Good Novels

[Icarus]

Uhhhhh.....

pickup:

Vernon God Little by DCB Pierre

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the

Night-Time by...... eeh, knackers, I forgot his name...

and some others... do you want 'classics' (as

in all time faves, or just some pretty groovy current contemporary stuffs)?

Steve

[metroman]

"The Corrections"-Jonathan

Franzen Great read cover to cover...you wont be able to stop turning the pages after the first chapter

Also

"Burr"-Gore Vidal, if you like historical novels this one is very good...about Aaron Burr who fought a duel with

Alexander Hamilton...

[a.k.a.]

The Curious

Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by...... eeh, knackers, I forgot his name...

Mark Haddon. I

just read a synopsis at mostlyfiction.com. Looks fascinating. Thanks for the tip.

do you want

'classics' (as in all time faves, or just some pretty groovy current contemporary stuffs)?

No

preference.

[Ash]

"The

Corrections"-Jonathan Franzen Great read cover to cover...you wont be able to stop turning the pages after the first

chapter

Also "Burr"-Gore Vidal, if you like historical novels this one is very good...about Aaron Burr who

fought a duel with Alexander Hamilton...

I like G.Vidal's stuff. I read "Creation" by Vidal awhile

back. Very cool story and concept. If a person was born at just the right time and traveled a lot he would have been

able to meet some very interesting people. The main character in the book meets Buddha, Zorastor etc. Many of the

people that shaped the worlds religions and philosophies. Great read.

Another Great read is the "Book of

Pancho". Kinda hard to find though.

[xxxPantero]

The

extended versions are pretty good, can't wait for the final one to be released this fall. I'm still offended by

some of the things/adventures left out (Tom Bimbidal, for instance) apparently to make room for a whole series of

things that weren't part of the story line. Artistic license, I suppose.

You're offended that they

left out Tom Bimbidal, yet you still managed to spell that character's name wrong. Smooth.

[belgareth]

You're

offended that they left out Tom Bimbidal, yet you still managed to spell that character's name wrong.

Smooth.

Never said I could spell. What does that have to do with preferring the story left as it was?

[xxxPantero]

Never

said I could spell. What does that have to do with preferring the story left as it was?

Usually

people who are offended by the changes are very detail-oriented. The Tom Bombadil part would have killed the whole

effect of the movie, having some guy in a yellow hat jump and dance around and sing. Yeah, real

adventure-like.

At first, when I heard that, I was mad, too. Then I saw the movie. Didn't miss it at all.

[TopDawg2050]

Hey you guys, look at me,

I'm the best thing since sliced bread! :-)

[belgareth]

Usually

people who are offended by the changes are very detail-oriented. The Tom Bombadil part would have killed the whole

effect of the movie, having some guy in a yellow hat jump and dance around and sing. Yeah, real adventure-like.



At first, when I heard that, I was mad, too. Then I saw the movie. Didn't miss it at all.

I never could

spell; always thought the best thing about a computer was spell check. The second best is it conceals my very poor

penmanship.

That's possibly true although he follows from the adventures in the forest after they leave the

Shire and leads to the Barrow Wights. They liked the bit with the willow tree grabbing the hobbits so much that they

put an abreviated version in while they were in Treebeards company.