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Pastimes : What was the greatest book of the 20th century? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (4)8/7/2001 9:31:38 AM
From: LPS5  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 180
 
"The Fountainhead" Ayn Rand (1943)

"On The Road" Jack Kerouac (1959)

"Waiting for Godot" Samuel Beckett (1954) [Yes, it's actually a play, but it makes a great novelette.]

"Fahrenheit 451" Ray Bradbury (1953)

"Jurassic Park" Michael Crichton (?1991?)

"Dune" Frank Herbert (?)

"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" HST (1971)

This list is by no means exhaustive, but my first instinct was to name some of the many (fiction, even if autobiographic) books that I read in high school or college (and afterward) and list those which, for whatever reason, left an indelible impression upon me.



To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (4)8/8/2001 1:26:57 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 180
 
I guess that I will build my list here.

"The Dosadi Experiment" - Frank Herbert
"Bones of the Moon" - Jonathan Carroll
"Outside the Dog Museum" - Jonathan Carroll
"Cat's Cradle" - Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (yeah, me too)
"Light in August" - William Faulkner
"The Postman" - David Brin
"To Reign in Hell" - Steven Brust


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