I second To Kill a Mockingbird and 1984...
and nominate Psycho by Robert Bloch.
I second To Kill a Mockingbird and 1984...
and nominate Psycho by Robert Bloch.
A NEW GAME BEGINS
Seconding Psycho and nominating American Psycho
Thank you... The Stranger needs more love
And I second Anne Rice Vampire Chronicles, 1984, 451, Frankenstein, Candide, Dracula, The Exorcist, Ghost Story, The Scarlet Letter, Hitchhikers Guide, Haunting of Hill House, Lord of the Flies, Psycho
I would nominate Poe but his stories don't fall under the Novel category
So I nominate The Stand - SK
Wanted: Human skin edition of The Book of the Dead. Will accept PC copy.
I hereby nominate Geek Love by Katherine Dunn. An amazing tale of a family of circus freaks. The mother in the family intentionally injects drugs into her womb during pregnancy to continue the family tradition freaks. A finalist for the national book award! Read it and you will never forget Artie, the fish boy, who generates a legion of cult followers who cut off their own hands and feet in effigy, and Chick who powers I'd rather not go into. If you have not read this you are missing a triply-treat!
Other genre faves:
Carrion Comfort - Dan Simmons
Hyperion (1&2) - Dan Simmons
Clive Barker - Imajica
The Silence of the Lambs - Thomas Harris
The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty
Good Omens or American Gods - Neil Gaiman (the first with Terry Pratchet)
The Stand, IT, Salem's Lot, and The Shining - by King favorites
I may post some fore literate titles later - the genre stuff is always at the forefront of my mind.
bears second
David Copperfield
The Count of Monte Cristo
It
The Stand
and nominate
The Terror, by Dan Simmons
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)
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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:
To Kill a Mockingbird + 9
Lolita + 4
The Master and Margarita + 0
The Castle + 1
1984 +6
Fahrenheit 451 +5
Rabbit Series + 0
Of Mice and Men + 3
The Catcher in the Rye + 3
Frankenstein + 2
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn + 3
Lord of the Rings +2
Candide +2
The Thief of Always +
The Dark Tower +7
Dracula +4
The Exorcist +3
Ghost Story +2
The Scarlet Letter +3
The Stranger +1
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy +2
The Haunting of Hill House +3
Lord Of The Flies +6
I Am Legend +1
Journey to the Center of the Earth +
Wuthering Heights +2
Interview With The Vampire +2
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest +2
Jane Eyre +2
David Copperfield +2
The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress +0
The Count of Monte Cristo +1
It +1
Psycho +2
American Psycho +0
The Stand +1
Geek Love +0
The Terror +0
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If I am reading this right, If I second these two...
Journey to the Center of the Earth +
David Copperfield+
(Which I do) then everything nominated so far has been seconded at least once with the exception of
Jane Eyre +
Wuthering Heights +
correct? Sorry I cannot second those two did not care for either one.
Now are the "+" numbers going to eventually count for something? Or can we just be happy that a nominated book was seconded and leave it at that for now?
Edit: Missed this one, but I have already explained myself.
The Thief of Always +
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
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The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
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?????
Well, no, but I just got as carried away as Bill did, so I counted all of his nominations in, and then it was too late to go back...
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Please guys, follow the rules, ok?
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You looked at the post before I edited it (when I post something as important as this, I post it before it is ready, and then continue editing. I am using my laptop, and the touchpad threatens to delete all my calculations if I make the wrong move).
When we've finished the nominations, we'll look at the + numbers. That is why the seconding is, as I said before, so important: seconding, you already assign a book a place on the top 100 list. Since there's going to be many books with similar figures (I can't now predict how many), there will be a few voting rounds, but the grouping will depend on these numbers.
So please, friends, have a look at the updated list (my post #57) and think what you've forgotten to 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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Voting for Journey To the Center Of the Earth and The Count Of Monte Cristo.
If you are going through hell - keep going
I'm with ya, Jean. You now have my solemn pledge to henceforth behave!!! This must be a nightmare to control/update from what I can see. Hence the need to follow the rules closely. Maybe we should utilize a "cut & Paste of the updated list and use "Bold" to highlight new nominations and seconds?
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?????
So, I believe I am eligible to nominate another book so....
To Kill a Mockingbird + 9
Lolita + 4
The Master and Margarita + 0
The Castle + 1
1984 +6
Fahrenheit 451 +5
Rabbit Series + 0
Of Mice and Men + 3 +1
The Catcher in the Rye + 3 +1
Frankenstein + 2
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn + 3 +1
Lord of the Rings +2
Candide +2
The Thief of Always +
The Dark Tower +7
Dracula +4
The Exorcist +3
Ghost Story +2
The Scarlet Letter +3
The Stranger +1
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy +2
The Haunting of Hill House +3
Lord Of The Flies +6 +1
I Am Legend +1
Journey to the Center of the Earth +
Wuthering Heights +2
Interview With The Vampire +2
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest +2 +1
Jane Eyre +2
David Copperfield +2
The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress +0
The Count of Monte Cristo +1
It +1 +1
Psycho +2
American Psycho +0
The Stand +1 +1
Geek Love +0
The Terror +0
Battlefield Earth +0
Does that work better for ya or 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?????
I will try to find some ways of enhancing the presentation of list when it gets out of control (pretty soon, I presume). I am thinking of table form, only got to figure out how to do it here.
EDITED: WOW!!! What you've done is GREAT!!!!!!!!! Wish everyone else would do the same!! Yeah right, highlight your secondings so I know what is going on.
ETA: Unfortunately, it will only work if everyone, without any exceptions, follows this format.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If it works better for ya then add it to the rules. I edited my last post to include "seconds".
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?????
I like Bill's suggestion, but: people posting (almost) simultaneously will create multiple branches of the list (happened many times on another board, even with much shorter lists and fewer participants).
In the meantime, I'll use the existing format to nominate The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle (was sorely tempted to nominate something involving Sherlock Holmes, but I know those a just stories).
If you are going through hell - keep going
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If you are going through hell - keep going
I second.....
The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle
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?????
2nd It.
Add one to IT and Terror and nominate Catch-22
Second "Catch 22"
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?????
The Andromeda Strain nominated.