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Subject: "But I lost my decoder ring"
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dr invisible
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Wed Oct-19-05 01:19 PM
37. "But I lost my decoder ring"
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Time Magazine's Top 100 English Language Novels Since 1923
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bshelly
Oct 19th 2005
1
this thread was over with this reply.
Invisiblist
Oct 20th 2005
55
maybe....
Darryl_Licke
Oct 20th 2005
60
Harry Potter is not on par with Lord of the Rings
Br
Oct 21st 2005
90
Nice to see these two -
Yogaflame
Oct 19th 2005
2
Yeah
TurkeylegJenkins
Oct 19th 2005
3
The Corrections rules, jerks
johnny_domino
Oct 19th 2005
4
I didn't say it was bad, pee-on.
Yogaflame
Oct 19th 2005
6
I'll say it
jvictoria
Oct 20th 2005
81
that's not the same thing
johnny_domino
Oct 20th 2005
83
good point
jvictoria
Oct 20th 2005
84
RE: Time Magazine's Top 100 English Language Novels Since 1923
Yogaflame
Oct 19th 2005
5
Oops, I just realized this was the best English-language novels...
Yogaflame
Oct 19th 2005
7
The Moviegoer IS on the list.......
TurkeylegJenkins
Oct 19th 2005
8
Oh, shit. Didn't notice that.
Yogaflame
Oct 19th 2005
9
the same Richard Price who wrote Samaritan?
johnny_domino
Oct 19th 2005
23
Yeah
Yogaflame
Oct 19th 2005
24
done and done
johnny_domino
Oct 19th 2005
28
I almost didn't see my favorite book
misscelie_ifeelslikesingin
Oct 19th 2005
10
Looks pretty good on first glance
johnny_domino
Oct 19th 2005
11
Agree with almost everything...almost.
Yogaflame
Oct 19th 2005
14
I'll add Sula to the Morrison books
dr invisible
Oct 19th 2005
26
whats so "douche-y" about naipaul?
UncleClimax
Oct 19th 2005
41
this gives some idea
johnny_domino
Oct 19th 2005
42
lmao!
UncleClimax
Oct 19th 2005
46
ummm....he likes England
johnny_domino
Oct 19th 2005
48
'white teeth' vs. 'whiteboy shuffle'.
Jehan
Oct 19th 2005
12
the latter really isn't known like that
johnny_domino
Oct 19th 2005
16
yet bizarrely, it still irritates me.
Jehan
Oct 20th 2005
54
Taking a closer look at the list......
TurkeylegJenkins
Oct 19th 2005
13
I've started most of them
janey
Oct 19th 2005
15
RE: I've started most of them
TurkeylegJenkins
Oct 19th 2005
18
I've read 43
johnny_domino
Oct 19th 2005
17
I've read thirty
Yogaflame
Oct 19th 2005
19
I stuck with that one, though I didn't like it much
janey
Oct 19th 2005
27
I don't get that cyberpunk bullshit
Yogaflame
Oct 19th 2005
29
I hear where you're coming from and
janey
Oct 19th 2005
34
It doesn't surprise me
janey
Oct 19th 2005
20
well thanks
johnny_domino
Oct 19th 2005
21
RE: well thanks
Yogaflame
Oct 19th 2005
22
Yes, this new one is amazing
janey
Oct 19th 2005
25
good stuff, thanks to the both of you
johnny_domino
Oct 19th 2005
30
if you're in on the joke, The Information is fun
janey
Oct 19th 2005
33
I found this book on the ground a few months ago
dr invisible
Oct 19th 2005
35
It's in code
janey
Oct 19th 2005
36
I have only read 11
grandmasterfletch
Oct 21st 2005
92
No World According To Garp!!!! Hurrah!!!
Bridgetown
Oct 19th 2005
31
AND NO FUCKING CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
Bridgetown
Oct 19th 2005
32
I've only read 14
DrNO
Oct 19th 2005
38
yeah, I would 86 Snowcrash
janey
Oct 19th 2005
40
I'd hardly call Snow Crash great literature, but it's a fun read
40thStreetBlack
Oct 21st 2005
93
how could they leave out Brave New World?
The Damaja
Oct 19th 2005
39
Hmm... true.
