The Big Read

[sushirob]

Stolen from msretro. Half I read only because of school.

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The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed. Well let's see.

Comments

[firehair28]

At eight over six, Rob, you're ahead of the curve. But...

...You haven't read Dune? Really?

I take issue with this list as an assertion of value over literature. Why is Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses not on there, but Midnight's Children is? Why is Hamlet billed separately from Shakespeare's Complete Works? For that matter, given that Dickens is on there six times, why isn't he listed as a collection?

Anyway. It's an interesting exercise. I'll have to put up mine.

[sushirob]

I'm not really sure why I never read Dune. Part of it is because Dune really crossed my radar after the Lynch movie. Which is universally not accepted, and I kinda always felt that because I liked the movie, it would interfere with my enjoyment of the book. Strange reasoning, but close as I can get. Interestingly enough, I do have vivid memories of passing over Dune at the library to get HGttG. In the long run, I think it was the right choice.

As for the choices, I think it's the titles the Endowment for the Arts has a hand in publishing.

Also, i think I should get a half point for Shakespeare, because I have read a great deal. But not all of it.

Good to see you alive :)

[sushirob]

As a side note, it's interesting you chastise me for Dune, but not LoTR.

[firehair28]

That's because LotR is bloody unreadable; the only reason I can claim to have 'read' it is because my parents used it as bedtime-story material, which probably means I slept through about half of it.

About the only thing worse than Tolkien( I exclude the Hobbit, which is very accessible; easily the easiest read of his books) is E. R. Eddison, for whom one really must strap on the metaphorical hip-waders.

But, really, there's no excuse for not reading Dune.

[dascher]

ok my list:

http://dascher.livejournal.com/14480.html

interesting to note, nothing i started to read and stopped, and nothing on the list i want to read that i havent... not sure what that says about my personality or choices, but i'm sure it's something

[sushirob]

It really isnt an exciting list.