Jurassic Park making it to #70 is pretty cool
Jurassic Park making it to #70 is pretty cool
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yes, and we have Andromeda very high on the list (with 6 secondings)
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Andromeda Strain is truly a sci-fi classic. As a slow reader, I read it in a day (granted it's a rather short novel). SO engrossing.
polls closed
new portion of The List here
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Round 3 polls posted in DH
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, this is pretty cool: http://timescolumns.typepad.com/stot...st-novels.html
Thats an interesting list posted in the article. I also like looking through the linked list of David Bowie's 100 favorite books...I was surprised by how much nonfiction he reads.
Interesting list, yes, but I am afraid we now wouldn't find most of these novels even marginally entertaining, and bears believe it is extremely important
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
positions 48 to 68:
48. Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens
49-52. The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas
49-52. Dune, by Frank Herbert
49-52. The Haunting of Hill House, by Shirley Jackson
49-52. Journey to the Center of the Earth, by Jules Verne
53-54. The Lost World, by A.Conan Doyle
53-54. Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe
55-61. Charlotte's Web, by E.B.White
55-61. David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens
55-61. Foundation, by Isaak Asimov
55-61. The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck
55-61. Interview With The Vampire, by Anne Rice
55-61. The Outsiders, by S.E.Hinton
55-61. Weaveworld, by Clive Barker
62-63. Fight Club, by Chuck Palahniuk
62-63. Ghost Story, by Peter Straub
64-65. The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
64-65. Wuthering Heights, by Emily Brontë
66. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
67-68. Candide, by Voltaire
67-68. Gone with the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell
tiebreakers are now posted in DH
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This should be interesting to see how it all shakes out for this group.
results of the polls:
48. Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens
49. The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas
50. Journey to the Center of the Earth, by Jules Verne
51. Dune, by Frank Herbert
52. The Haunting of Hill House, by Shirley Jackson
53. Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe
54. The Lost World, by A.Conan Doyle
55. The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck
56-57. David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens
56-57. Foundation, by Isaak Asimov
58. Weaveworld, by Clive Barker
59-60. Charlotte's Web, by E.B.White
59-60. Interview With The Vampire, by Anne Rice
61. The Outsiders, by S.E.Hinton
62. Ghost Story, by Peter Straub
63. Fight Club, by Chuck Palahniuk
64. The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
65. Wuthering Heights, by Emily Brontë
66. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
67. Gone with the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell
68. Candide, by Voltaire
final tiebreakers up in DH
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Final results for positions 48-68:
48. Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens
49. The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas
50. Journey to the Center of the Earth, by Jules Verne
51. Dune, by Frank Herbert
52. The Haunting of Hill House, by Shirley Jackson
53. Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe
54. The Lost World, by A.Conan Doyle
55. The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck
56. David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens
57. Foundation, by Isaak Asimov
58. Weaveworld, by Clive Barker
59. Interview With The Vampire, by Anne Rice
60. Charlotte's Web, by E.B.White
61. The Outsiders, by S.E.Hinton
62. Ghost Story, by Peter Straub
63. Fight Club, by Chuck Palahniuk
64. The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
65. Wuthering Heights, by Emily Brontë
66. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
67. Gone with the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell
68. Candide, by Voltaire
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
positions 37 to 47:
37. The War of the Worlds, by H. G. Wells
38-41. Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
38-41. Moby Dick, by Herman Melville
38-41. One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, by Ken Kesey
38-41. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
42. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
43-44. All Quiet on The Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque
43-44. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
45. The Scarlett Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
46. Rosemary's Baby, by Ira Levin
47. And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie
tiebreakers posted!
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok, that was fun. I ended up going through the entire thread to determine what was a series or not (no, I am not starting that up again!)
I need clarification on only one - Hitchhikers guide. Is that just the 1st book or (for want of a less contentious word) the full set? If the latter I would point out that Douglas Adams would include "Young Zaphod.." but refers to it as "an omnibus" I defer to your descison on this one.
I am quite chuffed to state that all but 2 of the 100 were already in my library of ebooks, maybe I do have tasteI was surprised at one (The Exorcist) and never heard of the other (The Glass Beads Game). Both have now been added.
I know a lot of members here are against kindles for one reason or another, but if anyone PM's me their kindle address I can help them out with specific titles should they wish to "try them out"
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
I can't answer the Hitchhiker's Guide question - I didn't nominate the book, and didn't even read it (yet).
The Exorcist is totally awesome. I hope you'll like it too!
Kindle is what makes my eternal happiness and forever changed my life! bears will certainly love to trade with goblins!
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PM sent - Ignore 1st PM read secondKindle is what makes my eternal happiness and forever changed my life! bears will certainly love to trade with goblins!
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the tiebreakers resolved positions 43-44:
43. All Quiet on The Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque
43. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
the other four now stand at:
38-39.Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
38-39. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
40-41. Moby Dick, by Herman Melville
40-41. One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, by Ken Kesey
two new tiebreakers up
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
both classics lost the tiebreakers
bears are very surprised
Results for 37-47:
37. The War of the Worlds, by H. G. Wells
38. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
39. Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
40. One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, by Ken Kesey
41. Moby Dick, by Herman Melville
42. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
43. All Quiet on The Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque
44. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
45. The Scarlett Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
46. Rosemary's Baby, by Ira Levin
47. And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie
New poll here!
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
positions 31 to 36:
31. Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, by Mary Shelley
32-33. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, by Jules Verne
32-33. The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle
34. The Andromeda Strain, by Michael Crichton
35. Les Misérables, by Victor Hugo
36. A Song of Ice and Fire, by George R. R. Martin
don't miss the tiebreaker!
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Very pleasantly surprised by Crichton making it all the way to 34.
bears are more pleased than surprised
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the tiebreaker is still up
have posted Round 6 polls
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
positions 31 to 36:
31. Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, by Mary Shelley
32. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, by Jules Verne
33. The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle
34. The Andromeda Strain, by Michael Crichton
35. Les Misérables, by Victor Hugo
36. A Song of Ice and Fire, by George R. R. Martin
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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