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What was the greatest book of the 20th century?
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130I also loved " The Gold Coast" by Nelson DeMille- great characterizatSBerglowe-8/10/2001
129Absolutely one of the best books of a generation. (Zen and the art of MotorcycleSBerglowe-8/10/2001
128Surely <b>Horton Hatches the Egg</b> deserves consideration as the dConstant Reader-8/10/2001
127'The Talisman' by Peter Straub and Stephen King is surprisingly good fanoldirtybastard-8/10/2001
126Remembered one we didn't have on any lists yet. How about the Narnia series MrsNose-8/10/2001
125<b>Fifth Business</b> <i>Robertson Davies</i> This was Cush-8/10/2001
124ah,polvoriento--Cat's Cradle centers on 3 things 1) Bokononism 2) The stringLTK007-8/9/2001
123pax007max- thank yew. i'm guessing that bokonon played heavily in "Celpolvo-8/9/2001
122excellent choice that Horses Mouth,also one of Sir Alec Guinnesses greatest perfLTK007-8/9/2001
121elpolvo( The Dust--as in we are but the dust,or dust to dust ashes to ashes,and LTK007-8/9/2001
120The Horse's Mouth <i>Joyce Cary</i>Cush-8/9/2001
119Sometimes a Great Notion is a favorite. Worth multiple reads. Starts out ratheportage-8/9/2001
118it was non-fiction (write what you know. que no?) -polvoelpolvo-8/9/2001
117Thank you, polvo. So have I, and I loved your story. ;-)Peach-8/9/2001
116<B>VISION</B> by Ken Carey this book actually tracked ME down in 19elpolvo-8/9/2001
115no. beer is. (a.k.a. - brewskis, chill pills, thought cylinders)elpolvo-8/8/2001
114I have a new goal in life<g>Jorj X Mckie-8/8/2001
113If there <i>were</i> a book on grubbing, I'd think that you woulfurrfu-8/8/2001
112Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig.Gordon A. Langston-8/8/2001
111Is there a book on grubbing?Jorj X Mckie-8/8/2001
110that is what I am going for....of course.:-)Jorj X Mckie-8/8/2001
109I do indeed: poetry. Though, days like this, it's all I can do to eat a proPoet-8/8/2001
108Estrogen is the nectar of the gods, silly. :)Poet-8/8/2001
107<I>I've got three wenches on my list now.:-) </I> Keep talkin&#Poet-8/8/2001
106One hundred? Here in Santa Barbara we usually get heat waves but right now its John Lacelle-8/8/2001
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