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pantalaimon
from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2003-11-11 13:01 [#00945919]
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What did you vote for, or would vote for out of the Big Read's top 21 books?
Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres Catch 22, Joseph Heller The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger Great Expectations, Charles Dickens Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis Little Women, Louisa May Alcott The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
I voted for His Dark Materials :)
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pantalaimon
from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2003-11-11 13:20 [#00945956]
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its the BBC Big Read in case you dont know what i'm talking about. I would have voted for Dune if it was in the top 21. Has anyone read the Dune sequels? I've heard the first 3 Dune books are good then it goes downhill.
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earthleakage
from tell the world you're winning on 2003-11-11 13:22 [#00945959]
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why are books on television? the reason tv was invented was to get away from books in the first place
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zaphod
from the metaverse on 2003-11-11 13:24 [#00945963]
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uhhhhh.....see the name
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Fuckwagon
from Dallas (United States) on 2003-11-11 13:26 [#00945965]
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the goddam catcher in the goddam rye
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pantalaimon
from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2003-11-11 13:27 [#00945966]
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erm well... its to find out what the UK's favourite book is. How are they meant to promote it and recieve the most votes possible? By handing out leaflets in the book store?
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earthleakage
from tell the world you're winning on 2003-11-11 13:30 [#00945970]
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don't care! get books off the tv! tv is for britians worst driver and other great tv programs, not books! if i want to read a book, ill go to the library or buy a book from a shop
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pantalaimon
from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2003-11-11 13:31 [#00945975]
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just tell me what you'd vote for or get out of my thead!
:)
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pantalaimon
from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2003-11-11 13:33 [#00945977]
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actually I think its not a bad way of promoting books to people who would otherwise not read...
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Ceri JC
from Jefferson City (United States) on 2003-11-11 13:35 [#00945980]
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The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger.
1984 comes a close second, Catch 22 as my third choice. None of the others are both great entertainment and "classic literature" that will be read in 100 years time in my opinion.
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earthleakage
from tell the world you're winning on 2003-11-11 13:37 [#00945984]
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wuthering heights was by kate bush, surely?
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earthleakage
from tell the world you're winning on 2003-11-11 13:37 [#00945985]
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and 1984 was by the eurythmics
have all these authors just ripped off song titles ?
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TonePu5her
from lincoln !UK! (United Kingdom) on 2003-11-11 13:46 [#00945993]
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I'd say Lord of the Rings...
I thinks its stupid that you can't just vote any book....Surely something else would win other than from those...
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Jarworski
from The Grove (United Kingdom) on 2003-11-11 14:07 [#00946027]
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That's the top 21 out of 100 voted for by the public. You had the chance to vote for anything.
I'm gonna incur wrath now by saying I voted for Goblet Of Fire. But it IS my favourite out of the 12 or so I've read on there... 2nd would be His Dark Materials, then Catcher In The Rye.
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pantalaimon
from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2003-11-12 13:55 [#00947624]
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*bump*
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