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 Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2004 2:26 pm
Kit-kun Here's a quick review for you. A Knights Tale. Better known as "If medieval England was actually 90s America". He has the Nike swoosh on his armour, they sing to We Will Rock You. Prognosis - Crap. I always thought of A Knight's Tale as Being About Football. Supporters, Chants, Drinking, Hooliganism, Mass-media drenched opiate for the masses. (Yes I speak as one of the masses).
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 8:07 am
The Big Read top 100 - Read books in Bold
1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres
20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
22. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling
23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling
24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling
25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
26. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
27. Middlemarch, George Eliot
28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving
29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
31. The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
32. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett
34. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
37. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
38. Persuasion, Jane Austen
39. Dune, Frank Herbert
40. Emma, Jane Austen
41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
45. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
46. Animal Farm, George Orwell
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
48. Far From The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
49. Goodnight Mister Tom, Michelle Magorian
50. The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher
51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck
53. The Stand, Stephen King
54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
55. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
56. The BFG, Roald Dahl
57. Swallows And Amazons, Arthur Ransome
58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
59. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
60. Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
61. Noughts And Crosses, Malorie Blackman
62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
63. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
64. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough
65. Mort, Terry Pratchett
66. The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton
67. The Magus, John Fowles
68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
69. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett
70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding
71. Perfume, Patrick Süskind
72. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell
73. Night Watch, Terry Pratchett
74. Matilda, Roald Dahl
75. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding
76. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
77. The Woman In White, Wilkie Collins
78. Ulysses, James Joyce
79. Bleak House, Charles Dickens
80. Double Act, Jacqueline Wilson
81. The Twits, Roald Dahl
82. I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith
83. Holes, Louis Sachar
84. Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake
85. The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
86. Vicky Angel, Jacqueline Wilson
87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
88. Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons
89. Magician, Raymond E Feist
90. On The Road, Jack Kerouac
91. The Godfather, Mario Puzo
92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel
93. The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett
94. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
95. Katherine, Anya Seton
96. Kane And Abel, Jeffrey Archer
97. Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez
98. Girls In Love, Jacqueline Wilson
99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot
100. Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie
Any recommendations or questions?
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 8:09 am
You should read the Magician 3nodding
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 8:16 am
I like a Knight's Tale, it's a fun movie. They don't have to be deep and poweful and dramatic ya know =P
W00t for the top 100!
Andz, did you end up getting those Pink and the Brain things?
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 8:23 am
Teh Yuri No Jutsu You should read the Magician 3nodding I recognised the name, he's a fantasy author right? Laydee Chups I like a Knight's Tale, it's a fun movie. They don't have to be deep and poweful and dramatic ya know =P W00t for the top 100! Andz, did you end up getting those Pink and the Brain things? I enjoyed a Knight's Tale too, though apparently that is the definition of a bad film according to my housemates. I did better on Pinky & The Brain, one of the ops is comping some to DVD for me (free!, Well I'll buy him a pint)
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 8:33 am
I have read bolded.
1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien (Part. Got sick of Tolkiens writing style. :/)
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres
20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
22. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling
23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling
24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling
25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
26. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
27. Middlemarch, George Eliot
28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving
29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
31. The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
32. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett
34. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
37. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
38. Persuasion, Jane Austen
39. Dune, Frank Herbert
40. Emma, Jane Austen
41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
45. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
46. Animal Farm, George Orwell
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
48. Far From The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
49. Goodnight Mister Tom, Michelle Magorian
50. The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher
51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck
53. The Stand, Stephen King
54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
55. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
56. The BFG, Roald Dahl
57. Swallows And Amazons, Arthur Ransome
58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
59. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
60. Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
61. Noughts And Crosses, Malorie Blackman
62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
63. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
64. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough
65. Mort, Terry Pratchett
66. The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton
67. The Magus, John Fowles
68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman (I have started several times and need to finish!)
69. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett
70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding
71. Perfume, Patrick Süskind
72. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell
73. Night Watch, Terry Pratchett
74. Matilda, Roald Dahl
75. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding
76. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
77. The Woman In White, Wilkie Collins
78. Ulysses, James Joyce
79. Bleak House, Charles Dickens
80. Double Act, Jacqueline Wilson
81. The Twits, Roald Dahl
82. I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith
83. Holes, Louis Sachar
84. Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake
85. The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
86. Vicky Angel, Jacqueline Wilson
87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
88. Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons
89. Magician, Raymond E Feist
90. On The Road, Jack Kerouac
91. The Godfather, Mario Puzo
92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel
93. The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett
94. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
95. Katherine, Anya Seton
96. Kane And Abel, Jeffrey Archer
97. Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez
98. Girls In Love, Jacqueline Wilson
99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot
100. Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 8:39 am
yes he is, he has an ongoing series under his belt, I would suggest reading the magician and if you like it read the others. well worth the time 3nodding
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 8:43 am
Of the remaining I may read:
3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres
20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
27. Middlemarch, George Eliot
28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving
29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
32. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett
37. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
39. Dune, Frank Herbert
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
45. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
50. The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher
52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck
53. The Stand, Stephen King
54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
55. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
59. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
60. Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
64. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough
67. The Magus, John Fowles
68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
71. Perfume, Patrick Süskind
72. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell
76. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
77. The Woman In White, Wilkie Collins
78. Ulysses, James Joyce
82. I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith
83. Holes, Louis Sachar
84. Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake
85. The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
88. Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons
89. Magician, Raymond E Feist
90. On The Road, Jack Kerouac
91. The Godfather, Mario Puzo
92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel
94. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
95. Katherine, Anya Seton
96. Kane And Abel, Jeffrey Archer
97. Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez
100. Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie
Some of which I have no idea what they are, so I may decide against reading them, and some of which I know what they are but might not be able to make it through them.
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 8:45 am
Read Rebecca. I really enjoyed it anyway. 3nodding
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 8:46 am
i'm not even gonna bother doing mine, since I haven't read many of those sweatdrop . I mainly stuck to the Sci-fi,Fantasy Genre...well and the stuff I read in school.
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 8:54 am
The Top 100 books of the [b]20th century[/b] according to a poll by Waterstones and Channel 4 The lord of the rings. J.R.R. Tolkien 1984. George Orwell Animal farm. George Orwell Ulysses. James Joyce Catch-22. Joseph Heller The catcher in the rye. J.D. Salinger To kill a mockingbird. Harper Lee One hundred years of solitude. Gabriel Garcia Marquez The grapes of wrath. John Steinbeck Trainspotting. Irvine Welsh Wild swans. Jung Chang The great Gatsby. F. Scott Fitzgerald The lord of the flies. William Golding On the road. Jack Kerouac Brave new world. Aldous Huxley The wind in the willows. Kenneth Grahame Winnie the Pooh. A.A. Milne The colour purple. Alice Walker The hobbit. J.R.R. Tolkien The outsider. Albert Camus The lion, the witch and the wardrobe. C.S. Lewis The trial. Franz Kafka Gone with the wind. Margaret Mitchell The hitchhiker´s guide to the galaxy. Douglas Adams Midnight´s children. Salman Rushdie The diary of Anne Frank. Anne Frank A clockwork orange. Anthony Burgess Sons and lovers. D.H. Lawrence To the lighthouse. Virginia Woolf If this is a man. Primo Levi Lolita. Vladimir Nabokov The wasp factory. Iain Banks A la recherche du temps perdu. Marcel Proust Charlie and the chocolate factory. Roald Dahl Of mice and men. John Steinbeck Beloved. Toni