http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/series/1000novels
― thomp, Monday, 19 January 2009 17:37 (sixteen years ago)
i got all the way to the part where they list two david lodge books
― i'm a black mage, kid. i'll ice you (Lamp), Monday, 19 January 2009 17:43 (sixteen years ago)
no idea, the presentation of the list is so goddamn awkward
― J0hn D., Monday, 19 January 2009 17:56 (sixteen years ago)
srsly what the shit
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 19 January 2009 18:05 (sixteen years ago)
I keep seeing these "1001 albums/books/films/etc." books. How about "1001 stupidly subjective lists to read before you die"?
― snoball, Monday, 19 January 2009 18:07 (sixteen years ago)
And they all seem to be done by The Guardian
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 19 January 2009 18:13 (sixteen years ago)
it would be nice if they did this for other books. books always = novels in these things.
― Henry Frog (Frogman Henry), Monday, 19 January 2009 18:22 (sixteen years ago)
i know this one is called novels
― Henry Frog (Frogman Henry), Monday, 19 January 2009 18:23 (sixteen years ago)
yeah this is split up weird - v & crying of lot 49 are in crime??
― t_g, Monday, 19 January 2009 18:41 (sixteen years ago)
man, the crime list is some bullshit.
the faintly ridiculous taxonomy is the best part — in addition to 'crime', 'love', and 'comedy', coming up are 'family and the self', 'state of the nation', and 'war and travel', of which i'm not sure is the most ridiculous.
― thomp, Monday, 19 January 2009 18:59 (sixteen years ago)
wtf this list is awful
love how "crime" encompasses Ian Fleming, Jurassic Park, and... Crime and Punishment
― georgeous gorge (bernard snowy), Monday, 19 January 2009 19:07 (sixteen years ago)
Tropic of Cancer and Lolita under "love"
the hits just keep on coming
― georgeous gorge (bernard snowy), Monday, 19 January 2009 19:12 (sixteen years ago)
comedy list needs a lot more russians and a lot less brits (good call on Leonara Carrington's The Hearing Trumpet, though; that book was as fun as anything I've ever read)
― georgeous gorge (bernard snowy), Monday, 19 January 2009 19:18 (sixteen years ago)
You're not suggesting they could have left out David Madsen's debut novel, Memoirs of a Gnostic Dwarf, are you?
― alimosina, Monday, 19 January 2009 19:31 (sixteen years ago)