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Lily Fairbairn
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Mar 2 2007, 4:04pm
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The Ten Books We Really Can't Live Without
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This article about the love of reading was in The Scotsman yesterday. I don't know how to do the pretty links, but here it is, raw and wriggling: http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=319582007 The ten books we can't live without start with Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, and (of course) LotR. I agree with To Kill a Mockingbird, 1984, and The Bible as well. I'd say that Harry Potter was just a bit of fun, but still -- this is a more "popular" list than some I've seen. What say you? (I hope because the list contains LotR this topic belongs on Main.)
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JRandomRohirrim
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Mar 2 2007, 4:46pm
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A Terrific Topic. My List Would Look Like This
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1. To Kill a Mockingbird 2. The Complete Shakespeare 3. The Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit 4. Johnny Tremaine 5. American Gods 6. The Sparrow/Children of God 7. The Lovely Bones 8. John Adams 9. Howard's End 10. The Left Hand of Darkness
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Darkstone
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Mar 2 2007, 4:47pm
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The Bible Homer’s Illiad and Odyssey Aristotle’s Metaphysics Plato’s Republic The Analects of Confucius. Sophocles’ Oedipus Cycle Shakespeare’s, er, complete works.. John Locke’s Two Treatises Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn Dostoyevky’s Crime and Punishment Tolkien’s tetralogy (The Hobbit and LOTR) Well, that's eleven, even with cheating. Excuse me, it's going to take a while to figure out which one to cut....
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Annael
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Mar 2 2007, 4:59pm
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oh goody, I was thinking about starting a thread like this
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Okay, mine: 1. The Lord of the Rings (quel surprise) 2. Middlemarch (George Eliot) 3. Persuasion (Jane Austen) 4. Our Mutual Friend (Charles Dickens) 5. The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula LeGuin) 6. Care of the Soul (Thomas Moore) 7. Tao Te Ching (Lao Tse) 8. Sunset Western Garden Book (Sunset Magazine) 9. Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte) 10. Dune (Frank Herbert)
“For the record, I am not a nut. I am an optimist. That’s exactly like a nut except with a better attitude.” - Scott Adams NARF and member of Deplorable Cultus since 1967
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Draupne
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Mar 2 2007, 5:04pm
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LOTR and Harry Potter. Not that the others are bad but I'd go for none English books. Snorres Heimskringa, The Sad Life and History of the Norwegians (the not so serious version of Heimskringla, makes me laugh til my stomach aches every time I read it), Faust, Peer Gynt, Kristin Lavransdatter by Undset and the Moomin books. (since they made me start reading and I still really enjoy them.) And of course Fundamentals of Acoustics by Kinsler and Frey and Advanced Engineering Mathematics by Kreyzig. I might say different in a couple of months and throw in something by Bjørnebo and Laxness instead, or maybe Selma Lagerlöfs Nils Hoglersons Underbara Resa but at the moment I can't live without them :-)
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Lossefalme
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Mar 2 2007, 6:54pm
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But mine would start with LotR. After that I'm not sure there is any particular order. I only used numbers to be sure I had ten. Well, kinda. 1. LotR (May I glom on the Hobbit here, too? If not, I'm happy with LotR) 2. War and Peace 3. A Wrinkle in Time 4. Watership Down 5. Wuthering Heights 6. The Bible 7. Fathers and Sons 8. To Kill a Mockingbird 9. The Iliad and the Odyssey (That counts as one, right?) 10. Do I have to pick one Shakespeare work? I can't! Let's count his entire catalog as a work! As I looked at my list, I realized that I read every single one of these books at least once prior to graduating from high school.* It is really amazing how the early reading we do helps to shape who we are. The impact is tremendous. *I actually didn't read the complete Bible by the end of high school, but I had a good chunk under my belt.
(Formerly Lossefalme3, just in case you're wondering)*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Aragorn threw back his cloak. The elven-sheath glittered as he grasped it, and the bright blade of Andúril shone like a sudden flame as he swept it out. 'Elendil!' he cried. 'I am Aragorn son of Arathorn, and am called Elessar, the Elfstone, Dúnadan, the heir of Isildur Elendil's son of Gondor. Here is the Sword that was Broken and is forged again! Will you aid me or thwart me? Choose swiftly!' TTT, Book III, Chapter 2 And Éomer answered: 'Since the day when you rose before me out of the green grass of the downs I have loved you, and that love shall not fail.' RotK, Book VI, Chapter 5
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CAhobbit
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Mar 2 2007, 7:25pm
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Interesting, very interesting.
