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'Time's' 100 Greatest Novels
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Kribu
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Re: \'Time\'s\' 100 Greatest Novels
Hm .. nine here (plus quite a few things that have been on my "need to get around to at some point" list for a while).
More than I thought, really, seeing as most of my "critically acclaimed" English-language reading material tends to be stuff published before 1923.
Hm .. nine here (plus quite a few things that have been on my "need to get around to at some point" list for a while).
More than I thought, really, seeing as most of my "critically acclaimed" English-language reading material tends to be stuff published before 1923.
A_M_Swallow
Regular
Re: \'Time\'s\' 100 Greatest Novels
That fits. Many of the The Times readers were born before 1923.
That fits. Many of the The Times readers were born before 1923.
M
Mike G
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Re: \'Time\'s\' 100 Greatest Novels
I've read 6 on that list. All for high school assignments.
I've read 6 on that list. All for high school assignments.
Mindwalker
Regular
Re: \'Time\'s\' 100 Greatest Novels
10 for me
10 for me
Re: \'Time\'s\' 100 Greatest Novels
I've read nineteen of them, which surprised me, too! Mind you, if I hadn't read a lot of Raymand Chandler and Dashiell Hammett when I was younger, that would have knocked 2 off
My complete list is:
Animal Farm
The Big Sleep
Catch-22
The Catcher in the Rye
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Gone With the Wind
The Grapes of Wrath
The Great Gatsby
I, Claudius
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
Lord of the Flies
The Lord of the Rings
Lucky Jim
1984
Portnoy's Complaint
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Red Harvest
Slaughterhouse-Five
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
I've read nineteen of them, which surprised me, too! Mind you, if I hadn't read a lot of Raymand Chandler and Dashiell Hammett when I was younger, that would have knocked 2 off
My complete list is:
Animal Farm
The Big Sleep
Catch-22
The Catcher in the Rye
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Gone With the Wind
The Grapes of Wrath
The Great Gatsby
I, Claudius
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
Lord of the Flies
The Lord of the Rings
Lucky Jim
1984
Portnoy's Complaint
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Red Harvest
Slaughterhouse-Five
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
hypatia
Regular
Re: \'Time\'s\' 100 Greatest Novels
"The Spy Who Came In From The Cold" made an excellent movie. I notice a lot on that list were made into movies.
I've read:
Animal Farm
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
A Clockwork Orange
The Grapes of Wrath
The Great Gatsby
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Rings
1984
One Flew Over the Cookoo's Nest
Slaughterhouse-Five
To Kill a Mockingbird
I may also have read "The Sun Also Rises" and "Invisible Man" but I can't recall for certain.
"The Spy Who Came In From The Cold" made an excellent movie. I notice a lot on that list were made into movies.
I've read:
Animal Farm
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
A Clockwork Orange
The Grapes of Wrath
The Great Gatsby
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Rings
1984
One Flew Over the Cookoo's Nest
Slaughterhouse-Five
To Kill a Mockingbird
I may also have read "The Sun Also Rises" and "Invisible Man" but I can't recall for certain.
Jade Jaguar
Regular
Re: \'Time\'s\' 100 Greatest Novels
Much to my surprise, I've read 14. There was nothing I'm familiar with that I think is awful. They list two Thomas Pynchon books, and although The Crying of Lot 49 is interesting, and enjoyable, it pales in comparison to V, which is not on the list. I'm sure we could all come up with ones left off. And, like GKE, I have seen bunches more on film.
Much to my surprise, I've read 14. There was nothing I'm familiar with that I think is awful. They list two Thomas Pynchon books, and although The Crying of Lot 49 is interesting, and enjoyable, it pales in comparison to V, which is not on the list. I'm sure we could all come up with ones left off. And, like GKE, I have seen bunches more on film.
Vonbloodbath
Regular
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I've read 12 completely, and am "culturally aware" of about half of the others.
Thing is, what were their criteria? Lists like these are so subjective.
And can you explain to me how the 100 greatest novels of ALL TIME can be restricted to post 1923?
It's not elitist bs, its pseudo-elitist bs.
VB
I've read 12 completely, and am "culturally aware" of about half of the others.
Thing is, what were their criteria? Lists like these are so subjective.
And can you explain to me how the 100 greatest novels of ALL TIME can be restricted to post 1923?
It's not elitist bs, its pseudo-elitist bs.
VB
Jade Jaguar
Regular
Re: \'Time\'s\' 100 Greatest Novels
I don't think they were saying that the 100 best novels ever were all written since 1923, but were just limiting the field to the 100 best since 1923. That exact date does seem arbitrary, and I didn't search the link to see if they offered a rationale for that particular year being the cutoff.
I don't think they were saying that the 100 best novels ever were all written since 1923, but were just limiting the field to the 100 best since 1923. That exact date does seem arbitrary, and I didn't search the link to see if they offered a rationale for that particular year being the cutoff.
raisincajuns
Regular
Re: \'Time\'s\' 100 Greatest Novels
10 for me, which I was surprised, I think about 5 of them were required reading in School.
10 for me, which I was surprised, I think about 5 of them were required reading in School.
darth_librarian
Regular
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16 for me, not many suprises. Good to see Watchman on there, it was probably one of the best things ever written in the 80's. It tops the Readers choice as well.
16 for me, not many suprises. Good to see Watchman on there, it was probably one of the best things ever written in the 80's. It tops the Readers choice as well.
GaribaldisHair
Regular
Re: \'Time\'s\' 100 Greatest Novels
Hmmm ... I think yo'll find it is actually Time Magazine rather than The Times.
And it has picked 1923 because that it when Time Magazine was first published.
Makes sense to me.
Hmmm ... I think yo'll find it is actually Time Magazine rather than The Times.
And it has picked 1923 because that it when Time Magazine was first published.
Makes sense to me.
Chilli
High Treason Prevention Officer
Re: \'Time\'s\' 100 Greatest Novels
5 here .. could be worse, considering that I didn't really have English literature in school, I read all I've read on my own initiative .. and still have German literature to feel all superior about
I've read:
Catch-22
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
Lord of the Flies
The Lord of the Rings
1984
Animal Farm and Slaughterhouse Five are two more on the list I have been planning to read for years but just always had something else to read first.
5 here .. could be worse, considering that I didn't really have English literature in school, I read all I've read on my own initiative
.. and still have German literature to feel all superior about I've read:
Catch-22
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
Lord of the Flies
The Lord of the Rings
1984
Animal Farm and Slaughterhouse Five are two more on the list I have been planning to read for years but just always had something else to read first.
Joseph DeMartino
Moderator
Re: \'Time\'s\' 100 Greatest Novels
39, counting novels I started reading then threw across the room because they were such utter crap. No list that takes seriously sub-literates like Toni Morrison and Jonathan Franzen (to select just two incredibly overrated "writers" who can scarcely write an English sentence, much less a believable character) or socialogical screeds disguised (barely) as fiction deserves to be taken seriously itself. And let's not even talk about the inclusion of Judy Blume... Why not just add Harold Robbins and Jacqueline Susanne and be done with it?
Regards,
Joe
39, counting novels I started reading then threw across the room because they were such utter crap. No list that takes seriously sub-literates like Toni Morrison and Jonathan Franzen (to select just two incredibly overrated "writers" who can scarcely write an English sentence, much less a believable character) or socialogical screeds disguised (barely) as fiction deserves to be taken seriously itself. And let's not even talk about the inclusion of Judy Blume... Why not just add Harold Robbins and Jacqueline Susanne and be done with it?
Regards,
Joe
