Comments on: Greatest Books Ever Written? http://www.republicoft.com/2008/10/10/greatest-books-ever-written/ Black. Gay. Father. Vegetarian. Buddhist. Liberal. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:30:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: SubtleKnife http://www.republicoft.com/2008/10/10/greatest-books-ever-written/comment-page-1/#comment-184856 SubtleKnife Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:16:42 +0000 http://www.republicoft.com/?p=2510#comment-184856 I only got three and three quarters. Of course I'm not a man. Slaughterhouse Five A Confederacy of Dunces The Spy Who Came In from the Cold 3/4 of War and Peace I won't count Huck Finn because I read a translated - and probably truncated - version when I was younger. Quite a few others are on my to-read list. And some, like The Brothers Karamazov and Moby Dick, I even own already... I only got three and three quarters. Of course I’m not a man.

Slaughterhouse Five
A Confederacy of Dunces
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
3/4 of War and Peace

I won’t count Huck Finn because I read a translated - and probably truncated - version when I was younger.

Quite a few others are on my to-read list. And some, like The Brothers Karamazov and Moby Dick, I even own already…

]]> By: exelizabeth http://www.republicoft.com/2008/10/10/greatest-books-ever-written/comment-page-1/#comment-184853 exelizabeth Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:30:06 +0000 http://www.republicoft.com/?p=2510#comment-184853 I'm sorry that list is still making the rounds, I thought it would die off. It has ONE woman, which I find pretty damn offensive. Besides that it's pretty white. I'm not going to count how many I've read, because it's a skewed and irrelevant list. Although I missed that they had included James Baldwin, which surprised me because he's one of my favorite authors. The slideshow is a terrible format. Jezebel solicited its readers to come up with the "Female Version." While I'm really not into dividing literature by gender, Esquire started it, and there needs to be a list that represents way more women writers: http://jezebel.com/5053732/75-books-every-woman-should-read-the-complete-list I’m sorry that list is still making the rounds, I thought it would die off. It has ONE woman, which I find pretty damn offensive. Besides that it’s pretty white. I’m not going to count how many I’ve read, because it’s a skewed and irrelevant list.

Although I missed that they had included James Baldwin, which surprised me because he’s one of my favorite authors. The slideshow is a terrible format.

Jezebel solicited its readers to come up with the “Female Version.” While I’m really not into dividing literature by gender, Esquire started it, and there needs to be a list that represents way more women writers: http://jezebel.com/5053732/75-.....plete-list

]]> By: Bodhipaksa http://www.republicoft.com/2008/10/10/greatest-books-ever-written/comment-page-1/#comment-184852 Bodhipaksa Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:10:48 +0000 http://www.republicoft.com/?p=2510#comment-184852 Up until about half-way through the list I was doing really, really, badly, but I rallied at the end and found I'd read 13.5 of them (the half is for DeLillo's "Underworld," which I just didn't find interesting). It's a stimulating list and gives me some ideas for future reading. Up until about half-way through the list I was doing really, really, badly, but I rallied at the end and found I’d read 13.5 of them (the half is for DeLillo’s “Underworld,” which I just didn’t find interesting). It’s a stimulating list and gives me some ideas for future reading.

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