Nominated Homers The ILIAS
Donīt know its ok to call a novel... its more a masterpiese of literature.
Nominated Homers The ILIAS
Donīt know its ok to call a novel... its more a masterpiese of literature.
My Stephen King collection
http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/...on-Stockerlone
Non-King collection
http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/...rlone-Non-King
I'll second The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, The Road and Ender's Game.
and nominate The Sword of Truth sereis, by Terry Goodkind.
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I don't think it is a novel.Originally Posted by Stockerlone
You're not sticking up for a semantic interpretation right now: you're just stuck on one.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrospective_determinism
I have much more to add on this thread, but no time at the moment. I'm glad to see that it's been so active.
2nded
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Nominate: Zenna Henderson's "Pilgrimage: The Book of the People"
Second Jurassic Park and Alice in Wonderland, and even though I've not yet read the entire series, I will second Harry Potter.
Sloth Love Chunk
Attention Please: Series vs. Novels
I am not sure they can be considered a multi-volume novel rather than a series of separate novels. I would like someone to clarify this for me.
I have the same reservations about Updike's Rabbit novels and Ender's Game.
What I mean is: you can't read Song of Susannah or Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire without reading the previous five, it wouldn't make any sense. TDT and HP are, for all intents and purposes, very long novels, published in instalments. On the other hand, The Talisman and Black House are separate novels, and so are, for example, It and 22/11/63, or Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
In case you convince me that Earsea can be counted it, I am keeping track of the secondings: CRinVa
The same way, for now I suspend The Sword of Truth nomination.
If there's a universal consent that the novels constituting the above series cannot be read separately, but must be read back to back from the first page to the last, I'll include them and the other series in question (or keep them, if they are already on the list). If not, I'll have to exclude them. We have to draw the line somewhere; a novel is a novel.
Last edited by Jean; 07-30-2013 at 11:25 AM. Reason: readability
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I will second Robinson Crusoe.
technically its called The Earthsea Quartet or at least the copy i own is called that
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthse...Earthsea_canon
No, Iliad isn't acceptable, it's a poem.
Talking about women writers, I wonder if someone will ever nominate Gone with the Wind? I will, if nobody else does.
So far, I am nominating Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Something changed. I didn't second before nominating Robinson Crusoe.
It's alright, I was editing my posts for the sake of readability. I've counted your seconding in, will post the updates in a second
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Updates
1984 9
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea 4
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The 8
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (and Through the Looking-Glass) 4
All Quiet on The Western Front 2
American Psycho 1
American Tragedy, An 1
Andromeda Strain, The 4
Animal Farm 4
Ball and the Cross, The 0
Battlefield Earth 1
Battle Royale 0
Beloved 0
Black Water 1
Bonfire of the Vanities, The 0
Brave New World 2
Breakfast of Champions 1
Candide 4
Carrion Comfort 1
Castle, The 2
Catch-22 4
Catcher in the Rye, The 7
Charlotte's Web 3
Children of Men 0
Clockwork Orange, A 3
Cloud Atlas 1
Count of Monte Cristo, The 2
Crime and Punishment 4
Dark Tower, The 9
David Copperfield 3
Da Vinci Code, The 2
Don Quixote 3
Dracula 5
Dragonriders of Pern 0
Dune 1
East of Eden 1
Enders Game 1
Everything is Illuminated 1
Exorcist, The 6
Fahrenheit 451 8
Fight Club 4
Finnegan's Wake 0
Foundation 1
Frankenstein 2
Geek Love 0
Ghost Story 3
Glass Bead Game, The 3
Great Gatsby, The 0
Gulliver's Travels 4
Harry Potter 5
Haunting of Hill House, The 3
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, The 4
I Am Legend 5
Interview With The Vampire 2
It 7
Jane Eyre 3
Jaws 0
Journey to the Center of the Earth 2
Jurassic Park 2
Karamazov Brothers, The 1
Kim 2
Little Women 1
Lolita 4
Long Walk, The 4
Lord Of The Flies 10
Lord of the Rings 6
Lost World, The 3
Lucky Jim 0
Man in the High Castle, The 0
Master and Margarita, The 0
Monk, The 0
Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, The 0
Musashi 0
Northanger Abbey 3
Notes From Underground 0
Of Mice and Men 5
Old Man and the Sea, The 0
Old Yeller 0
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest 4
On the Beach 0
On the Road 0
Out of the Silent Planet 0
Outsiders, The 4
Pilgrimage: The Book of the People 0
Portnoy's Complaint 0
Princess Bride, The 0
Psycho 2
Rabbit Series 0
Ready Player One 0
Road, The 4
Robinson Crusoe 1
Room 0
Rosemary's Baby 2
Scarlet Letter, The 3
Silence of the Lambs, The 2
Simple Plan, A 0
Shining, The 4
Slaughterhouse-Five 3
Song of Ice and Fire, A 4
Sound and the Fury, The 0
Stand, The 9
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 5
Stranger, The 2
Strangers on a Train 1
Taiko 0
Terror, The 3
Thief of Always, The 2
To Kill a Mockingbird 13
Treasure Island 6
Trial, The 1
Turn of the Screw, The 3
War and Peace 1
War of the Worlds 2
Water for Elephants 0
We 1
Where the Red Fern Grows 1
Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 0
Wuthering Heights 3
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ender's Game is the only one that I've actually read in the series but it works as a stand-alone novel IMHO.I am not sure they can be considered a multi-volume novel rather than a series of separate novels. I would like someone to clarify this for me.
