Time's 100 best English-language novels (1923 - present)

[Brandon Hernsberger]

doesn't updike deserve hecklesation?  where's john hawkes, by the way? um, grapes of wrath?  calling oprah.  wtf?  i'm sure we can all agree on our friend franzen?  did he create this list?  
 
V, 
 
brandon

Mark Douglas <douglas.mark at gmail.com> wrote:
Neuromance didn't surprise me much.  Snow Crash - wtf?  Kazuo Ishiguro's latest novel?  McEwan's Atonement?  And seriously, The Corrections???
Others would likely argue with my list, also - I wouldn't have necessarily thought of The Moviegoer, but seeing it doesn't rise the hackles as much as seeing Updike there.

Peace,

Mark

On 10/20/05, David Gentle <gentle_family at btinternet.com> wrote:>
> Bad Inclusions:
>
> Snow Crash - Stephenson
> Nueromancer - Gibson
>
> Not *BAD* novels, but not all-time-best either.
Neuromancer is hugely influential. It's arguable that the internet would not 
be as popular as it is without it.

DG




		
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