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What was the greatest book of the 20th century?
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55It's a good one, but I like Cancer Ward better. CDCanuck Dave-8/7/2001
54"The Gulag Archipelago", A. Solzhenitsyn.. All else is dross in compaMichael Cash-8/7/2001
53N.Gates brings up Atlas Shrugged,and i say any book that hits a quiet pond like LTK007-8/7/2001
52<Not much is known about A.C. Weisbecker. And A.C. Weisbecker would like to kLTK007-8/7/2001
51<I submit for your consideration: Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut ("WhLTK007-8/7/2001
50<<Gravity's Rainbow- Thomas Pynchon>> I agree. My favorite, hanpatron_anejo_por_favor-8/7/2001
49Great book (and great movie as well): "To Kill a Mockingbird," HarperGreta Mc-8/7/2001
48agree--"Love In The Ruins" & "The Moviegoer"...also, RicAJL-8/7/2001
47Interesting... I just finished another book by the same author while in Baja MeJane4IceCream-8/7/2001
46litrix.comjoseph krinsky-8/7/2001
45ac.wwu.edujoseph krinsky-8/7/2001
44Gravity's Rainbow- Thomas Pynchon -davestomper-8/7/2001
43Lonsome Dove. Maybe not relevent for the whole world, but a great American Novelisalisalisa-8/7/2001
42Voltaire's Bastards by John Ralston Saul also Atlas Shrugged by Ayn RandCharlieChina-8/7/2001
41The Second Coming by Walker Percy. Or anything else by Percy.Tom Clarke-8/7/2001
40Do It! by Jerry Rubin a close second. :*)Tom Clarke-8/7/2001
39Yes, it makes a powerful impression......Neocon-8/7/2001
38The simplicity and honesty of "The Stranger" make it unforgettable imooldirtybastard-8/7/2001
37That was one of my wife's favourites, along with Huxley's Island. CDCanuck Dave-8/7/2001
36The Code of the Woosters. P.G. Wodehouse. (Wodehouse wrote most of the greabela_ghoulashi-8/7/2001
35since matter, energy AND intelligence is constantly moving through all things, melpolvo-8/7/2001
34How about "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez? Poet-8/7/2001
33My choice would be the Rosy Crucifixion by Henry Miller. Sexus, Nexus, and PlexCanuck Dave-8/7/2001
32How could I have forgotten the "Lord of the Rings" series, in which ToLPS5-8/7/2001
31One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest <i>Ken Kesey</i> Great idea DaCush-8/7/2001
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