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18. "RE: I've started most of them"
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>If you haven't yet, you really owe it to yourself to read
>Revolutionary Road. I say this because of your love of Exley.
> Yates has a similar feel and slightly predates Exley.

*Makes a note of it*

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Time Magazine's Top 100 English Language Novels Since 1923 [View all] , TurkeylegJenkins, Wed Oct-19-05 09:47 AM
 
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Two Thoughts
Oct 19th 2005
1
this thread was over with this reply.
Oct 20th 2005
55
maybe....
Oct 20th 2005
60
Harry Potter is not on par with Lord of the Rings
Oct 21st 2005
90
Nice to see these two -
Oct 19th 2005
2
Yeah
Oct 19th 2005
3
      The Corrections rules, jerks
Oct 19th 2005
4
           I didn't say it was bad, pee-on.
Oct 19th 2005
6
                I'll say it
Oct 20th 2005
81
                     that's not the same thing
Oct 20th 2005
83
                          good point
Oct 20th 2005
84
RE: Time Magazine's Top 100 English Language Novels Since 1923
Oct 19th 2005
5
Oops, I just realized this was the best English-language novels...
Oct 19th 2005
7
The Moviegoer IS on the list.......
Oct 19th 2005
8
Oh, shit. Didn't notice that.
Oct 19th 2005
9
the same Richard Price who wrote Samaritan?
Oct 19th 2005
23
      Yeah
Oct 19th 2005
24
           done and done
Oct 19th 2005
28
I almost didn't see my favorite book
Oct 19th 2005
10
Looks pretty good on first glance
Oct 19th 2005
11
Agree with almost everything...almost.
Oct 19th 2005
14
I'll add Sula to the Morrison books
Oct 19th 2005
26
whats so "douche-y" about naipaul?
Oct 19th 2005
41
      this gives some idea
Oct 19th 2005
42
           lmao!
Oct 19th 2005
46
                ummm....he likes England
Oct 19th 2005
48
'white teeth' vs. 'whiteboy shuffle'.
Oct 19th 2005
12
the latter really isn't known like that
Oct 19th 2005
16
      yet bizarrely, it still irritates me.
Oct 20th 2005
54
Taking a closer look at the list......
Oct 19th 2005
13
I've started most of them
Oct 19th 2005
15
I've read 43
Oct 19th 2005
17
I've read thirty
Oct 19th 2005
19
I stuck with that one, though I didn't like it much
Oct 19th 2005
27
      I don't get that cyberpunk bullshit
Oct 19th 2005
29
           I hear where you're coming from and
Oct 19th 2005
34
It doesn't surprise me
Oct 19th 2005
20
      well thanks
Oct 19th 2005
21
           RE: well thanks
Oct 19th 2005
22
                Yes, this new one is amazing
Oct 19th 2005
25
                     good stuff, thanks to the both of you
Oct 19th 2005
30
                          if you're in on the joke, The Information is fun
Oct 19th 2005
33
                               I found this book on the ground a few months ago
Oct 19th 2005
35
                                    It's in code
Oct 19th 2005
36
                                         But I lost my decoder ring
Oct 19th 2005
37
I have only read 11
Oct 21st 2005
92
No World According To Garp!!!! Hurrah!!!
Oct 19th 2005
31
AND NO FUCKING CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
Oct 19th 2005
32
I've only read 14
Oct 19th 2005
38
yeah, I would 86 Snowcrash
Oct 19th 2005
40
      I'd hardly call Snow Crash great literature, but it's a fun read
Oct 21st 2005
93
how could they leave out Brave New World?
Oct 19th 2005
39
Hmm... true.
Oct 19th 2005
43
*feels poorly read*
Oct 19th 2005
44
ive only read 11 of those
Oct 19th 2005
45
you and TLJ waste your time on shit like Anna Karenina
Oct 19th 2005
47
Who has time for Anna Karenina?
Oct 19th 2005
49
      This will knock "100 yrs of solitude" off my mantle, for sure.
Oct 20th 2005
53
I'm a minor and I'm beating you by 3!
Oct 19th 2005
50
      heh
Oct 20th 2005
52
           well you know,
Oct 20th 2005
62
is 1923 the copyright cut-off date or something?
Oct 20th 2005
51
yeah, what's with the awkward date?
Oct 20th 2005
56
publication of The Waste Land and Ulysses? (1922/3)
Oct 20th 2005
57
1923 is the year Time Magazine was founded
Oct 20th 2005
58
      Yeah. On copyrights...
Oct 21st 2005
102
Read 60 so far
Oct 20th 2005
59
^^^^^^winner
Oct 20th 2005
63
as a CS major I've read 9....
Oct 20th 2005
61
the world does NOT judge you by English major standards
Oct 20th 2005
64
      You never really leave highschool...the scenery just changes
Oct 20th 2005
65
           ^ hella quotable
Oct 20th 2005
66
           and the weed gets better
Oct 20th 2005
67
okay the ratio of those i've read vs those which i haven't read
Oct 20th 2005
68
I know, right?
Oct 20th 2005
69
RE: Time Magazine's Top 100 English Language Novels Since 1923
Oct 20th 2005
70
no one takes Davies seriously
Oct 20th 2005
71
Over here they do. He's lionized in Toronto, and properly so.
Oct 20th 2005
72
      at the end of the day, my favorite is The Rebel Angels
Oct 20th 2005
74
dude, how have you read that much?
Oct 20th 2005
82
      RE: dude, how have you read that much?
Oct 21st 2005
86
           how in the blue blazes is "dude" from an Albertan considered gay?
Oct 21st 2005
87
                http://www.apple.com/trailers/focus_features/brokeback_mountain/
Oct 21st 2005
88
Watchmen! GYEAH!
Oct 20th 2005
73
It's about fucking time.
Oct 21st 2005
95
No East of Eden?
Oct 20th 2005
75
I definitely agree that it's the better book.
Oct 20th 2005
76
I would have gone for Of Mice and Men
Oct 20th 2005
77
Of Mice & Men is certainly a great book
Oct 20th 2005
78
      but it has 'tell me about the rabbits, George'
Oct 20th 2005
79
           Not "George" -- "Dord"
Oct 20th 2005
80
I'm glad I wasn't the only one thinking this
Oct 21st 2005
98
thoughts on this list
Oct 20th 2005
85
JVIC!
Oct 21st 2005
89
      PT!!
Oct 21st 2005
96
I just realized what the biggest omission is...
Oct 21st 2005
91
Missing from the list:
Oct 21st 2005
94
no ayn rand?
Oct 21st 2005
97
Good point
Oct 21st 2005
99
Only 14 for me
Oct 21st 2005
100
15 for me and
Oct 21st 2005
101
I want The Magus to be there
Oct 21st 2005
103
isn't J.M. Coetzee a notable absence?
Oct 21st 2005
104
does he write in Afrikaans?
Oct 21st 2005
105
      pretty sure he writes in English
Oct 22nd 2005
106

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