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Thanks lyringlas Send a noteboard - 21/04/2010 09:21:15 PM
Happily, the success of Nineteen Eighty-Four has significantly reduced the chances of the events of the novel ever actually transpiring, but Brave New World is terrifyingly close to reality.


You know, I've never gotten around to reading Brave New World-- it's about time.
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5 best books of British Authorship you've ever read lyringlas - 21/04/2010 08:10:56 PM 1436 Views
Hmmm. Difficult. Rebekah - 21/04/2010 08:15:31 PM 922 Views
Re: Hmmm. Difficult. lyringlas - 21/04/2010 08:35:03 PM 871 Views
Okay. Replace P&P with Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. Rebekah - 21/04/2010 09:15:59 PM 831 Views
It is a book... Jacob - 23/04/2010 06:22:05 PM 941 Views
Hm. Maybe. Rebekah - 26/04/2010 03:08:12 PM 982 Views
Harumph. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 08:51:25 PM 997 Views
And of course Huxley's Brave New World. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 08:52:49 PM 839 Views
So now, if you would, edit it down to just five. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 09:13:13 PM 1003 Views
No. I do enough editing as is. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 10:17:56 PM 867 Views
Thanks lyringlas - 21/04/2010 09:21:15 PM 1052 Views
It is very good. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 10:18:08 PM 987 Views
I've read a bit about it... LadyLorraine - 21/04/2010 11:04:52 PM 1026 Views
Interesting. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 09:08:35 PM 1021 Views
Re: Interesting. lyringlas - 21/04/2010 09:19:41 PM 1036 Views
Without rules, peoples' best "5" becomes meaningless. Hard decisions need to be made. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:00:08 PM 899 Views
Yes, but then the number was arbitrary to begin with... Legolas - 21/04/2010 10:26:02 PM 895 Views
I disagree for the above stated reasons. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:30:13 PM 963 Views
I agree, #1 problem people had in composition classes... LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 12:00:19 AM 1015 Views
I was forced to read JUDE the OBSCURE in high school. Jacob - 21/04/2010 09:50:37 PM 1053 Views
It's in my top ten books of all time. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:02:01 PM 976 Views
what are the others in your Top 10 of All Time? lyringlas - 21/04/2010 10:11:29 PM 854 Views
Here goes, The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:36:21 PM 1149 Views
...I think that's the first time I've noticed Lackey on anyone's top books list. <3 LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 12:13:26 AM 1025 Views
As a gay teenager, albeit a happy one in NYC, her books were still powerful for me. The Shrike - 22/04/2010 01:00:21 AM 873 Views
I think I might just reread some of them sometime soon. LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 01:10:30 AM 1005 Views
omg, naming top 10 is impossible. Aeryn - 22/04/2010 03:57:24 AM 1074 Views
I enjoyed it as well Larry - 21/04/2010 10:45:53 PM 948 Views
It's a powerful and shocking beginning to any book. The Shrike - 22/04/2010 01:01:03 AM 951 Views
Indeed Larry - 22/04/2010 03:07:48 AM 916 Views
Well, I was 16 Jacob - 23/04/2010 06:14:15 PM 964 Views
It might be worth at least trying to re-read LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 12:01:47 AM 827 Views
I seem to recall that it was actual dislike. Jacob - 23/04/2010 06:15:37 PM 961 Views
The movie version of Jude the Obscure is bad. Really bad. And doesn't make me want to read the book. Legolas - 21/04/2010 10:28:44 PM 920 Views
I'm old and frequently forget nationalities Mossman - 21/04/2010 09:25:07 PM 1026 Views
I loved Watership Down when I first read it! *NM* lyringlas - 21/04/2010 10:10:45 PM 435 Views
Difficult Beqi - 21/04/2010 10:00:09 PM 891 Views
Let's see... Legolas - 21/04/2010 10:37:07 PM 827 Views
Leaving aside the usual suspects (Shakespeare, Milton, Dickens, Chaucer, Hardy, Austen) Larry - 21/04/2010 10:49:35 PM 946 Views
Hm.... A Deathwatch Guard - 22/04/2010 12:44:20 AM 1027 Views
This is a very difficult task. Tom - 22/04/2010 02:16:07 AM 888 Views
I love your number one. I love that book The Shrike - 22/04/2010 02:51:15 AM 861 Views
It was the book I had in mind when talking about Island at the Center of the World. Tom - 22/04/2010 02:57:32 AM 979 Views
Definitely agree with Greg about the Wedgwood book. LiterateDog - 22/04/2010 04:06:49 PM 935 Views
I suppose it depends on definitions... jh - 22/04/2010 04:34:40 PM 896 Views
I'd count him as both The Shrike - 22/04/2010 07:11:58 PM 987 Views
Irish by accident of birth, English to the depths of his soul by the grace of God. *NM* Tom - 22/04/2010 10:12:28 PM 477 Views
I think you mean snoopcester - 22/04/2010 11:09:22 PM 869 Views
Oh wow. nossy - 22/04/2010 02:29:38 AM 931 Views
just remembered the Herriot books. nossy - 24/04/2010 03:48:18 PM 842 Views
James Herriot has a special place in my heart. LadyLorraine - 25/04/2010 01:45:50 AM 867 Views
Mine also snoopcester - 26/04/2010 11:02:19 AM 900 Views
Begone, you! *NM* nossy - 26/04/2010 02:54:07 PM 388 Views
What did I do? *NM* snoopcester - 26/04/2010 02:56:37 PM 415 Views
You might try The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall. *NM* heartbreak - 22/04/2010 04:08:30 AM 431 Views
I'm going to cheat and give you two different lists Brian - 22/04/2010 06:54:18 AM 934 Views
Ooo nossy - 22/04/2010 06:54:21 PM 941 Views
If I wanted to be really specific I could say book 1: The Sword in the Stone Brian - 23/04/2010 02:37:24 AM 1126 Views
Only 5? snoopcester - 22/04/2010 11:43:32 AM 823 Views
Never delved much into British literature, but here are my five. Vodalus - 22/04/2010 07:43:24 PM 918 Views
Tricky. Camilla - 23/04/2010 11:12:36 AM 1153 Views
Re: 5 best books of British Authorship you've ever read BlackAdder - 23/04/2010 08:43:46 PM 1020 Views
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