11-12-2009, 08:17 PM | #61 |
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11-12-2009, 09:25 PM | #62 |
Enjoying the show....
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11-12-2009, 09:45 PM | #63 |
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11-12-2009, 10:27 PM | #64 |
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11-13-2009, 03:50 AM | #65 |
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A couple I forgot in my earlier list :
Robertson Davies William Trevor And a couple who should be, but won't (probably) : Ian McEwan Alasdair Gray |
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11-13-2009, 08:32 AM | #66 |
Bah, humbug!
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I believe I can think of one author who won't be read 100 years from now. I won't embarrass her by mentioning her name, but her initials are S.P.
You betcha'! |
11-13-2009, 10:41 AM | #68 |
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11-13-2009, 11:29 AM | #70 |
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Most of the ones I would have listed have already been named but I will throw:
Vladimir Nabokov Gabriel Garcia Marquez into the mix. Apologies if they have already been named. Mel |
11-13-2009, 11:38 AM | #71 |
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Just finished reading a short story by Lester Del Rey....."The Day is Done".
Written in 1939, if this is any inkling of what the rest of his short stories were like...... |
11-13-2009, 12:13 PM | #72 |
Now what?
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11-13-2009, 12:19 PM | #73 |
Bah, humbug!
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Oh, I hope so. I only recently discovered him (thanks to some good folks here at MobileRead) and now I find to my dismay that he is suffering from the early stages of Alzheimer's. It will be a great day when that dreaded disease has finally been conquered. It has claimed too many of the brightest and best. (Arron Copeland comes to mind.)
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I didn't see Harper Lee mentioned, but I scrolled the thread pretty quickly. She deserves multiples anyway!
I just read To Kill a Mockingbird this summer. Absolutely one of the best books I've ever read, and shocked to discover it was her only book! I've actually tried to discuss the book with several people. Universal response, "Oh, I had to read that in school." End of conversation. I appreciated it, but I read it for enjoyment. However, being forced to read it -- or probably any book -- seems to be detrimental to the experience. As an example, I still can't stand my 9th Grade assigned The Good Earth.. Quote:
So I really don't see that games and books are at all similar. And given that books have survived and thrived in the era of film, I don't think games pose any sort of threat at all. -Pie Last edited by EatingPie; 11-13-2009 at 03:55 PM. |
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