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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 2444 Views
Myself, so far... jh - 26/09/2009 08:22:52 PM 1158 Views
Read Faulkner Larry - 26/09/2009 09:05:22 PM 1200 Views
He is on the list, you know. jh - 26/09/2009 09:46:12 PM 1146 Views
Don't listen to Larry Camilla - 28/09/2009 10:02:33 AM 1153 Views
Mann is okay, but... Larry - 30/09/2009 02:21:50 AM 1126 Views
Wow Fantasy - 26/09/2009 08:52:10 PM 1142 Views
Oh. jh - 26/09/2009 09:01:31 PM 1300 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 517 Views
I do! AND I have an education! *NM* Fantasy - 27/09/2009 03:56:36 AM 634 Views
Oh, yes! Fantasy - 27/09/2009 03:56:09 AM 1194 Views
I've read 36 of those Larry - 26/09/2009 09:04:18 PM 1195 Views
Well, if Churchill can get it... Legolas - 26/09/2009 09:39:04 PM 1101 Views
Nah.... jh - 26/09/2009 09:52:25 PM 1200 Views
Two years later, the total is up to 48 Larry - 10/10/2011 05:18:36 AM 1180 Views
Okay, I've read a few of these people. (EDITED to specify what works) Tom - 26/09/2009 09:36:31 PM 1265 Views
Gee, I wonder what the theme is... Legolas - 26/09/2009 09:37:38 PM 1286 Views
It's not so hard to figure that out... jh - 26/09/2009 09:44:55 PM 1217 Views
Why is that? Because the prize is utterly meaningless? Tom - 26/09/2009 09:58:39 PM 1268 Views
Of course it is meaningless, all prizes are. jh - 26/09/2009 10:08:36 PM 1317 Views
Oh...but those are the "Some People" that I look down my elitist nose at. Tom - 26/09/2009 10:18:01 PM 1170 Views
Read these: Stephen - 26/09/2009 09:43:26 PM 1132 Views
Well. jh - 26/09/2009 09:51:11 PM 1168 Views
Yes. Stephen - 26/09/2009 11:03:01 PM 1174 Views
Let's see. Rebekah - 26/09/2009 09:58:12 PM 1267 Views
Of all the Russian authors to receive the prize, Solzhenitsyn is the worst stylistically Tom - 26/09/2009 10:03:11 PM 1089 Views
I've been meaning to read Pasternak for such a long time. Rebekah - 26/09/2009 10:06:28 PM 1228 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 1135 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 1219 Views
And yet Pasternak isn't on your list. Tom - 28/09/2009 05:28:42 AM 1334 Views
See, I can't remember if I read Pasternak... jh - 26/09/2009 10:11:14 PM 1147 Views
It's one of my favorite books of all time. Tom - 26/09/2009 10:21:37 PM 1186 Views
I was just gonna ask about that. Legolas - 26/09/2009 10:23:44 PM 1278 Views
The movie destroyed the entire idea of the book. Tom - 27/09/2009 03:00:54 AM 1082 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 525 Views
For what it's worth, the recent Russian miniseries wasn't fantastic. Tom - 27/09/2009 03:02:25 AM 1091 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 1160 Views
Only 10 of them. Burr - 26/09/2009 11:53:47 PM 1228 Views
From my list, Hesse's Siddhartha is my foremost recommendation. *NM* Burr - 26/09/2009 11:55:03 PM 618 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 1076 Views
What'd you think of Transcendence of the Ego? *NM* Dan - 27/09/2009 05:12:35 AM 1197 Views
Hey, Dan, long time no see IndigoAjah - 27/09/2009 10:41:02 AM 1321 Views
Just bought a Marquez book *NM* IndigoAjah - 01/10/2009 07:16:22 PM 497 Views
Not very many. Spriteling - 27/09/2009 08:36:14 AM 1327 Views
It would take me a long time to finish this list. Fred Gaidin - 27/09/2009 03:50:02 PM 1185 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 1262 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 1095 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 1069 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 1186 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 1330 Views
A great deal of those... after a fashion DomA - 08/10/2011 06:30:00 PM 1258 Views
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