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My list would be as follows: 1. The Bible (NRSV edition) 2. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien 3. The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis 4. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo 5. Dracula by Bram Stoker 6. Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger 7. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams 8. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath 9. Night by Elie Wiesel 10. The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosiñski
Do not meddle in the affairs of hobbits for we can bite your kneecaps off! CAhobbit's flickr page CAhobbit's myspace
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Aerlinn
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Mar 2 2007, 8:20pm
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AKA, the books I would go back into a burning building for
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Well, no, just one of 'em would I do that for, but. In no particular order: 1. LotR (the one-volume edition) 2. Tigana (that's the one I'd risk flame for - mainly because it has my letters from the author in it) 3. Anne of Green Gables 4. Pride and Prejudice 5. To Kill a Mockingbird 6. Callahan's Secret 7. Great Expectations 8. The Complete Shakespeare 9. Robin McKinley's Beauty 10. The Nine Tailors Which is a different list from "the 10 books I would want to be stranded on a desert island with" - those would be compilations and things I've always felt I should read and things that would keep me occupied for a long time. And War and Peace.
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Draupne
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Mar 2 2007, 8:41pm
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War and Peace for stranded on an island. Also Dr. Faustus. Very well written but not happens and it goes for 800 pages I think,
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Darkstone
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Mar 2 2007, 8:44pm
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Which is a different list from "the 10 books I would want to be stranded on a desert island with" - those would be compilations and things I've always felt I should read and things that would keep me occupied for a long time. And War and Peace. Like the "should read" books that I take on vacation. And when I get there I go "Do I want to read The Fountainhead or go on a hike with the in-laws." Yep, taking along stuff like Tristram Shandy or Jacques the Fatalist help me get the most from my vacations! And would definitely give me an incentive to buid a raft out of driftwood and get the heck off that island!!
Pippin: "When you guys fall, does it make a sound?" Bregalad: "Are you kidding? Scott fell last week and he hasn't shut up about it since."
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Advising Elf
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Mar 2 2007, 9:03pm
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That reminds me of thing on the radio when I was in college.
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Which three songs would you pick if were stranded on a desert island? 1) Dazed and Confused - Live 2) In-a-gadda-da-vida 3) another song that takes up one whole side of an album (like the first 2) Someone actually picked "Louie, Louie" one day. I can barely make it through that once. I know, this reply has absolutely nothing to do with the topic.
"I haven't any right to criticise books, and I don't do it except when I hate them. I often want to criticise Jane Austen, but her books madden me so that I can't conceal my frenzy from the reader; and therefore I have to stop every time I begin. Everytime I read 'Pride and Prejudice' I want to dig her up and beat her over the skull with her own shin-bone." - Mark Twain
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Darkstone
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Mar 2 2007, 9:23pm
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1. ELO’s Turn to Stone 2. Maria Callas singing Si, Mi Chiamano Mimi from La Boheme 3. A Doyly performance of “My Gallant Crew” from Pinafore
Pippin: "When you guys fall, does it make a sound?" Bregalad: "Are you kidding? Scott fell last week and he hasn't shut up about it since."
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Annael
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Mar 2 2007, 9:24pm
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I am going to read Tristram Shandy
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I am. I am! Why are you laughing? Btw, did you see the hilarious "mockumentary" of an attempt to film the book, starring Steve Coogan?
“For the record, I am not a nut. I am an optimist. That’s exactly like a nut except with a better attitude.” - Scott Adams NARF and member of Deplorable Cultus since 1967
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Annael
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Mar 2 2007, 9:32pm
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we could probably be on the same island and not kill each other
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I'd take along: "Laudete Dominum" from Mozart's Vesperae Solemnes de Confessore, sung by Kiri te Kanewa "When the Foeman Bares His Steel/Go Ye Heroes" sung by the original cast of Josephe Papp's stage production of "Pirates of Penzance" either "Walk of Life" by Brothers in Arms or "Burning Down the House" by Talking Heads
“For the record, I am not a nut. I am an optimist. That’s exactly like a nut except with a better attitude.” - Scott Adams NARF and member of Deplorable Cultus since 1967
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Darkstone
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Mar 2 2007, 9:36pm
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A Cock and Bull Story. "This is a postmodern novel before there was any modernism to be post about." Funny! Though I initially saw it for Shirley Henderson. I was absolutely floored by her in Topsy-Turvy.
