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Post by Carl LaFong on Nov 6, 2019 10:17:05 GMT
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Nov 6, 2019 10:19:58 GMT
PBS already did that here in the US.
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Post by amyghost on Nov 6, 2019 13:18:35 GMT
Of the titles listed I've read 28 (I counted The Narnia series and The Earthsea Trio as one, since I never completed either: the Lewis is simply too coy to wade through in its entirety, and I just never got around to finishing the LeGuin); I'd have to wonder exactly what's meant by the term 'shaped our world' except in the purely pop-cultural sense, otherwise why in the world is something like Twilight included here? Sounds a good bit like The Great American Read thing PBS aired, that RiP,IMDb mentions--a jumble of flash-in-the-pan junk, purest trash, PC titles, and some books of enduring merit, that many more probably claim to have read than have actually seen the inside of; not a true listing of genuinely era-shaping works. And why Anne Bronte's Tenant of Wildfell Hall as opposed to Wuthering Heights or Jane Eyre? Is that novel really more 'important', influential or still-read than Charlotte's or Emily's opii? |
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Post by SuperDevilDoctor on Nov 6, 2019 15:05:56 GMT
So Twilight makes the list... but not Dracula? Twilight had more effect on pop culture than... Dracula? Really?  |
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Post by Carl LaFong on Nov 6, 2019 15:28:30 GMT
Of the titles listed I've read 28 (I counted The Narnia series and The Earthsea Trio as one, since I never completed either: the Lewis is simply too coy to wade through in its entirety, and I just never got around to finishing the LeGuin); I'd have to wonder exactly what's meant by the term 'shaped our world' except in the purely pop-cultural sense, otherwise why in the world is something like Twilight included here? Sounds a good bit like The Great American Read thing PBS aired, that RiP,IMDb mentions--a jumble of flash-in-the-pan junk, purest trash, PC titles, and some books of enduring merit, that many more probably claim to have read than have actually seen the inside of; not a true listing of genuinely era-shaping works. And why Anne Bronte's Tenant of Wildfell Hall as opposed to Wuthering Heights or Jane Eyre? Is that novel really more 'important', influential or still-read than Charlotte's or Emily's opii? Aye, it’s a pretty shit list (the BBC one.)
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Post by Carl LaFong on Nov 6, 2019 15:29:46 GMT
So Twilight makes the list... but not Dracula? Twilight had more effect on pop culture than... Dracula? Really? Must admit I hated Dracula. No interest in reading Twilight. I agree though that Dracula was culturally significant in a way Twilight never was.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Nov 6, 2019 17:08:21 GMT
My score is a paltry eight.
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Post by amyghost on Nov 6, 2019 17:29:30 GMT
My score is a paltry eight. Don't be ashamed of that. There's hardly more than eight on that list worth reading.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Nov 6, 2019 18:08:24 GMT
I have read 11 of the books listed.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Nov 6, 2019 18:08:46 GMT
Not enough American books, obviously. I agree. Extremely under represented.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2019 1:58:21 GMT
How many people have read these books to the point they 'shaped' our world?
And then there's something like The Hunger Games tossed in? LOL
It's a terrible novel. Just like the movie.
I've read 14 of them but only a few of those would make my list. 1984, Lord of the Rings, Confederacy of Dunces.
I have now officially lost all faith in the BBC.
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Post by Prime etc. on Nov 7, 2019 7:08:35 GMT
No Gulliver's Travels
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Moby Dick?
No Mark Twain?
Oh fuck off.
They just stuck in corporate authors to erase the white men that would be dominating the list.
Mary Shelley should make up for it given that Frankenstein could well be the most influential book of the last 200 years.
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Post by cooly44 on Nov 7, 2019 12:11:44 GMT
Bridget Jones’s Diary?
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Post by Bargle on Nov 8, 2019 17:10:00 GMT
I've read 9 with a few more in my 'to be read' list.
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