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"Bbc big read"

well the winner was announced last night, as tolkiens lord of the rings, represented by ray mears, deservably won in my opinion. its a fantastic piece of literature, and simon tolkien was pleased by his granddads prize. pride and prejudice by jane austen came a respectable 2nd, but there can only be one winner.........

Religion is also one of the few business that prospers in the good times but explodes in recession, raking the cash in while others are shutting up shop. Genius. Total brand loyalty too.

Stryke wrote:
> I reckon Lord of the Rings would top the list even without the movies,
> seeing as it's sold more than any book except the Bible.
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Whoever invented the Bible is a business mastermind.
WoRd.

Eh?

all good stuff, but the enormous crocodile featured an evil croc that conspired to eat children.

he disguised himself as a see-saw, a park bench and even a palm tree, but to no avail. the animals from the jungle saw right through his disguises and warned the children in good time. the clincher was when a large elephant threw the poor croc up in the air, where he sailed through space, and burnt to death when he hit the sun.

its a beautiful but tragic story, that we can learn so much from. no mention of that in the big read though.

I reckon Lord of the Rings would top the list even without the movies, seeing as it's sold more than any book except the Bible.

If by last you mean fifth, and deserved it too. Poll to find the nation’s favorite book and lots of people love Harry Potter… so… ermmm… what else would you expect?

Was driving home on Saturday night and they had a talk show thing on Radio 5 where some guy was getting so wound up that LOTR only won because of the movies etc. Undoubtedly true, but is it really an issue? The thing is supposed to be a popularity contest for goodness sake, and that was the one voted for by most people. It is far from the greatest book ever written IMO, but then that's not what they were trying to find. As it is, great book that still had a huge number of fans before the movies.

Same bloke also got really annoyed as the people who were voting for LOTR probably hadn't read all the other books. Well surprise surprise. What percentage of people who voted for any book will have done that? I'd put the farm on it being considerably less than 1%.

i must agree. i hate harry potter !!!

Is it true that Harry Potter came last? If so, excellent.

they say that alot of people only voted for it coz they 'as watched the films and not read ze books. not me, i didnt even vote !!!

Heh.

It was so obviously that LotR would win - too many people love it.