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Poll Question: Which book is your favorite?
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    Posted: March 07 2011 at 14:45

This is fairly self-explanatory.  Vote for your favorite book of those listed, or vote for none of them; if you have a recommendation, please share because I love books and am always looking for new reading material.  I haven't read all of the books listed BTW; I am in the middle of Don Quixote, and so far I think my vote will go to that one.
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Points: 22989 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 07 2011 at 14:56
Oh, I expected a poll on classical literature.

In classical literature, my tastes are Shakespeare> Homer > Cervantes > Vergil > Horatio > Ronsard > Ovid > Petronius > Xenophon > Ariosto, and others. Or something like that. I haven't read anything from them in years, I miss that.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 07 2011 at 14:59

^ did the inclusion of Harry Potter tip you off LOL
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Originally posted by Barking Weasel Barking Weasel wrote:

^ did the inclusion of Harry Potter tip you off LOL



Looking again at the poll, all first four poll options represent classical literature and culture, but the others not at all; they seem to be rather "classics". And also, why including scientifical literature?

Anywayz don't mind me, I'm just the typical Internet nerd, ready to argue on anything. Tongue
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Strange list. Voted for Heart of Darkness.
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strange list indeed. no Dante, no Goethe, no Moliere, no Shakespeare. since no-one voted for Candide yet my vote will go there


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I can't stand a lot of these books.

Candide narrowly over Harry Potter. 

I don't know how anyone can enjoy Darwin's writing. 
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I've only read Cervantes out of those, and Bukowski but not that book.
 
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(I also thought that the poll options were odd hehe)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 07 2011 at 17:14

^ Just trying to gauge reading interests here from a broad perspective.  Although not all of these books are true "classics," some of them are.  The others fit a more narrow demographic, and I include them mostly in jest rather than expecting them to be taken seriously as all-time great books. 
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^no, I find it fine ecleticism, but having a title "Classic Literature" made some us be surprised a bit.
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I'm voting books r gay out of protest for the poll options. I do like Heart of Darkness quite a bit, though.   

Edited by Henry Plainview - March 07 2011 at 19:05
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Who on earth is Buckley?
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Who on earth is Buckley?

Only one of the most influential Americans of the second half of the 20th century.
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some how I never gott to read Don Quixote but it is one of the best ever, but I constantly forgett the authors name, which is kind of funny, that one of the best books have an almoust forgettable name, or takes alot to remember it, It just don't pop up straight away
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I have read the Great Gatsby, does that one count
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Originally posted by Henry Plainview Henry Plainview wrote:

Originally posted by James James wrote:

Who on earth is Buckley?

Only one of the most influential Americans of the second half of the 20th century.


Who? LOL
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Stange list indeed ! I understand that these are books you read and enjoyed and you seak for good books recomendations from us. Therefore I voted "none of the above" and here are some great books I recommend :
 
Falkner - Abshalom, Abshalom
Dostoyevsky - Idiot
John Barth - The floating Opera
Richler - Solomon Gorsky was here
Johnathan Trooper - Joe book
Carlos Puentes - The death of Artemio Kroos.
Mario Vargas Jose - The town and the dogs (and greetings for getting the nobel price at last Mr. Jose !)
Konrad - Nostromo
Gogol - Dead souls
Heinrich Mann - The citizen
Andre Brink - Roumors about rain (I believe it's your turn next year)
Alias Huri - Bab al shams
Wally Lamb - My brother's guard
Heinrich Bell - Biliard at 9:30
 
I think that will do for a while.
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Of the book options, I chose Candide, as it is an outstanding satire on Leibniz. Strange list.
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