How many ya got?
Real weird mix that lot.
I doubt very much that someone who reads Jane Eyre would read the Hobbit !!!
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Real weird mix that lot.
I doubt very much that someone who reads Jane Eyre would read the Hobbit !!!
Gwladysstreetlad
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I've read both! TBF though, I enjoyed the Hobbit considerably more then Jane Eyre!lol
summerisle
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Dracula is terrible ; a lot of worthy books there, which quite honestly are a chore to read.How many ya got?
There’s not one book in there by Cormac McCarthy, so straight away the whole list is a non starter.
summerisle
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No Flaubert, de Maupassant , few women, overwhelmingly white as well.
Black Belt Jones
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Mixed bag there, which is I suppose the point - seems weak on the more modern stuff, quite a few soft titles in there that no one will have heard of in 20 years.
Deckard2049
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How many ya got?
Such a hard list to make sense of- the “classics” on that list have been quite strangely selected. No Picture of Dorian Gray is surprising. No treasure island, Dr Jekyll, or Moby Dick also seem like surprising emissions to me. Interesting that Heart of Darkness hasn’t made it either, as that seemed a mainstay on these type of lists- perhaps it’s not suitable anymore due to some of its language. Gone with the wind is arguably just as offensive viewed from a modern context though and that makes it.
Personally I’d have thrown American Psycho, Brave New World Fight Club and I am Legend on there, but they’re all pretty obvious and maybe not outright “classics”. I would say there’s some total trash on there as well (the fault in our stars) but each to their own. I don’t get the point of putting one Harry Potter on there though (or any for that matter)- surely just list the series? Also I know some would consider it nothing but pop culture, mainstream stuff but at least one Stephen King should be on there, something like IT or The Shining. He’s probably one of the most prolific writers of the latter half of the 20th century through till now and his work has dominated horror for years (both his books, their film/ TV adaptations and his general influence are a huge part of pop culture now and that shouldn’t be ignored).
I’m working my way through Infinite Jest right now and I could make an argument that should be on there- and I say that despite not always knowing what the hell I’m reading!
Deckard2049
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I love how Moby Dick is censored. Come on guys it’s a classic, grow up! 
Daz1878
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King really is a great writer - few living authors can match his powers of description. His problem is he's sold too many books, so the literary establishment tends to be a bit sniffy about him. There aren't many writers who are that popular and that good, but King is a real one-off. In years to come his genius will be properly recognised.
Daz1878
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This has been on the pile for a while and I hope to get round to it soon (will read either that or Gravity's Rainbow - I'm up for a bit of a challenge). I have both the kindle version and the hard copy - what do you recommend? I'm thinking the hard copy might be better because of the never-ending footnotes.
Black Belt Jones
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I loved IJ once I got rolling with it - really fun read. Massively ambitious without breaking your balls over it (much). Remember thinking that it had to be one of the best books I'd ever read by a living author in the prime of their writing (no longer the case, sadly).
Pynchon is still alive, of course, but I'd rate GR as a bit of a project - doubt I've read a tougher book. You get a lot out of it but you certainly put a lot in - one of the books of the twentieth century. His themes are as relevant as ever, maybe more so. The military-industrial complex, corporations as governments - I'd love to see him write something huge on our google / facebook society but that's probably a job for a younger man. His last one was in this direction (Bleeding Edge) and pretty good, but not at the level of his best stuff.
Daz1878
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Thanks for that... will probably put Infinite Jest ahead of Gravity's Rainbow for now, then! I have some of David Foster Wallace's other stuff, and like what I've seen so far. As you say, a pity there won't be any more from him...
Deckard2049
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Definitely go with the hard copy. I read it on my kindle and had some issues- occasionally there was no direct link to the appropriate footnote and I was forced to find them myself- something which we would be done much easier with a physical copy. Some of the footnotes are chapter length as well so that’s another reason to go with a hard copy.
As stated above by another poster it’s a fantastic read once you get rolling with it and things start piecing together. At first it feels like you’re watching a film like Magnolia- different characters all introduced and seemingly disparate from one another (plus you’re not sure of the chronology of when things are going on) but as you get rolling with it you really do just go with the flow and things come together really nicely.
abelard
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I love how Moby [Poor language removed] is censored. Come on guys it’s a classic, grow up!
No need for such ribaldry!
Moby Richard, please.
st.domingo
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How many ya got?
11, I think. I am never likely to read most of those tbf.
Catch-22 is one of the few of that list that I would recommend to anyone.