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Good point.


Having read them (gottem for christmas), I'd like to insert Book 23 of His Dark Materials, the Subtle Knife, into slot 3 and push everything else down.

I couldn't actually put them in order...that would be too hard!

You know, I really must get around to updating the list with the latest votes...

yes, you really must.

1. The Lord Of The Rings, J.R.R Tolkien
2. Titus Andronicus, William Shakespeare
3. The Ambassador, Graham McNeill
4. Conan, Robert E. Howard (A mad Genius)
5. Druss the Legend, David Gemmell
6. Romeo and Juliet, William Shakspeare
7. Daemon world, Ben Counter
8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
9. Dune, Frank Herbert
10. The Art Of War, Sun Tzu (thought id break the mold of it all being story books)

another victim of peter jackson's brainwashing... the lotr books aren't all /that/ good, folks, just very interesting.

*sigh*

well i read most of 3, and ive started from the begining today. Its down to personal tastes

Wonko,

I have to disagree with you.

Not all the votes for LOTR have been due to the films.


These books have been my favorites for 15 years. A few books have come close, but none has succeeded in taking the crown. To say that the votes for LOTR is down to Peter Jacksons "Brainwashing" is a gross generalisation and demeans the intelligence of the people who voted for it.

What was your top 10 and were any of them voted for due to the "brainwashing" of film directors?

In absolutely no order whatsoever...

1. The Lost Slayer by Christopher Golden
2. A Mdisummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
3. The Smoke Jumper by the guy who did the Horse Whisperer, his name currently escapes me
4. The Traveler by John Katzenbach
5. Black House by Stephen King and John Strauss(?)
6. The Book of Fours by Nancy Holder
7. The Dead Zone by Stephen King
8. Maddie and Anne's Big Picture by again her name escapes me
9. The Inflatable Butch by Ellen Orleans
10.

I'll get back to you ith the blanks

The books are great, and its been discussed else where as to reasons why its so good.
But for someone who didnt like the books, you've got a funny way of showing it wonko

*Points to 'Wonko the White' on the tolkien film and book society main page*

This isnt in the right order cos they're all kinda equal but...

1. Mort, Terry Pratchett
2. Catch-22, Joseph Hellar
3. Stupid White Men, Michael Moore
4. The Kin, (i dont remember)
5. Pride and Predjudice, Jane Austen
6. Lord of the Rings, J R R Tolkein
7. I capture the castle, Dodie Smith
8. 1984, George Orwell
9. It's ok im wearing really big knickers, Louise Rennison
10. Death in Holy Orders, PD James

I appreciate the complexity and the world, and loved the movies. Isn't that enough of a reason? for that?

"another victim of peter jackson's brainwashing... the lotr books aren't all /that/ good, folks, just very interesting.

*sigh*"

Surely if it gets people to read the book, then its not bad. I'm reading the books now and my only regret is that i've waited till now.

well i red the books 1st so im not a victim of brainwashing, (note they arent top of my list, tho thats just cos i dont rele hav an order but they arent top anyway)

1. Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens
2. Supernature, by Dr. LLyal Watson
3. Beyond Supernature, Dr. LLyal Watson
4. War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy
5. The Dice Man, by Luke Rhinehart
6. Farewell The Trumpets, by James Morris
7. The Divine Deception, by Keith Laidler
8. The Green Flag, by Robert Kee
9. Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier
10. The Sun in Splendour, by unknown

I really should pretend Tale of Two Cities is on that list of mine. It oughta be... I actually like that.

Asmodai -- you're the first person I've come across that put Titus Andronicus above the rest of Shakespeare's things. Is it the bloodthirsty element (wouldn't that be satisfied as well by Hamlet or Coriolanus?) or is it the only one you've read so far?

Along with Romeo and Juliet, of course

No its just i love titus andronicus. Its just really rich to me.

Its superbly grim tale about murder and violence which ends in the most farcical way possible, whilst still retaining a level of beleivablity.

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
The Diary Of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith
Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut
Woman In White by Wilkie Collins
The Mill On The Floss by George Eliot
Master and Commander(and the following volumes) by Patrick O'Brian
Journal To Stella by Jonathan Swift
Dombey And Son by Charles Dickens
The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Tono Bungay by HG Wells