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Or any story, or collection of short stories... narrative fiction
Maybe "The name of the rose"? but I am not sure if it is "great"
Maybe "The name of the rose"? but I am not sure if it is "great"
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Define "great"
I'll nominate "Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell" by Susanna Clarke.“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
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No Harry Potter??Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Define "great"
I'll nominate "Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell" by Susanna Clarke.Within weeks they'll be re-opening the shipyards
And notifying the next of kin
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Hard to say. Maybe Kundera.Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy – LessingComment
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Among many:
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
Underworld by Don Delillo
Libra by Don Delillo
White Noise by Don Delillo
American Pastoral by Philip Roth
The Human Stain by Philip Roth
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Plowing the Dark by Richard Power
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Wolf Whistle by Lewis Nordan
Amond short stories, definitely the Raymond Carver collection What We Talk About When We Talk About LoveLast edited by Rufus T. Firefly; August 23, 2007, 20:46."I have as much authority as the pope. I just don't have as many people who believe it." — George CarlinComment
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Originally posted by Hueij
Harry Potter
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The Dresden Files- Jim ButcherI make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator RubioComment
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Presumed innocent - Scott TurowWhat?Comment
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Teh Kite Runner - Khaled HosseiniTHEY!!111 OMG WTF LOL LET DA NOMADS AND TEH S3D3NTARY PEOPLA BOTH MAEK BITER AXP3REINCES
AND TEH GRAAT SINS OF THERE [DOCTRINAL] INOVATIONS BQU3ATH3D SMAL
AND!!1!11!!! LOL JUST IN CAES A DISPUTANT CALS U 2 DISPUT3 ABOUT THEYRE CLAMES
DO NOT THAN DISPUT3 ON THEM 3XCAPT BY WAY OF AN 3XTARNAL DISPUTA!!!!11!! WTFComment
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For writing style:
The Shipping News by C. Annie Proulx
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
For flat-out fun:
Prachett's Diskworld novels
Cornwell's Sharpe novels
Mosley's Easy Rawlings' mysteries
Adam's Hitchhiker's Guild to the Universe quintriology.Comment
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Cold Mountain
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)Comment
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Teh unconventionally cute animals thread, incl. lots of pics.BlahComment
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon.
A Prayer for Owen Meany, by John Irving."You're the biggest user of hindsight that I've ever known. Your favorite team, in any sport, is the one that just won. If you were a woman, you'd likely be a slut." - Slowwhand, to Imran
Eschewing silly games since December 4, 2005Comment
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I've had the book a year and I'm maybe on page 100.Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Define "great"
I'll nominate "Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell" by Susanna Clarke.
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Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust!Comment
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