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Zoe · 06-15-2001, 07:41 PM

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Re: Book of the Century?

How are we definining "best" book? Most imact or highest quality? There seems to be two strands, here.

As for the desert-island-book, I'd pick the LotR. But that only makes it my personal desert-island book choice, not the book of the century.

(Btw: I didn't offer Frankenstein as a book of the 20th century, I was just pointing out that Tolkien wasn't the only one to "invent" a genre, and Shelley certainly did it more clearly - if that's the right word - than JRRT anyway.)

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06-15-2001, 07:41 PM	#34
Zoe Wight Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 223	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Shade of Carn Dûm Posts: 379</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> Re: Book of the Century? How are we definining "best" book? Most imact or highest quality? There seems to be two strands, here. As for the desert-island-book, I'd pick the LotR. But that only makes it my personal desert-island book choice, not the book of the century. (Btw: I didn't offer Frankenstein as a book of the 20th century, I was just pointing out that Tolkien wasn't the only one to "invent" a genre, and Shelley certainly did it more clearly - if that's the right word - than JRRT anyway.) "This sig is proudly quote-free." -Me. (Also known as eoz, and now has a non-Tolkien forum, called http://pub57.ezboard.com/beverythingelse45161everything else</a>.) </p>