A Conversation for The Big Read - h2g2 Edition
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GreyDesk Started conversation Oct 18, 2003
Post your vote for your favourite out of the twenty-one best loved books on the BBC's "The Big Read" list here 
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Researcher 515702 Posted Oct 18, 2003
My favourite book in the list is - LOTR -JRR Tolkien
I was torn between HHGTTTG and the one I went for. My head won.
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GreyDesk Posted Oct 19, 2003
My favourite book in the list is - Catch 22 
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SomeMuppet Posted Oct 19, 2003
My favourite book in the list is - Lord of the rings
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Teuchter Posted Oct 19, 2003
My favourite book in the list is -
The Wind in the Willows
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Noggin the Nog Posted Oct 19, 2003
My favourite book in the list is - Winnie the Pooh
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Sho - employed again! Posted Oct 19, 2003
My favourite book in the list is - The Lord of the Rings (the writing isn't the best, but the story is fab)
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Jim Lynn Posted Oct 19, 2003
My favourite book in the list is - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
I couldn't choose anything else, could I?
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Oct 19, 2003
My favourite book in the list is - Lord of the Rings
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Mu Beta Posted Oct 19, 2003
I'm not sure I see any point in voting, as - knowing the denizens of this site as I do - either LOTR or Hitchhikers will inevitably win.
But, for the record, my favourite book in the list is - To Kill A Mockingbird.
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GreyDesk Posted Oct 19, 2003
I agree with your prediction there B.
The first was a book I tossed to one side reckoning that there were better things to do with my life - I was about 13 at the time. The second, well that was done *SO* much better on the radio - and oddly I was about 13 when I made that decision also 
Your choice, yes that would be in my top three out of this list of 21.
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Mu Beta Posted Oct 19, 2003
I despise Tolkein. Hate hate hate hate hate him. Although I retain a grudging respect for the films, it doesn't mean I want to see them again. The only book on the list I hate more than LOTR is Wuthering Heights.
I've made myself clear many times on site (to the disgust of the Researchership in general) that while Hitchhikers is an amusing book, I don't think it is particularly well-written, or a classic in any sense.
Yup, Mockingbird for me, although I'd be happy to see Catch 22, Rebecca, Winnie The Pooh, or 1984 win as well.
B
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nada Posted Oct 20, 2003
My favourite book in the list is - ummm....meep...errr....1984!
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Pinky Posted Oct 20, 2003
I like almost every title on the list.Very difficult just to choose one title..If I must...I will opt for Rebecca.Well written,a book worth reading in my humble opinion.
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Mikey the Humming Mouse - A3938628 Learn More About the Edited Guide! Posted Oct 20, 2003
None of my favorite titles are on the list, actually.
So for me, it's rather like "If you were forced to pick one of these as your favorite books, even though you never would in real life, which one would you pick?"
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Swiv (decrepit postgrad) Posted Oct 20, 2003
My favourite book in the list is -
Catch 22
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Metal Chicken Posted Oct 20, 2003
My favourite book in the list is - 1984
Very hard choice though, there are several books on the list that I thoroughly enjoyed reading and rereading. Feeling disloyal for not choosing HHGTTG but it was the radio version I liked best and it's not my favourite DNA book anyway...
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summerbayexile Posted Oct 20, 2003
My favourite book in the list is -1984
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MMF - Keeper of Mustelids, with added P.M.A., is now in a relationship. Posted Oct 20, 2003
My favourite book in the list is - Lord of the Rings, with H2G2 2nd and His Dark Materials 3rd.
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2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... Posted Oct 20, 2003
My favourite book in the list is - none in particular, but Jane Eyre - Charlotte BrontJane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë , will have to do 
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- 1: GreyDesk (Oct 18, 2003)
- 2: Researcher 515702 (Oct 18, 2003)
- 3: GreyDesk (Oct 19, 2003)
- 4: SomeMuppet (Oct 19, 2003)
- 5: Teuchter (Oct 19, 2003)
- 6: Noggin the Nog (Oct 19, 2003)
- 7: Sho - employed again! (Oct 19, 2003)
- 8: Jim Lynn (Oct 19, 2003)
- 9: Gnomon - time to move on (Oct 19, 2003)
- 10: Mu Beta (Oct 19, 2003)
- 11: GreyDesk (Oct 19, 2003)
- 12: Mu Beta (Oct 19, 2003)
- 13: nada (Oct 20, 2003)
- 14: Pinky (Oct 20, 2003)
- 15: Mikey the Humming Mouse - A3938628 Learn More About the Edited Guide! (Oct 20, 2003)
- 16: Swiv (decrepit postgrad) (Oct 20, 2003)
- 17: Metal Chicken (Oct 20, 2003)
- 18: summerbayexile (Oct 20, 2003)
- 19: MMF - Keeper of Mustelids, with added P.M.A., is now in a relationship. (Oct 20, 2003)
- 20: 2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... (Oct 20, 2003)
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