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the third man(temporary armistice)n strike) Posted Nov 29, 2003
I agree with Master B as regards HGTTG, I don't know about anyone else but I thought the tv series far superior.
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Teuchter Posted Nov 30, 2003
I preferred the original radio series - the pictures were better. 
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funk master Posted Nov 30, 2003
My favourite book in the list is - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
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F F Churchton Posted Dec 3, 2003
Beyond all Salmon of doubt - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the galaxy - DNA, although "timeline" and "the Paris option" are pretty good as well, but not as good!!!
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Sho - employed again! Posted Dec 11, 2003
My favourite book in the list is - Lord of the Rings 
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shorncanary ~^~^~ sign the petition to save the albatrosses Posted Dec 13, 2003
Lord of the Rings
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Matt Bailey Posted Dec 13, 2003
My favourite book in the list is - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
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shorncanary ~^~^~ sign the petition to save the albatrosses Posted Dec 13, 2003
Lord of the Rings WON Lord of the Rings WON Lord of the Rings WON Lord of the Rings WON Lord of the Rings WON !
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GreyDesk Posted Dec 13, 2003
Thank you everyone for taking the time to cast your votes.
The final result, and a comparison of our tastes to that of the nation will appear in a forthcoming edition of <./>ThePost</.>
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Prideth - Queen dragon - protector of otters, and otternuts alike Posted Dec 14, 2003
One 
to Rule them All!!!
Lord of the Rings WON!!! 
Prideth 
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Mu Beta Posted Dec 14, 2003
It's a sad outlook for this nation when 4 of the top 5 are fantasy/sci-fi. 
B
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Sho - employed again! Posted Dec 14, 2003
Why, Master B?
It could be, of course, that people who read those types of book care enough to vote (or are sad enough to not have anything better to do on a Saturday night...)
But I prefer to think that it means that there is a closet army of fantasy readers out there, who have finally come out and stood up to be counted
Just because it's fantasy doesn't mean that the characterisations, the plot, the writing etc are bad. It just means that they are different.
You could say that, to someone reading in the 21st century, Austen is like an alternate reality type of thing. Well, that's more like the sort of thing that I'd say, but you could say it if you wanted to.
Grinning from ear to ear that LOTR won. 
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Mu Beta Posted Dec 14, 2003
OK - not all fantasy is bad. I'm an avid Pratchett reader, so maybe I shouldn't slate the genre.
The four books that aren't P&P just seem to me to be depressingly shallow. There's precious little characterisation, HHGTTG isn't even well-plotted, Harry Potter is a bandwagon book (and Goblet isn't even the best Harry Potter book), His Dark Materials is full of faux philosophy and LOTR is the most depressingly, entrenchingly dull, pretentious load of twaddle I've ever read. In fact, I haven't read it all - I gave up about 3/4 of the way through the first book, but I've been reassured that it doesn't improve.
Frankly, I'm fuming that To Kill a Mockingbird, Winnie The Pooh or Rebecca didn't make the top 5.
B
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Sho - employed again! Posted Dec 14, 2003
Well, to be fair, I have to say that I find the writing in LOTR a pain in places, and never read the songs or the Tom Bombadill bit. But as a story I love it. Same goes for Hitchhikers and the Dark Materials trilogy: I really enjoyed reading them.
However, from the top 21, I'd have to say that the best written is To Kill a Mockingbird. I have read it many times, but I would never ever describe it as my favourite because it makes me so uncomfortable. Same with Rebecca, the quiet menace in that book makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
And I'll join in the "anything that gets kids reading is good in my book" bandwagon with HP. I don't care as long as the little blighters read and discover that it is absolutely the Number One best pastime ever. With no exceptions. (but don't tell 
hubs that or he'll sulk)
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echomikeromeo Posted Mar 7, 2005
I'm for Hitchhiker's. Definitely. Come on, this is hootoo! Who do you think is *really* gonna win? JK Rowling - or Douglas Adams? I should think it's a foregone conclusion.
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GreyDesk Posted Mar 8, 2005
Pssst, you're a bit late, this was all over by Christmas 2003
The winner (much to my disgust) was the LOTR - A2135639
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echomikeromeo Posted Mar 8, 2005
I think I did, in theory, know that. Oh well - it was worth casting my vote anyway; I felt like I contributed to something. Sorry 'bout that...
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royalleothelion (thingite guard of the kings potty) Posted Mar 12, 2005
My favourite book in the list is - His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
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- 61: the third man(temporary armistice)n strike) (Nov 29, 2003)
- 62: Teuchter (Nov 30, 2003)
- 63: funk master (Nov 30, 2003)
- 64: F F Churchton (Dec 3, 2003)
- 65: Sho - employed again! (Dec 11, 2003)
- 66: shorncanary ~^~^~ sign the petition to save the albatrosses (Dec 13, 2003)
- 67: Matt Bailey (Dec 13, 2003)
- 68: shorncanary ~^~^~ sign the petition to save the albatrosses (Dec 13, 2003)
- 69: GreyDesk (Dec 13, 2003)
- 70: Prideth - Queen dragon - protector of otters, and otternuts alike (Dec 14, 2003)
- 71: Mu Beta (Dec 14, 2003)
- 72: Sho - employed again! (Dec 14, 2003)
- 73: Mu Beta (Dec 14, 2003)
- 74: Sho - employed again! (Dec 14, 2003)
- 75: echomikeromeo (Mar 7, 2005)
- 76: GreyDesk (Mar 8, 2005)
- 77: echomikeromeo (Mar 8, 2005)
- 78: royalleothelion (thingite guard of the kings potty) (Mar 12, 2005)
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