Fwd: Another best novels list

Madness douglas.mark at gmail.com
Mon Sep 13 22:09:29 CDT 2004


Sorry, malignd.  Meant to go to the entire list.


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From: Madness <douglas.mark at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 22:08:48 -0500
Subject: Re: Another best novels list
To: "malignd at aol.com" <malignd at aol.com>

No McElroy at all...a rote appearance by Pynchon at #21, and Nevil
Shute takes 27th place with _Trustee from the Toolroom_.  Is this even
a real novel?

Peace

Mark


On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 17:35:47 -0400, malignd at aol.com <malignd at aol.com> wrote:
> Found this on the Gaddis list.  Bit of an odd list indeed ...
>
> Charles de Lint?
>
> As voted by readers, apparently. In which R places 61st. A bit of an odd list, but at least Gaddis makes in it. But 61st?
>
> From Random House)
>
> 1.      ATLAS SHRUGGED by Ayn Rand
> 2.        THE FOUNTAINHEAD by Ayn Rand
> 3.        BATTLEFIELD EARTH by L. Ron Hubbard
> 4.        THE LORD OF THE RINGS by J.R.R. Tolkien
> 5.        TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee
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