Chances are that I love it so much because I hadn't read anything else even remotely similar up to that point. It was my first major literary knock upside the head. It would be interesting to see what others think.
Amazing books you think people must read
- 20/06/2010 08:35:22 PM
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If you insist...
- 20/06/2010 11:05:30 PM
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Actually, I did better on that list than I was expecting beforehand. 
- 20/06/2010 11:24:17 PM
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- 20/06/2010 11:24:17 PM
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The main ones coming to mind are 1984, Possession and The Discovery of Heaven.
- 20/06/2010 11:27:48 PM
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sadly I have not been wowed by a book in a while
- 21/06/2010 12:07:33 AM
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Catch 22
- 21/06/2010 02:03:18 AM
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It's that good? I have it on my shelf here but haven't read it. *NM*
- 21/06/2010 05:13:55 PM
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Let's just say it makes an impact.
- 21/06/2010 06:22:10 PM
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I enjoyed it. The absurdism--not all that unlike Vonnegut in many instances--made for a lot of fun.
- 22/06/2010 02:50:49 AM
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I'd say...
- 21/06/2010 03:11:24 AM
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Baxter's book The Raft was an interesting book
- 21/06/2010 02:35:32 PM
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I haven't read anything else of his. Just what he did with Clarke on that series.
- 22/06/2010 12:08:15 AM
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The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. It's the July Book Club selection, too. *NM*
- 21/06/2010 05:13:25 PM
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didn't the Russian Book Club just cover that book? *NM*
- 21/06/2010 05:17:59 PM
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Nope... The RAFO book club is joining the Russian book club to discuss it in July.
- 21/06/2010 05:20:36 PM
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Pale Fire by Nabakov. Or Lolita for that matter. *NM*
- 21/06/2010 08:22:56 PM
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Pale Fire was excellent. Especially for people who enjoy when Frost is mocked.
- 22/06/2010 12:49:38 AM
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