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Fri 27/04/07 at 20:22
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On the back of the 100 books list, I'm interested in your views - what else do you consider a classic book that deserves to be mentioned?

I'm thinking really good here, not just quite good.
Mon 30/04/07 at 18:24
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Nin wrote:
> Black Glove wrote:
> Thus Spake Zarathustra, Fred Nietzsche
>
> I started reading this about a month ago and never got back to
> it.

It is a bit excessive in poetic metaphors. I was obsessed with it for a number of years, reading it over and over, spellbound by it. These days I'm indifferent, but I'd put it in my top 100 list.
Mon 30/04/07 at 15:51
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Black Glove wrote:
> Thus Spake Zarathustra, Fred Nietzsche

I started reading this about a month ago and never got back to it.
Mon 30/04/07 at 08:09
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Revolver Ocelot wrote:
> ......?

They are all well-known works by well-known writers.
Blindness by Saramago is being made into a movie (starring Daniel Craig) in 2008.
Sun 29/04/07 at 13:27
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The Day of the Jackal - Frederick Forsyth
Empire of the Sun - J.G. Ballad
Papillon - Henri Charriere
In Durance Vile - John Brown (Trust me, it's better than the title suggests!)
Notes from a Small Island - Bill Bryson
Around the World in 80 Days - Michael Palin

I know it's supposed to be focused on novels, but what the hell, I felt like making things a bit more autobiographical and non-fiction-esque!
Sun 29/04/07 at 13:26
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Black Glove wrote:
> It's such a subjective thing, and I too haven't read that much,
> but four classic books I'd put on a top list would be
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> Blindness, Jose Saramago
Serious.
> Pale Fire, Vladimir Nabokov
Serious.
> Thus Spake Zarathustra, Fred Nietzsche
Serious.
> Monkey, Wu Ch'eng-en
......?
Sun 29/04/07 at 08:13
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It's such a subjective thing, and I too haven't read that much, but four classic books I'd put on a top list would be

Blindness, Jose Saramago
Pale Fire, Vladimir Nabokov
Thus Spake Zarathustra, Fred Nietzsche
Monkey, Wu Ch'eng-en
Sat 28/04/07 at 22:54
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Sibs wrote:
> Wurd.
How could a one word post make me laugh so hard?
Sat 28/04/07 at 17:52
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I used to read a fair bit when I was youngish, then pretty much stopped (apart from school required stuffs) around GCSE/A-level time as I was busy doing the whole teenager thing. Started reading a bit again at Uni, but haven't ever really found the time to read that much (although I seem to find the time to post on online chat forums... Read into that what you will).

Hopefully this Summer I'll find some time to finish off a few books I've been part-way through for ages, as well as start and finish a few more I got given recently.

I really don't know what I consider 'classic'. I haven't read a vast number of books others would consider 'classics', and in order to feel 'qualified' to talk of classic books I feel I should've read more that others consider the height of literature. I just know what books I enjoyed reading and that's that really.
Sat 28/04/07 at 17:45
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Wurd.
Sat 28/04/07 at 12:56
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