Quite An Odyssey

[Clayface]

[quote="Sane Max"]Here's a list of the books people claim to have read but haven't.

I am embarrassed to admit I have not read over half of them.

1. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens - school - Hated it.
2. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien Of Course
3. The Bible - whole thing, in a week, for a bet. The begats get very wearing
4. Moby Dick by Herman Melville - School again a good book
5. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand Nope
6. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway Nope, Not a big Hemingway fan
7. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov Nope
8. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller Yes, classic angsty ten read, it's good
9. 1984 by George Orwell Oh yes
10. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Only a few years ago
11. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Nope. started it at least three times.
12. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Yes
13. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert No
14. The Odyssey by Homer No
15. Ulysses by James Joyce lord no
16. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen No!
17. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Yes, not bad actually
18. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck No
19. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath No
20. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Oh yes, and like it a lot. In fact I think EVERYONE should read it. Where does Ringo Starr Live?
21. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne Yes, and it's actually very good
22. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky Lord No

[geronimo]

I've never got the Kindle/ebook thing.
It's not for me.

I can see that. The Kindle is great because it means I have about 300 odd books available anywhere, anytime. It doesn't replace my library, it just makes part of it portable. When I'm on holiday I can burn through a novel a day, so having the Kindle beats carting 10-12 books in the suitcase. Any book I really want to keep I buy in hard copy, I have plenty of duplicates between the Kindle and the library. It's also useful for reading pdfs of wargame rules. I personally don't know anyone who has stopped buying hard copy books because they have a e-reader.

All of this. I almost put my back out in Gran Canaria from the weight of books in my luggage needed to survive 9 days sitting by a fucking pool.

[kawasaki]

All of this. I almost put my back out in Gran Canaria from the weight of books in my luggage needed to survive 9 days sitting by a fucking pool.

Why do people go on holidays they hate?

9 days of sitting by a pool sounds like hell to me too. Which is why I don't do it

[Levied Troop]

- how it gets dog-eared as someone has folded a corner when they stop reading, or have marked a passage.

I hate you and your kind I'm getting you a book marker for next Christmas and confiscating the highlighter pen.


1. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens - Gave up on Dickens after reading A Christmas Carol, nothing I've heard since has changed my mind
2. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien -Of course, but after LOTR
3. The Bible - Forced to read chunks but I mainly focussed on the Gustav Dore illustrations
6. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway - Did Farewell to Arms at school and liked it, started Old Man and hated it
8. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller - yes, almost obligatory in the house I shared after leaving school
9. 1984 by George Orwell - Oh yes
11. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy - Twice! The original BBC series was excellent as well, I'm almost scared to try the new version
12. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson - Great fun
16. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - yes but can't honestly remember how I felt about it. Might have to try it again.

Being incapacitated over Christmas I got stuck into all my 'Culture' novels by Ian M Banks for a third time. Still a brilliant read.

[Skipp NLI]

Don't get me started on the Culture Novels. They are pretty much my favourite science fiction of all time.

Excession is particularly impressive imp, breath taking stuff.

[geronimo]

All of this. I almost put my back out in Gran Canaria from the weight of books in my luggage needed to survive 9 days sitting by a fucking pool.

Why do people go on holidays they hate?

9 days of sitting by a pool sounds like hell to me too. Which is why I don't do it

Little brain was in charge.