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Poll Question: Which of these do you like best?
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Points: 10616 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 14 2008 at 10:23
Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Originally posted by Moogtron III Moogtron III wrote:

Great thread!
 
I love the Karamazow book, so I voted for that.
 
My favourites novels:
 
1. Phantastes - George MacDonald
2. The Catcher In The Rye - J.D. Salinger
3. Watership Down - R. Adams
4. Lord Of The Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
5. Anna Karenina - L. Tolstoy
6. War And Peace - L. Tolstoy
7. The Promise - C. Potok
8. The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
9. Showboat World - J. Vance
10. The Dreamstone - C.J. Cherryh
 
My favourite novelists: Leo Tolstoy, Chaim Potok and Jack Vance


I enjoyed "The Catcher in the Rye" also, but I suppose I'm a little too young to completely comprehend it on an emotional level.  I tend to prefer Salinger's short stories.

I love Lord of the Rings also, but I left it off the list because I knew it would dominate.  LOL
 
Yes, it would, no doubt LOL
 
For me the opposite as it comes to Salinger: i never could come into his short stories, except for A Perfect Day For Bananafish.
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Originally posted by LinusW LinusW wrote:

Oooh! Have to give this some thought, but I'm glad to see Oryx and Crake on the list. Been recommending it now and then here at PA Thumbs Up


My reading "Oryx and Crake" has a funny story behind it.  My father-in-law is a conservative Baptist preacher (more conservative than me), and he paid for the whole family to go on a cruise for a week.  Since cruise ships don't deal in cash (except the casino), and since we all had cards for our expenses that were connected to his credit card (hence he could view all purchases), I couldn't drink.  I brought a little bit of cash to gamble, but lost it all the first night.

My wife had also just given birth to our son two weeks prior, so she was stuck in the cabin breastfeeding most of the time.

So what did I have to do?  I ventured into the ship's library and checked out Oryx and Crake.  I read the thing in six days, as well as several chapters of John Irving's Until I Find You.
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Oooh! Have to give this some thought, but I'm glad to see Oryx and Crake on the list. Been recommending it now and then here at PA Thumbs Up
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Originally posted by Moogtron III Moogtron III wrote:

Great thread!
 
I love the Karamazow book, so I voted for that.
 
My favourites novels:
 
1. Phantastes - George MacDonald
2. The Catcher In The Rye - J.D. Salinger
3. Watership Down - R. Adams
4. Lord Of The Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
5. Anna Karenina - L. Tolstoy
6. War And Peace - L. Tolstoy
7. The Promise - C. Potok
8. The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
9. Showboat World - J. Vance
10. The Dreamstone - C.J. Cherryh
 
My favourite novelists: Leo Tolstoy, Chaim Potok and Jack Vance


I enjoyed "The Catcher in the Rye" also, but I suppose I'm a little too young to completely comprehend it on an emotional level.  I tend to prefer Salinger's short stories.

I love Lord of the Rings also, but I left it off the list because I knew it would dominate.  LOL
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Great thread!
 
I love the Karamazow book, so I voted for that.
 
My favourites novels:
 
1. Phantastes - George MacDonald
2. The Catcher In The Rye - J.D. Salinger
3. Watership Down - R. Adams
4. Lord Of The Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
5. Anna Karenina - L. Tolstoy
6. War And Peace - L. Tolstoy
7. The Promise - C. Potok
8. The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
9. Showboat World - J. Vance
10. The Dreamstone - C.J. Cherryh
 
My favourite novelists: Leo Tolstoy, Chaim Potok and Jack Vance


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Okay, so I may not be Oprah (and I certainly don't have her deep pockets), but I've got a little book club right on PA!

I've listed my 25 favorite novels in no particular order.  Vote for your favorite (book or author, doesn't matter) from this list (even if you haven't read them all).

Also, tell me what your favorite novels and authors are.
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