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1000 novels worth reading [about] from the Guardian

stbalbach — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:57:09 -0800

1000 novels worth reading [about], from the Guardian. Part of its ongoing 1000 series: 1000 albums, 1000 films, 1000 artworks. More than a list, it includes sub-articles and paragraph long write-ups of each.

O villain, villain, smiling, damned villain!

fearfulsymmetry — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:11:10 -0800

50 Greatest Villains In Literature

Dianetics is one of them, ho ho.

Artw — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:17:01 -0800

50 best cult books from The Telegraph.

Wot No Dostoevsky?!

fearfulsymmetry — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:09:55 -0800

110 Best Books. 'The perfect library' - According to the Torygraph... at least there's a 'Sci-fi' section among the usual suspects (And one or two bizarre choices - Pelzer! What the heck!)

Food For The Soul

fearfulsymmetry — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:19:27 -0800

Great Poets Of The 20th Century. From The Guardian so Brit bias... Introduction, William Boyd on Siegfried Sassoon, John Banville on Seamus Heaney, Jeanette Winterson on Ted Hughes, Andrew Motion on Philip Larkin, Margaret Drabble on Sylvia Plath, Rowan Williams on WH Auden, Craig Raine on T.S. Eliot.

The People's Poetry

rushmc — Thu, 27 May 2004 08:55:21 -0800

What is the current state of American poetry? Hank Lazer: Perhaps, contrary to the laments, we are now living through a particularly rich time in American poetry—an era of radically democratized poetry...In its anarchic democratic disorganized decentralization, poetry culture has developed in a manner parallel to the computer: the decentralized PC has beaten the main-frame. No one can pretend to know what is out there, or what is next. Who are some of the most notable American poets active in the beginning of the 21st century?

Children Still Read ... Don't They?

grabbingsand — Wed, 03 Mar 2004 07:39:44 -0800

10 Books to Feed the Imagination. Just in time for World Book Day, Lady Georgia Byng offers her favorite tomes for sparking a child's fancy. The usual suspects are here (Roald Dahl, J.K. Rowling, Philip Pullman) with a couple of welcome surprises (Yann Martel and Jostein Gaarder). But tell me, MeFites ... which others did she miss?

And now what?

Ljubljana — Thu, 28 Aug 2003 15:19:48 -0800

Last words of fictional characters. [c a c h e d]

Sean Meade — Wed, 22 May 2002 10:28:43 -0800

Who's the Best-Read MeFite? The 100 best works of fiction (as chosen by Norwegian Book Clubs) (via Archipelapogo via rebeccablood). Sure, it's arbitrary, but there's a lot of great writing here. Bragging rights awarded (unless someone cares to sweeten the pot). How many have you read?