I have the same reservations about Updike's Rabbit novels and Ender's Game.
What I mean is: you can't read Song of Susannah or Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire without reading the previous five, it wouldn't make any sense. TDT and HP are, for all intents and purposes, very long novels, published in instalments. On the other hand, The Talisman and Black House are separate novels, and so are, for example, It and 22/11/63, or Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
In case you convince me that Earsea can be counted it, I am keeping track of the secondings: CRinVa
The same way, for now I suspend The Sword of Truth nomination.
If there's a universal consent that the novels constituting the above series cannot be read separately, but must be read back to back from the first page to the last, I'll include them and the other series in question (or keep them, if they are already on the list). If not, I'll have to exclude them. We have to draw the line somewhere; a novel is a novel.
Based on what I've read on Wikipedia, the sequels are a lot like The Talisman/Black House and The Shining/Dr Sleep relationships. They come much later on in the main character's life and aren't necessarily required to understand the story.
Hearts are tough, she said, most times hearts don't break, and I'm sure that's right . . . but what about then? What about who we were then? What about hearts in Atlantis?
The Broken Sword by Poul Anderson
it's considered an obscure book and it predates The Lord of The Rings
You'd also have to look then at Dune, Dragonriders of Pern, and even The Foundation. Plus, The Hobbit competes with Lord of the Rings. I think it's too complicated, and a little late, to institute this fairly. Earthsea may be separate stories, but I'd recommend all of them. And, otherwise, why can't we vote for our favorite volume of Harry Potter anyway, and get down into every other complicated distraction? Remember how we counted Black Adder as one series for simplicity's sake in the TV tournament?I am not sure they can be considered a multi-volume novel rather than a series of separate novels. I would like someone to clarify this for me.
I have the same reservations about Updike's Rabbit novels and Ender's Game.
What I mean is: you can't read Song of Susannah or Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire without reading the previous five, it wouldn't make any sense. TDT and HP are, for all intents and purposes, very long novels, published in instalments. On the other hand, The Talisman and Black House are separate novels, and so are, for example, It and 22/11/63, or Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
In case you convince me that Earsea can be counted it, I am keeping track of the secondings: CRinVa
The same way, for now I suspend The Sword of Truth nomination.
If there's a universal consent that the novels constituting the above series cannot be read separately, but must be read back to back from the first page to the last, I'll include them and the other series in question (or keep them, if they are already on the list). If not, I'll have to exclude them. We have to draw the line somewhere; a novel is a novel.
I've enjoyed Anderson, but almost nothing really predates Tolkien, in "Fantasy" except for "Beowulf" and some standard legendary stories, like Grimm and Greek tales for example, no?
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
You mean "The Illiad"????? by Homer?
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
Iliad and Ilias are both correct transliterations from the Greek Ἰλιάς. Two l's ("The Illiad") is non-standard.You mean "The Illiad"????? by Homer?
My bad! So, my education was a total "miss" lol lol lol J/K!!!Iliad and Ilias are both correct transliterations from the Greek Ἰλιάς. Two l's ("The Illiad") is non-standard.You mean "The Illiad"????? by Homer?
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
Nominate Something Wicked This Way Comes.
Sloth Love Chunk
my copy is a 1977 reprint with a foreword by Lin Carter though The Broken Sword and Fellowship were released around the same time Sword has fallen into obscurity, i do agree with what you said but a lot of fantasy pre and post Tolkien has fallen into obscurityI've enjoyed Anderson, but almost nothing really predates Tolkien, in "Fantasy" except for "Beowulf" and some standard legendary stories, like Grimm and Greek tales for example, no?
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