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David B - Singing Librarian Owl Posted Oct 21, 2003
My favourite book on the list is The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
Actually, I was torn between that and His Dark Materials, which I suppose is rather odd!
I also feel rather bad because I've only read ten of them (and 40/100 in the whole thing), so can't really judge. I'm reading Jane Eyre at the moment, though, so will soon be up to eleven.
David
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Mu Beta Posted Oct 21, 2003
I think 40 is a pretty respectable total.
I've read a very h2g2-esque 42 of the 100, but a lot of that is Pratchett and Harry Potter.
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David B - Singing Librarian Owl Posted Oct 21, 2003
I did ponder stopping when I get to 42 
But as HHGG wouldn't even figure in my top 100 books, that would be silly...
David
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GreyDesk Posted Oct 21, 2003
I feel quite ashamed now having only read 24 of the top 100 and 8 of the final 21. I suppose LOTR doesn't count as I only got half way through before tossing the book away as utter drivel.
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Mu Beta Posted Oct 21, 2003
Yeah, I'll happily drop down to 41 and pretend I'd never heard of LOTR as well.
Although, seeing as Night Watch is now out in paperback, I'm going to be shooting back up to 42 fairly shortly...
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GreyDesk Posted Oct 21, 2003
Me, I can't wait for LOTR to be shown on BBC1, Christmas Day afternoon c.2006. It will give me such a great excuse to go for a nice long walk on the beach 
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Star Fleet... Posted Oct 21, 2003
well there can only be one book it has to be hitchhikers guide if i was allowed a second vote it must be catch 22
Star Fleet 
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Doc U Posted Oct 22, 2003
My favourite book in the list is - Catch 22
Yep - Mockingbird is great too, but you can't beat Catch-22 for sharp, witty, incredibly amusing satire.
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Titania (gone for lunch) Posted Oct 23, 2003
My favourite book in the list is - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, because of the crazy humour in it. A laughter a day keeps the doctor away!
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Jimbob - Got a Favourite Band? Tell Us All About It at A2464355 Posted Oct 23, 2003
My favourite book in the list is - Catch 22
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the third man(temporary armistice)n strike) Posted Oct 23, 2003
My favourite book in the list is - War and Peace
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Demon Drawer Posted Oct 23, 2003
Out of the Top 21 being totally unbiased I'll vote 1984
However my Big Read votes go to hootoo
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azahar Posted Oct 23, 2003
My favourite book in the list is - To Kill a Mockingbird.
az
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Amy: ear-deep in novels, poetics, and historical documents. Posted Oct 23, 2003
Favorite book on the list is Catcher in the Rye. After that... Pullman, Harper Lee, and Daphne duMaurier... in no particular order.
LOTR 
Boring boring boring.
HHGTTG doesn't make it in my top 10, I'm afraid... not my favorite DNA book (Last Chance to See is far superior). Favorite book of all time... quite possibly Peter S. Beagle's A Fine and Private Place. 
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MiniMy Posted Oct 24, 2003
My favourite book in the list is - Pride and Prejudice
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azahar Posted Oct 24, 2003
Well, Lord of the Rings would be my runner-up. Because I have read the trilogy about seven times since I was 14 years old. I posted To Kill a Mockingbird as my favourite book, though I have only read it about three or four times, because I feel it is so over-looked and deserves more attention.
The Lord of the Rings, as a novel, is now eclipsed by the hype of the films and all that goes along with that. Which to me does not take away from the sheer joy I experience everytime I read it.
az
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Pinniped Posted Oct 25, 2003
My favourite book in the list is - The Lord of the Rings
(I guess we have to answer honestly, yeah? Well I did, though I long to be more pretentious...)
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egon Posted Oct 25, 2003
My favourite book in the list is - The Catcher in the Rye
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RobinP Posted Oct 25, 2003
My favourite book in THIS list is -
Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
~but is maybe NOT my favourite book of all time, but as I get through about 40 books a year and my tastes have changed during my 48 year span (and I've frequently reread books that I'd forgotten I'd read !) I would be VERY hard pressed to be absolutely sure as to my all-time favourite..... so there 
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egon Posted Oct 25, 2003
My favourite book of all time didn't even make the list of 100. It's "The House of Sleep" by Jonathan Coe.
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- 21: David B - Singing Librarian Owl (Oct 21, 2003)
- 22: Mu Beta (Oct 21, 2003)
- 23: David B - Singing Librarian Owl (Oct 21, 2003)
- 24: GreyDesk (Oct 21, 2003)
- 25: Mu Beta (Oct 21, 2003)
- 26: GreyDesk (Oct 21, 2003)
- 27: Star Fleet... (Oct 21, 2003)
- 28: Doc U (Oct 22, 2003)
- 29: Titania (gone for lunch) (Oct 23, 2003)
- 30: Jimbob - Got a Favourite Band? Tell Us All About It at A2464355 (Oct 23, 2003)
- 31: the third man(temporary armistice)n strike) (Oct 23, 2003)
- 32: Demon Drawer (Oct 23, 2003)
- 33: azahar (Oct 23, 2003)
- 34: Amy: ear-deep in novels, poetics, and historical documents. (Oct 23, 2003)
- 35: MiniMy (Oct 24, 2003)
- 36: azahar (Oct 24, 2003)
- 37: Pinniped (Oct 25, 2003)
- 38: egon (Oct 25, 2003)
- 39: RobinP (Oct 25, 2003)
- 40: egon (Oct 25, 2003)
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