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71. "Yes, I read one, because they were recommended so highly by so many peop..."
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Let's get this straight: They're *children's* books. I did not like the book, and when I gave it further thought, I realized that I really had very little in common with the people who had so strongly urged me to read them. Generally speaking, those who pushed them on me did not care for the books or films that I like. Makes sense, doesn't it?

  
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10 greatest active novelists today [View all] , UncleClimax, Mon Oct-10-05 11:17 PM
 
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my fav is sue monk kidd
Oct 10th 2005
1
Rowling >>>>sue monk kidd
Oct 11th 2005
32
      they're different
Oct 12th 2005
65
I'm re-reading The Corrections right now
Oct 10th 2005
2
Have you read Franzen's essays?
Oct 11th 2005
25
yeah, that collection was called How To Be Alone
Oct 11th 2005
27
The Twenty-Seventh City
Oct 11th 2005
29
      Strong Motion is better than the 27th City
Oct 11th 2005
43
Harry Potter >>>The Corrections right now
Oct 11th 2005
33
if you've gotta be a douche
Oct 11th 2005
44
      a good friend of mine
Oct 11th 2005
46
           have you read the potter books?
Oct 12th 2005
66
          
           yeah, IMDB's greatest movies of all time list is like that too
Oct 12th 2005
74
middlesex is fantastic
Oct 12th 2005
67
      you're very welcome
Oct 12th 2005
72
           good info
Oct 12th 2005
76
                I don't think the two are comparable
Oct 12th 2005
77
                     okay, i'll put it back on the list...
Oct 18th 2005
96
                          i loved The Virgin Suicides and Middlesex
Jul 24th 2007
100
Clive Cussler
Oct 11th 2005
3
Rowling >>>> Clive Cussler
Oct 11th 2005
34
Michel Houellebecq
Oct 11th 2005
4
Rowling >>>> Michel Houellebecq
Oct 11th 2005
35
      I like your style.
Oct 13th 2005
84
Toni Morrison, playa
Oct 11th 2005
5
Rowling >>>> Toni Morrison, playa
Oct 11th 2005
36
      Rowling >>>> Toni Morrison, playa
Oct 11th 2005
61
Crichton
Oct 11th 2005
6
Rowling >>> My DICK >>> Crichton
Oct 11th 2005
37
richard price.
Oct 11th 2005
7
yes- Samaritan best one so far, though Clockers is real good too
Oct 11th 2005
10
Rowling >>> Who?
Oct 11th 2005
38
Walter Moseley
Oct 11th 2005
8
and yes
Oct 11th 2005
11
Rowling >>> Walter Moseley
Oct 11th 2005
39
      ^^^^^He's Crazy Folks!!!^^^^^^
Oct 11th 2005
47
      lol.
Jul 24th 2007
101
i never read modern books
Oct 11th 2005
9
RE: i never read modern books
Oct 11th 2005
12
RE: i never read modern books
Oct 11th 2005
23
Rowling >>>> you in Halo 2
Oct 11th 2005
40
      your mum >>>>>>> j.k. rowling
Oct 11th 2005
45
Kazuo Ishiguro
Oct 11th 2005
13
Harry Potter-san >>>> Kazuo Ishiguro
Oct 11th 2005
41
William Kennedy
Oct 11th 2005
14
what do you think of Frederick Busch?
Oct 11th 2005
31
I must admit I'm not familiar with his work
Oct 11th 2005
50
      he writes some non-fiction, mostly about writing,
Oct 11th 2005
52
           anything Tim O'Brien's written>>>>>>>Closing Arguments
Oct 11th 2005
53
                Not *anything*
Oct 11th 2005
55
                     gotcha
Oct 11th 2005
56
                          I think Closing Arguments is better than Girls, actually
Oct 11th 2005
57
Rowling >>> anyone with the last name Kennedy EVER
Oct 11th 2005
42
      Whatever you say, partner
Oct 11th 2005
51
           don't feed the animals, Mr. Jenkins
Oct 11th 2005
54
RE: hmmm
Oct 11th 2005
15
thanx
Oct 11th 2005
62
      RE: no prob
Oct 12th 2005
73
      if you're gonna read Delillo you have to check out
Jul 24th 2007
102
Stephen King is and has always been my favorite
Oct 11th 2005
16
RE: he doesn't get enough respect
Oct 11th 2005
18
king isnt active anymore
Oct 11th 2005
22
      Not sure I believe him. But regardless, he's published since 2000.
Oct 11th 2005
26
rushdie
Oct 11th 2005
17
RE: 10 greatest active novelists today
Oct 11th 2005
19
RE: oh shit i forgot vonnegut!
Oct 11th 2005
20
Vonnegut has a new book out
Oct 11th 2005
21
the stories he put out a couple of years ago were great
Oct 11th 2005
24
Richard Powers
Oct 11th 2005
28
ghostwritten was great
Oct 13th 2005
86
      oh babe, how I envy you!
Oct 13th 2005
87
           well alrighty then
Oct 14th 2005
89
                *especially* since you liked Ghostwritten.
Oct 14th 2005
92
Tom Robbins & Haruki Murakami
Oct 11th 2005
30
let's see...
Oct 11th 2005
48
Gilead was insanely wonderful
Oct 11th 2005
49
      yeah, it's mostly on the strength of gilead
Oct 11th 2005
59
           Queen Loana is even worse
Oct 11th 2005
60
                queen loana is another robinson novel?
Oct 12th 2005
68
                     scratch that question...
Oct 12th 2005
69
RE: 10 greatest active novelists today
Oct 11th 2005
58
most writers i read are long dead
Oct 12th 2005
63
possibly in the next couple of years...
Oct 12th 2005
64
Dennis Cooper
Oct 12th 2005
70
RE: 10 greatest active novelists today
Oct 12th 2005
75
I thought Fortress of Solitude petered out pretty quick
Oct 12th 2005
78
      agreed on Fortress of Solitude and Motherless Brooklyn
Oct 12th 2005
83
Harper Lee
Oct 12th 2005
79
funny
Oct 12th 2005
80
nick hornby.
Oct 12th 2005
81
I think many of us thought of him and then shook our heads
Oct 12th 2005
82
This is a hard question
Oct 13th 2005
85
Kurt Vonnegut
Oct 14th 2005
88
Can't think of 10
Oct 14th 2005
90
Hemingway (lol) - last novel "Under Kilimanjaro" came out last month
Oct 14th 2005
91
for those that like to geek out
Oct 14th 2005
93
no one mentioned ha jin? for shame
Oct 15th 2005
94
victor lavalle
Oct 17th 2005
95
Tom Robbins
Oct 18th 2005
97
up
Jul 24th 2007
98
..jesus?
Jul 24th 2007
99
i guess mine would be...
Jul 24th 2007
103
shalimar the clown was fucking great
Jul 24th 2007
104
      got it on my shelf and will get to it soon man
Jul 24th 2007
106
           i gave it away when i was staying in the hostel
Jul 24th 2007
107
RE: 10 greatest active novelists today
Jul 24th 2007
105
Not one Martin Amis mention?
Jul 24th 2007
108
his newest House of Meetings was pretty good
Jul 25th 2007
110
Cormac McCarthy
Jul 24th 2007
109
Eggers n/m
Jul 25th 2007
111

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