of Congress, the most influential book in America for decades (after the Bible), has been Atlas Shrugged. Why is it not on the list? Is it because the list was compiled by the BBC?
How do we preserve the wisdom men will need, when their violent passions are spent? - The Lost Horizon
Like most news organisations, the BBC tends to attract people of a certain political bent. I doubt Atlas Shrugged would be on the recommended reading list of any news organisation. There is a very good book by Thomas Sowell, Intellectuals and Society, that examines intellectuals and intellectualism. Whether or not you agree with his thesis, I think you will find it an interesting read.
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You beat me - I only read 44
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This list is plain stupid: I don't see Italo Calvino, Alessandro Manzoni, Dante Alighieri, Italo Svevo, Leonardo Sciascia, Giovanni Verga or Luigi Pirandello in any of those authors. That's just for Italian literature, because internationally I couldn't see Tolstoj, Chekhov or Erich Maria Remarque, just to name a few. Still, it names Dan Brown - ok let's put Clive Cussler in it just to raise the level :doh: EDIT: it misses all of the Epic genre, as the Odissey, Aeneid and Iliad (which I read aged 12), it misses (if I did not miss it) Edgar Allan Poe. I will not name any investigative book (only Conan Doyle is named), whreas I read almost the entire bibliography of Rex Stout, Ellery Queen and Agatha Christie. EDIT 2: There was Tolstoj, my bad. The rest is unchanged though...
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