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Silveus rated 3 weeks ago- I wasn't sure whether or not to give it a Thumbs Up or a Thumbs Down, because the page has both. The Board List is a Thumbs Up, for the most part. I'm not sure about it actually being the Best 100 because it seems somewhat thematically narrow, but there are definitely some worthwhile required reads there. The Reader's List, however, is a rabid libertarian wankfest. Ayn Rand and ol' "Elron" completely dominate the Top 10. This column of the page really needs to be subtitled with "Ron Paul 2008". Thumbs Down to that for sure.
- julieann081 rated 3 weeks ago
- Worth a look - I just find it interesting to see what people put on lists like this. . .
- thanksjesus rated 3 weeks ago
- Whats with all the L. Ron?
- babydalek rated 3 weeks ago
- ditto to the macho comment. I imagine the members of the Board wearing jean jackets with badges sewn on for all their favorite tough-guy books. The best novels are apparently always about disaffected people who treat each other like crap. Interesting to see the placement of 1984 and Brave New World on the board and popular lists. Kind of neat that the popular list included some Robertson Davies, Douglas Adams and Margaret Atwood and no Portnoy's Complaint (which I confess I only got 1/2 way through). But where's Weldon's Life and Loves of a She-Devil or Fry's The Liar? Very true that the popular list is skewed to the point of irrelevance, though. Would have like to see more crime fiction - maybe Highsmith's Glass Cell? Or maybe some Eric Ambler? At any rate, thumbs down on the whole thing. Next!
- JenJackson rated 3 weeks ago
- some required reading.
- JackChimney rated 3 weeks ago
- The Board's list seems pretty decent to me, but the readers' list is ridiculous. I mean giving Ayn Rand the top two spots is just offensive, and while I don't have any issues with putting science fiction books on a top 100 novels list, the choice in science fiction books is absolutely baffling. Ron Hubbard is in the top ten, yet Ursula Le Guin doesn't even get a mention? Ridiculous? On the whole both lists are waaaay too macho.
- hauntedtapedeck rated 4 weeks ago
- Seriously, what the hell??! Did the Scientologists and Objectivists form a voting bloc?
- Dostoevskyx rated 4 weeks ago
- Too much Ayn Rand in high places to to be taken seriously.
