Well, I think that is time for me to name my favorites, before the poll close.
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Well, I think that is time for me to name my favorites, before the poll close.
somehow I get this distinct feeling I will be skipping alot of months next year
Yeah, I'm a giant Fyodor fan, but I really want to read Carter and Pratchett. Hang in there Pratchett!
I don't think I like this way of doing things.
Everyone is talking about this Prachett person, never read them before. So, win or lose, someone has to tell me a book to read because now I am curious.
Come on people, please vote for Maguire or McEwan... at this rate I will either have all ready read the books or will have to buy a whole bunch of new ones.
Kiwi Shelf, just search on Amazon and pick one of the Discworld books. Not the first or the second, though, I have the strong belief they're not as great as the subsequent ones.
I do hope Pratchett will be one of the authors to read next year. Otherwise, I fear I may get too bored with all these classics :D
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Originally Posted by Jay
Dostoevsky is one of the greatest authors of all time!
Anybody up for L.M. Montgommery or Lois Lowry?......
What's wrong with Dostoevksy? He offered penetrating psychological insights into the dark side of life. His books may be filled with borderline insanity, epileptics and freakish characters, but that's what Tsarist Russia was like.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jay
It saddens me that most authors winning are DEAD!
How about more living, not overdone, living authors....
Death and the passage of time separate the chaff from the wheat among writers. Only the good ones are remembered and read a century later.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kiwi Shelf
America hasn't produced a great novelist in at least 50 years. Today's best-selling authors are all second rate.
I wonder if in 50 years' time, people will think that today's authors were great and that the authors of their times are all second rate.
Only if pigs learn how to fly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
What do you mean??? Pigs in the US don't fly already??? :confused:
I know what you are saying, to a degree.... Just don't think a year of classics, is, well boring and overdone? I mean, all people care about are the classics, and I know why and everything. I just like to read authors that... are... well... living and not overdone. lol I guess I thought book clubs were supposed to be about new experiences... There isn't an author winning that I haven't heard of, if not read... Am I making sense?Quote:
Originally Posted by starrwriter
Very funny, Scher. Now how about your photo?Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
PLEASE