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It's one of my favorite books of all time. Tom Send a noteboard - 26/09/2009 10:21:37 PM
Every time I'm flipping through channels and I see the 1965 movie of the same name, I cringe. It would be sort of like stripping down War and Peace to just the Prince Andrei storyline and trivializing or omitting every profound idea in the book.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

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So, I have a list of authors here. It's a bit like Pokémon... Gotta catch them all. jh - 26/09/2009 08:17:06 PM 2335 Views
Myself, so far... jh - 26/09/2009 08:22:52 PM 1063 Views
Read Faulkner Larry - 26/09/2009 09:05:22 PM 1104 Views
He is on the list, you know. jh - 26/09/2009 09:46:12 PM 1045 Views
Don't listen to Larry Camilla - 28/09/2009 10:02:33 AM 1053 Views
Mann is okay, but... Larry - 30/09/2009 02:21:50 AM 1010 Views
Wow Fantasy - 26/09/2009 08:52:10 PM 1048 Views
Oh. jh - 26/09/2009 09:01:31 PM 1202 Views
Yes, even people with virtually no education have usually heard of Churchill and/or Kipling. *NM* Tom - 26/09/2009 09:37:59 PM 475 Views
I do! AND I have an education! *NM* Fantasy - 27/09/2009 03:56:36 AM 589 Views
Oh, yes! Fantasy - 27/09/2009 03:56:09 AM 1095 Views
I've read 36 of those Larry - 26/09/2009 09:04:18 PM 1095 Views
Well, if Churchill can get it... Legolas - 26/09/2009 09:39:04 PM 1007 Views
Nah.... jh - 26/09/2009 09:52:25 PM 1109 Views
Two years later, the total is up to 48 Larry - 10/10/2011 05:18:36 AM 1081 Views
Okay, I've read a few of these people. (EDITED to specify what works) Tom - 26/09/2009 09:36:31 PM 1175 Views
Gee, I wonder what the theme is... Legolas - 26/09/2009 09:37:38 PM 1200 Views
It's not so hard to figure that out... jh - 26/09/2009 09:44:55 PM 1100 Views
Why is that? Because the prize is utterly meaningless? Tom - 26/09/2009 09:58:39 PM 1181 Views
Of course it is meaningless, all prizes are. jh - 26/09/2009 10:08:36 PM 1206 Views
Oh...but those are the "Some People" that I look down my elitist nose at. Tom - 26/09/2009 10:18:01 PM 1063 Views
Read these: Stephen - 26/09/2009 09:43:26 PM 1029 Views
Well. jh - 26/09/2009 09:51:11 PM 1045 Views
Yes. Stephen - 26/09/2009 11:03:01 PM 1077 Views
Let's see. Rebekah - 26/09/2009 09:58:12 PM 1168 Views
Of all the Russian authors to receive the prize, Solzhenitsyn is the worst stylistically Tom - 26/09/2009 10:03:11 PM 983 Views
I've been meaning to read Pasternak for such a long time. Rebekah - 26/09/2009 10:06:28 PM 1126 Views
Don't put it on a list at amazon. Put it in the cart, then click on "purchase". Tom - 26/09/2009 10:23:33 PM 1031 Views
I don't buy books online myself. If I did people would never know what to get me. Rebekah - 26/09/2009 10:26:01 PM 1122 Views
And yet Pasternak isn't on your list. Tom - 28/09/2009 05:28:42 AM 1225 Views
See, I can't remember if I read Pasternak... jh - 26/09/2009 10:11:14 PM 1046 Views
It's one of my favorite books of all time. Tom - 26/09/2009 10:21:37 PM 1097 Views
I was just gonna ask about that. Legolas - 26/09/2009 10:23:44 PM 1164 Views
The movie destroyed the entire idea of the book. Tom - 27/09/2009 03:00:54 AM 974 Views
There's an ITV film of the book with Keira Knightley. It looks utterly appalling. *NM* Rebekah - 26/09/2009 10:25:12 PM 479 Views
For what it's worth, the recent Russian miniseries wasn't fantastic. Tom - 27/09/2009 03:02:25 AM 986 Views
I'll do it if I can have the rest of my life to accomplish it. nossy - 26/09/2009 10:43:53 PM 1050 Views
Only 10 of them. Burr - 26/09/2009 11:53:47 PM 1088 Views
From my list, Hesse's Siddhartha is my foremost recommendation. *NM* Burr - 26/09/2009 11:55:03 PM 569 Views
Only these ones have I already read, but I'll try the challenge. Could take me a while, atm. IndigoAjah - 27/09/2009 02:48:10 AM 972 Views
What'd you think of Transcendence of the Ego? *NM* Dan - 27/09/2009 05:12:35 AM 1095 Views
Hey, Dan, long time no see IndigoAjah - 27/09/2009 10:41:02 AM 1217 Views
Just bought a Marquez book *NM* IndigoAjah - 01/10/2009 07:16:22 PM 440 Views
Not very many. Spriteling - 27/09/2009 08:36:14 AM 1204 Views
It would take me a long time to finish this list. Fred Gaidin - 27/09/2009 03:50:02 PM 1080 Views
Re: So, I have a list of authors here. It's a bit like Pokémon... Gotta catch them all. Camilla - 28/09/2009 09:55:36 AM 1168 Views
Re: So, I have a list of authors here. It's a bit like Pokémon... Gotta catch them all. jh - 28/09/2009 06:15:01 PM 993 Views
Re: So, I have a list of authors here. It's a bit like Pokémon... Gotta catch them all. Camilla - 28/09/2009 06:51:05 PM 974 Views
Re: So, I have a list of authors here. It's a bit like Pokémon... Gotta catch them all. Elaine - 29/09/2009 02:20:37 PM 1081 Views
I worked out that the best way to make use of this thread is to remove the names I have read... jh - 02/10/2009 08:43:57 PM 1233 Views
A great deal of those... after a fashion DomA - 08/10/2011 06:30:00 PM 1150 Views
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