Top 100 Novels of All Time - General Discussion

[Jean]

As for series, here's my unsolicited opinion. Series such as LOTR, DT, Harry Potter, could be considered as one novel because there is one plot and the books must be read in order. But series where the books can be read out of order and understood independently (such as Dragonriders of Pern, Underworld, or Narnia) wouldn't be considered as one volume.

this is exactly what I think! Sarah, you are my Lady Fair.

On being biased, no, it doesn't seem this way, judging by the nominations

[Stockerlone]

Damn .... total forget to nomine:

Tunnel in the Sky Robert A. Heinlein

[Jean]

Bears nominate

Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman

[jertoncvv]

Seconded: Crime and Punishment; Lolita; The Dark Tower; Musashi ; On the Road.

Nominating: Sidartha (Herman Hesse)

[CyberGhostface]

Nominating Artemis Fowl (series) by Eoin Colfer.

[Stebbins]

It will definitely be skewed favorably for DT and SK works as opposed to on a non-King site, I think that's a given, but exacerbating it doesn't do any good.

At least you admit (or allude that) it's not just, Bears. It's your game, so I defer to your judgement. Just because a series follows one story-arc, doesn't make it any less of a series. A series is a group of related things-- books are plural. That'd be my most basic component of an argument (coupled with people having huge discrepancies in their enjoyment of a series from book-to-book).

[RainInSpain]

Seconding:
The Time Machine
The Island of Dr.Moreau

Nominating La Peau de Chagrin by Honore de Balzac.

[Ka-mai]

As for series, here's my unsolicited opinion. Series such as LOTR, DT, Harry Potter, could be considered as one novel because there is one plot and the books must be read in order. But series where the books can be read out of order and understood independently (such as Dragonriders of Pern, Underworld, or Narnia) wouldn't be considered as one volume.

this is exactly what I think! Sarah, you are my Lady Fair.

On being biased, no, it doesn't seem this way, judging by the nominations

Thanks! Unfortunately, this stopped me from nominating Narnia.

Edit: Also, apologies, in my original post I meant Discworld. I don't know anything about Underworld.

[pathoftheturtle]

Is it an advantage or disadvantage when a series gets multiple nominations? Is the author to blame for not combining them according to this arbitrary value, or to credit for still being hard for fans to narrow down?

[mae]

Yes, Discworld is a perfect example of the kind of series that can't be allowed in this type of poll and The Dark Tower or Harry Potter can, though I still disagree with the "one long novel" notion. I hope the difference is notable between these two types of series. One tells a single ongoing story. The other tells different stories with the same characters and settings.

[DoctorDodge]

Artemis Fowl (series) seconded.

[Stockerlone]

Nominated:
Pastime - Robert B. Parker
Seconding:
Of Mice and Men
The Time Machine
The Island of Dr.Moreau

[mae]

Nominating The Neverending Story.

[needfulthings]

NOMINATING


2nded

[needfulthings]

NOMINATING

[Stockerlone]

seconded
Sidartha
Neverending Story
The Hound of Baskerville

[Ruthful]

Since I botched it the first time around, I'm renominating-in proper fashion-Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City.

Voting for The Master and Margarita and The Stand.

[Merlin1958]

NOMINATING

Great nomination!! I'll second that as well!!!

Nominate: "Murder on the Orient Express", by Agatha Christie

[Mattrick]

bears nominate La vie de Gargantua et de Pantagruel by Rabelais

Think I have this in a drawer somewhere lol

[needfulthings]

2nd Murder on the Orient Express and nominate

[Merlin1958]

2nd Murder on the Orient Express and nominate

Cool. I was back and forth on these two, so thank you. Both are "classic" books IMHO Oh, and I second, Needfulthings' nomination!!!

[CyberGhostface]

Seconding Hound of the Baskervilles.

[Jean]

bears nominate La vie de Gargantua et de Pantagruel by Rabelais

Think I have this in a drawer somewhere lol

Matt!!!! you're going to love it!!!!!!! Assuming the translation is good, of course.

bears would second The Hound of the Baskervilles if it wasn't nominated out of turn.

I hope it will be re-nominated.

Guys, how is it possible that nobody has either read or loved Up the Down Staircase? I thought it was an American classic?

[mae]

Seconding None and Hound.

[pathoftheturtle]

Nominating The Neverending Story.

Sorry, no never-ending stories allowed in this type of poll. All stories must have definable parameters and be fundamentally separate from all of the world's other novels.