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The 100 Greatest Books, according to PD.com

Started by Requia ☣, February 28, 2009, 10:26:04 AM

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Iason Ouabache

#15
March 03, 2009, 02:08:06 AM
Quote from: Iason Ouabache on June 02, 2008, 06:08:27 AM
Also, three words:  Leo Ex Machina. :p

Yes, in retrospect the Chronicles of Narnia are overly simplistic Christian allegories but they were my first foray into fantasy lit so they'll always have a place in my heart.  I'm sure it was a gateway drug for a lot of nerds over the last 60 years. They were the Harry Potter of their time.
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Honey

#16
March 03, 2009, 11:36:29 AM
Does anyone like Jonathan Swift?  Gulliver's Travels & some of his essays?
Fuck the status quo!

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure & the intelligent are full of doubt.
-Bertrand Russell

Faust

#17
March 03, 2009, 11:41:03 AM
Quote from: Honey on March 03, 2009, 11:36:29 AM
Does anyone like Jonathan Swift?  Gulliver's Travels & some of his essays?
I found the writing in Gullivers travels very stoic which kinda killed the pace for me, liked it otherwise, I haven't read any of his essays yet.
Sleepless nights at the chateau

Cain

#18
March 03, 2009, 11:51:52 AM
A Modest Proposal is kinda great.

Faust

#19
March 03, 2009, 11:54:36 AM
Quote from: Cain on March 03, 2009, 11:51:52 AM
A Modest Proposal is kinda great.
"A Modest Proposal: For Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland from Being a Burden to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Public"

oh my...
Sleepless nights at the chateau

Honey

#20
March 03, 2009, 11:54:54 AM
I agree the writing is a little tough to get through, dry & a tad boring, but his satire on the times?  I also like that you can read it (or interpret it) on a bunch of different levels.  

A Modest Proposal was 1 of his essays I was thinking about.
Fuck the status quo!

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure & the intelligent are full of doubt.
-Bertrand Russell

Requia ☣

#21
March 03, 2009, 12:42:07 PM
Quote from: Iason Ouabache on March 02, 2009, 11:02:56 PM
Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
Starship Troopers - Robert Heinlein

Seconded, the others I haven't read.  (Except the Narnia stuff, which I don't remember).
Inflatable dolls are not recognized flotation devices.

LMNO

#22
March 03, 2009, 01:35:34 PM

AFK

#23
March 03, 2009, 01:54:38 PM
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Cynicism is a blank check for failure.

Requia ☣

#24
March 03, 2009, 03:24:22 PM Last Edit: March 03, 2009, 03:26:50 PM by Requia

Common Sense Seconded
The Prince I'm sure someone will second it, I never read it


Oh, and The Constitution  This
Inflatable dolls are not recognized flotation devices.

rong

#25
March 03, 2009, 04:55:28 PM
guinness book of world records

so and so's atlas of the world
"a real smart feller, he felt smart"

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#26
March 03, 2009, 07:21:09 PM
Watership Down was my first favorite book, and I still have a massive soft spot for it.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

zen_magick

#27
March 03, 2009, 07:37:00 PM
I'll throw out one of my favorites:  James Clavell Shogun / the entire Asian Saga kicksass
                               
Blow my Mind or Blow Me!

Requia ☣

#28
March 03, 2009, 07:45:35 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on March 03, 2009, 01:54:38 PM
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Seconded
Inflatable dolls are not recognized flotation devices.

rong

#29
March 03, 2009, 08:00:51 PM
Quote from: rong on March 03, 2009, 04:55:28 PM
guinness book of world records

so and so's atlas of the world

Webster's Dictionary
"a real smart feller, he felt smart"
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