A Conversation for The Big Read - h2g2 Edition
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Trout Montague Posted Oct 25, 2003
S**t. Now I've got a ton of bloody books to read just so I can think i'm even in your ball-park.
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Swiv (decrepit postgrad) Posted Oct 26, 2003
my favourite book does change every day of the week - some days I couldn't bear to live with out Molesworth, others I think I'd have to take Bleak House to the Desert Island because it'd keep me going so long!
I have about 62 of the top 100, and 19 of the 21 - so now I'm off to read Gone with the Wind and To Kill a Mockingbird (or I would be if I wasn't racing through I Claudius for history class...)
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Countess Freyja Posted Oct 26, 2003
My favourite book in the list is - His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
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The Moderately Strange Cornice Posted Oct 29, 2003
My favourite book in the list is - Lord of the Rings
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Prideth - Queen dragon - protector of otters, and otternuts alike Posted Nov 2, 2003
My favourite book in the list is - Lord of the Rings-JRR Tolkien
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Mu Beta Posted Nov 2, 2003
Another one! How do we stop these strange fantasy geeks from taking over? 
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Doc U Posted Nov 2, 2003
I say we each get hundreds of h2g2 accounts and vote hundreds of times. 
But I'm too lazy to carry out my evil plan, so you'll have to do it yourself.
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tinycarp Posted Nov 9, 2003
My favourite book in the list is - Winnie the Pooh
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tsarina Posted Nov 10, 2003
My favourite book in the list is - Wuthering Heights
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Blackberry Cat , if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque Posted Nov 10, 2003
My favourite book in the list is -
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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The sweetymunster enuf colacubes 2 feed an army!! Posted Nov 10, 2003
Mine is also To Kill a Mockingbird, good choice blackberry cat!!!
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Researcher 177704 Posted Nov 10, 2003
My favourite book in the list is - 'To Kill a Mockingbird' - Harper Lee
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Flanker Posted Nov 17, 2003
My favourite book in the list is - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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Orcus Posted Nov 17, 2003
My favourite book in the list is -
Lord of the Rings 
(No surprise there then)
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UrsulaToad Posted Nov 17, 2003
Out of this list - most of which wouldn't make it onto my top books list I would have to go with Captain Corelli's Mandolin - as it made me sob.
But don't get me started on the bloomin awful film . . .
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hellboundforjoy Posted Nov 27, 2003
My favourite book in the list is - Hitchhiker's Guide but I think that I should be removed from this list because isn't everyone on the h2g2 site going to vote for the Hitchhiker's Guide? If that were removed, I'd say my favourite on this list is 1984 although it's been 25 years since I've read it. It never ceases to be timely and prophetic.
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Mu Beta Posted Nov 27, 2003
To be honest, this poll and the BBC one it is allied to have both become somewhat pointless since it was revealed that the bookies have stopped taking bets on Lord of the Rings. What a sad nation we are of such a load of twaddle is going to be our favourite book. 
Personally, despite being one of h2g2's 'regulars', I find HHGTTG, the book, to be distinctly uninspiring. It is far from one of my favourites...
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hellboundforjoy Posted Nov 27, 2003
Well I wouldn't say h2g2 is my favourite book of all time, but it is my favourite book on that list. It's been almost ten years since I read it but I frequently find myself reading books like it and wishing I was reading IT. My favourite book EVER - well I can never make a decision on that. It's frequently the most recent book I've read, since I have a short attention span.
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- 41: Trout Montague (Oct 25, 2003)
- 42: Swiv (decrepit postgrad) (Oct 26, 2003)
- 43: Countess Freyja (Oct 26, 2003)
- 44: The Moderately Strange Cornice (Oct 29, 2003)
- 45: Prideth - Queen dragon - protector of otters, and otternuts alike (Nov 2, 2003)
- 46: Mu Beta (Nov 2, 2003)
- 47: Doc U (Nov 2, 2003)
- 48: tinycarp (Nov 9, 2003)
- 49: GreyDesk (Nov 10, 2003)
- 50: tsarina (Nov 10, 2003)
- 51: Blackberry Cat , if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque (Nov 10, 2003)
- 52: The sweetymunster enuf colacubes 2 feed an army!! (Nov 10, 2003)
- 53: Researcher 177704 (Nov 10, 2003)
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- 56: Orcus (Nov 17, 2003)
- 57: UrsulaToad (Nov 17, 2003)
- 58: hellboundforjoy (Nov 27, 2003)
- 59: Mu Beta (Nov 27, 2003)
- 60: hellboundforjoy (Nov 27, 2003)
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