Morrison Possession. A.S. Byatt The heart of darkness. Joseph Conrad A passage to India. E.M. Forster Watership down. Richard Adams Sophie´s world. Jostein Gaarder The name of the rose. Umberto Eco Love in a time of cholera. Gabriel Garcia Marquez Rebecca. Daphne du Maurier The remains of the day. Kazuo Ishiguro The unbearable lightness of being. Milan Kundera Birdsong. Sebastian Faulks Howard´s End. E.M. Forster Brideshead revisited. Evelyn Waugh A suitable boy. Vikram Seth Dune. Frank Herbert A prayer for Owen Meany. John Irvine Perfume. Patrick Süskind Doctor Zhivago. Boris Pasternak Gormenghast. Mervyn Peake Cider with Rosie. Laurie Lee The bell jar. Sylvia Plath The handmaid´s tale. Margaret Atwood Testament of youth. Vera Brittain The Magus. John Fowles Brighton Rock. Graham Greene The ragged-trousered philanthropists. Robert Tressell The master and Margarita. Mikhail Bulgakov Tales from the city. Armistead Maupin The French Lieutenant´s woman. John Fowles Captain Corelli´s Mandolin. Louis de Bernières Slaughterhouse 5. Kurt Vonnegut Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance. Robert Pirsig A room with a view. E.M. Forster Lucky Jim. Kingsley Amis It. Stephen King The power and the glory. Graham Greene The stand. Stephen King All quiet on the western front. Erich Maria Remarque Paddy Clarke ha ha ha. Roddy Doyle Matilda. Roald Dahl American psycho. Bret Easton Ellis Fear and loathing in Las Vegas. Hunter S. Thompson A brief history of time. Stephen Hawking James and the Giant Peach. Roald Dahl Lady Chatterley´s Lover. D.H. Lawrence The bonfire of the vanities. Tom Wolfe Complete cookery course. Delia Smith An evil cradling. Brian Keenan The rainbow. D.H. Lawrence Down and out in Paris and London. George Orwell 2001 - a space odyssey. Arthur C. Clarke The tin drum. Günter Grass A day in the life of Ivan Denisovich. Alexander Solzhenitsyn Long walk to freedom. Nelson Mandela The selfish gene. Richard Dawkins Jurassic Park. Michael Crichton The Alexandria quartet. Lawrence Durrell Cry the beloved country. Alan Paton High fidelity. Nick Hornby The van. Roddy Doyle The BFG. Roald Dahl Earthly powers. Anthony Burgess I, Claudius. Robert Graves The horse whisperer. Nicholas Evans
Delia Smith? o.O
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 8:58 am
I absolutely hated the Dark Materials trilogy!! The ending was just... gonk scream stressed It started off so well and then went to pot.
Stephen King also sucks now. The Dreamcatcher made me feel sick after I read it.
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 9:02 am
A few pointers form my twisted viewpoint ( feel free to ignore) Szinriia Of the remaining I may read: 3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller Great read
13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres I have this yet to read
20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
27. Middlemarch, George Eliot
28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving
29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
32. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett
37. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
39. Dune, Frank Herbert Fantastic if somewhat involved
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams Yo're joking right eveyone's read this?
43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
45. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
50. The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher
52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck
53. The Stand, Stephen King
54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
55. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
59. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer Proof even I read good kids books
60. Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
64. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough
67. The Magus, John Fowles
68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman My first Gaiman experience
71. Perfume, Patrick Süskind
72. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell
76. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
77. The Woman In White, Wilkie Collins
78. Ulysses, James Joyce
82. I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith
83. Holes, Louis Sachar
84. Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake Made me re-watch the series
85. The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
88. Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons
89. Magician, Raymond E Feist
90. On The Road, Jack Kerouac Don't do it, it's unreadable
91. The Godfather, Mario Puzo
92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel
94. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
95. Katherine, Anya Seton
96. Kane And Abel, Jeffrey Archer
97. Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez
100. Midnight's Children, Salman RushdieI missed the Stand *goes to edit I shall investigate Rebecca & The Magician possibly for holiday reading *loves living with a book shop manager
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 9:03 am
Of Mine and men is a good book too 3nodding .
Had to read it for GCSE English and Loved it.
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 9:05 am
I saw the animated film of Watership Down when I was a kid and never got around to actually reading it.
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