Pippin: "When you guys fall, does it make a sound?" Bregalad: "Are you kidding? Scott fell last week and he hasn't shut up about it since."
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Aerlinn
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Mar 2 2007, 9:40pm
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would be Mikado, preferably a recording of the first performance I saw, if such a thing exists: A&E's Toronto-based production. And then I'd pick the Essential Paul Simon and Billy Joel collections. And go sit on the other side of the island.
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wolfranger
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Mar 2 2007, 9:41pm
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I thought nobody was going to say they couldn't live without philosophy and classics. I would second the Illiad and Odyssey, and of course the Tolkien, and probably the Bible. Substitute the Complete Works of Plato for the Republic. Change up the Locke for somthing else... Rousseau? (who at least spells better), or maybe the Federalist Papers. Euripides instead of Sophocles for me (mostly because he wrote more, so it's a fatter book). Hmm... I don't think I could really begin to put together such a list. It would keep changing. Cheers, wolfranger
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Advising Elf
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Mar 2 2007, 9:42pm
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That's why I chose the one's I did. They're not necessarily my favorites, but they're lo-o-o-ong.
"I haven't any right to criticise books, and I don't do it except when I hate them. I often want to criticise Jane Austen, but her books madden me so that I can't conceal my frenzy from the reader; and therefore I have to stop every time I begin. Everytime I read 'Pride and Prejudice' I want to dig her up and beat her over the skull with her own shin-bone." - Mark Twain
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Darkstone
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Mar 2 2007, 9:50pm
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Really long songs. Lessee... 1. Bob Dylan's Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands 2. Neil Diamond's The AfricanTrilogy 3. Arlo Guthrie's Alice's Restaurant. I'm kinda more partial to my other list. For repeated playing shorter may be better.
Pippin: "When you guys fall, does it make a sound?" Bregalad: "Are you kidding? Scott fell last week and he hasn't shut up about it since."
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Darkstone
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Mar 2 2007, 9:51pm
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Pippin: "When you guys fall, does it make a sound?" Bregalad: "Are you kidding? Scott fell last week and he hasn't shut up about it since."
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Aerlinn
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Mar 2 2007, 10:01pm
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It's been a long week. Um. Piano Man. Or Scenes from an Italian Restaurant. American Pie, because there have been so many parodies that it would be like taking several songs. ("My, my, it's 1585..." "This here Anakin guy...") And "Cecilia", which while short makes me happy.
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diedye
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Mar 2 2007, 10:12pm
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To Kill a Mockingbird made that list. It's a great book, as is the movie.
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SandWitch King
Rohan
Mar 2 2007, 10:40pm
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Wellllllllllllllllll I like long songs
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Rush - 2112 (20+ minutes) Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulance (42 minutes) Elton John - Funeral For a Friend (long and I am too lazy to check) Ravell's Bolero (lazy again, this time on spelling)
Once upon a time I was MrCere. I still am but this name is for posting and being part of the community while that one is for official business. 8-)
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Patty
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Mar 2 2007, 10:54pm
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1. The Bible-NIV 2. The Collected Works of J.R.R. Tolkien 3. The Collected Works of Jane Austen 4. The Collected Works of Charles Dickens 5. The Collected Works of Thomas Hardy 6. The Lord Peter Wimsey Complete edition -D.L. Sayers 7. Miss Mapp, Mapp and Lucia (E.F.Benson) 8. Complete Sherlock Holmes Omnibus 9. Complete Agatha Raisin Stories 10. How To Carry Heavy Books W/O Needing Surgery
Welcome to Rivendell, Patty Baggins
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deej
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Mar 3 2007, 1:15am
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I have to pick 4!: More Than This - Roxy Music Heroes - David Bowie Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk - Rufus Wainwright Lover You Should Have Come Over - Jeff Buckley
Sincerely, deej - The Artist Formerly Known as djdeathskiss Atlanta Woot! Moot 2007 - Join us Labor Day weekend; go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atlanta_woot_moot/
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