Bridgetown
Oct 19th 2005
43
*feels poorly read*
Parvaneh27
Oct 19th 2005
44
ive only read 11 of those
UncleClimax
Oct 19th 2005
45
you and TLJ waste your time on shit like Anna Karenina
janey
Oct 19th 2005
47
Who has time for Anna Karenina?
TurkeylegJenkins
Oct 19th 2005
49
This will knock "100 yrs of solitude" off my mantle, for sure.
Bridgetown
Oct 20th 2005
53
I'm a minor and I'm beating you by 3!
DrNO
Oct 19th 2005
50
heh
UncleClimax
Oct 20th 2005
52
well you know,
janey
Oct 20th 2005
62
is 1923 the copyright cut-off date or something?
LAX
Oct 20th 2005
51
yeah, what's with the awkward date?
kuda
Oct 20th 2005
56
publication of The Waste Land and Ulysses? (1922/3)
The Damaja
Oct 20th 2005
57
1923 is the year Time Magazine was founded
TurkeylegJenkins
Oct 20th 2005
58
Yeah. On copyrights...
LAX
Oct 21st 2005
102
Read 60 so far
gmltheone
Oct 20th 2005
59
^^^^^^winner
johnny_domino
Oct 20th 2005
63
as a CS major I've read 9....
Darryl_Licke
Oct 20th 2005
61
the world does NOT judge you by English major standards
janey
Oct 20th 2005
64
You never really leave highschool...the scenery just changes
Darryl_Licke
Oct 20th 2005
65
^ hella quotable
The Damaja
Oct 20th 2005
66
and the weed gets better
DrNO
Oct 20th 2005
67
okay the ratio of those i've read vs those which i haven't read
luvlee2003
Oct 20th 2005
68
I know, right?
janey
Oct 20th 2005
69
RE: Time Magazine's Top 100 English Language Novels Since 1923
Yogaflame
Oct 20th 2005
70
no one takes Davies seriously
janey
Oct 20th 2005
71
Over here they do. He's lionized in Toronto, and properly so.
Yogaflame
Oct 20th 2005
72
at the end of the day, my favorite is The Rebel Angels
janey
Oct 20th 2005
74
dude, how have you read that much?
DrNO
Oct 20th 2005
82
RE: dude, how have you read that much?
Yogaflame
Oct 21st 2005
86
how in the blue blazes is "dude" from an Albertan considered gay?
DrNO
Oct 21st 2005
87
http://www.apple.com/trailers/focus_features/brokeback_mountain/
Yogaflame
Oct 21st 2005
88
Watchmen! GYEAH!
Frank Longo
Oct 20th 2005
73
It's about fucking time.
Bridgetown
Oct 21st 2005
95
No East of Eden?
MadDagoNH
Oct 20th 2005
75
I definitely agree that it's the better book.
janey
Oct 20th 2005
76
I would have gone for Of Mice and Men
The Damaja
Oct 20th 2005
77
Of Mice & Men is certainly a great book
janey
Oct 20th 2005
78
but it has 'tell me about the rabbits, George'
johnny_domino
Oct 20th 2005
79
Not "George" -- "Dord"
janey
Oct 20th 2005
80
I'm glad I wasn't the only one thinking this
JungleSouljah
Oct 21st 2005
98
thoughts on this list
jvictoria
Oct 20th 2005
85
JVIC!
praverbs
Oct 21st 2005
89
PT!!
jvictoria
Oct 21st 2005
96
I just realized what the biggest omission is...
Yogaflame
Oct 21st 2005
91
Missing from the list:
Corey_Atherley
Oct 21st 2005
94
no ayn rand?
gusto
Oct 21st 2005
97
Good point
JungleSouljah
Oct 21st 2005
99
Only 14 for me
JungleSouljah
Oct 21st 2005
100
15 for me and
roamr1
Oct 21st 2005
101
I want The Magus to be there
DoctorBombay
Oct 21st 2005
103
isn't J.M. Coetzee a notable absence?
DrNO
Oct 21st 2005
104
does he write in Afrikaans?
DoctorBombay
Oct 21st 2005
105
pretty sure he writes in English
DrNO
Oct 22nd 2005
106
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