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smoogatz
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Mon Feb-12-07 04:31 PM Original message |
What's Your Pick for the Great American Novel? |
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no_hypocrisy
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Mon Feb-12-07 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. It Can't Happen Here or Elmer Gantry |
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patrice
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Mon Feb-12-07 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne |
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Glorfindel
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Mon Feb-12-07 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
3. "The Grapes of Wrath" |
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catgirl
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Mon Feb-12-07 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
4. Anything by John Steinbeck |
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Mon Feb-12-07 05:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. Count me in |
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Mon Feb-12-07 06:12 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Yeah, me too. I just read "The Wayward Bus" and am now |
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YOY
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Mon Feb-12-07 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
5. You've got my pick right there |
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LSparkle
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Mon Feb-12-07 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
6. "On The Road" by Jack Kerouac |
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smoogatz
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Mon Feb-12-07 05:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. I always think of "On the Road" as a memoir-- |
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Stuckinthebush
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Mon Feb-12-07 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
7. Sisters by Ms. Cheney |
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RoseMead
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Mon Feb-12-07 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
8. Moby Dick or Catch -22 |
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smoogatz
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Mon Feb-12-07 05:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Both masterpieces, IMO. |
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displacedtexan
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Mon Feb-12-07 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
9. "An American Tragedy" |
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Nay
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Mon Feb-12-07 06:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
30. Another favorite of mine, got to reread that one soon. |
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MasonJar
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Mon Feb-12-07 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
10. Most of my favorite novels are British, but what a striking idea for a blog. |
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SheilaT
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Mon Feb-12-07 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
11. When She Was Good and Henry and Clara |
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tibbiit
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Mon Feb-12-07 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
12. The Sot Weed Factor |
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pitohui
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Tue Feb-13-07 10:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
33. yeah that's a good pick too |
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Bumblebee
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Mon Feb-12-07 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
13. GREAT GATSBY AND LOLITA |
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smoogatz
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Mon Feb-12-07 05:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. "Lolita" is an interesting choice--it's a very European novel |
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patrice
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Mon Feb-12-07 06:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Right Nabokov is/was? Russian. |
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AngryOldDem
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Fri Feb-23-07 12:38 AM Response to Reply #13 |
39. I second "Gatsby." n/t |
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The Blue Flower
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Mon Feb-12-07 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
14. Elmer Gantry |
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idealistMO
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Mon Feb-12-07 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
15. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is my pick... |
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smoogatz
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Mon Feb-12-07 05:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Yep. |
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MethuenProgressive
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Mon Feb-12-07 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
17. Rabble in Arms by Kenneth Roberts. |
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idealistMO
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Mon Feb-12-07 05:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Ken. Roberts. |
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Phredicles
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Mon Feb-12-07 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
22. A Confederacy of Dunces. |
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smoogatz
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Mon Feb-12-07 06:06 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. It's the great New Orleans novel, anyway. |
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Benhurst
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Mon Feb-12-07 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
23. My Pet Goat |
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kimmerspixelated
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Mon Feb-12-07 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
24. Sometimes it's hard to know what to pick |
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applegrove
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Mon Feb-12-07 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
26. Cannery Row was great too! |
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Mz Pip
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Mon Feb-12-07 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
31. Main Street |
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pitohui
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Tue Feb-13-07 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
32. libra by don delillo |
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saltpoint
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Fri Mar-30-07 02:26 AM Response to Reply #32 |
47. LIBRA is a very impressive choice. |
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hiaasenrocks
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Tue Feb-13-07 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
34. Good pick. Mine would be a book that is compared to TGG. |
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greatauntoftriplets
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Thu Feb-15-07 09:13 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. That's good news. |
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YankeyMCC
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Wed Feb-14-07 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
35. "Of Mice and Men" I think is my pick |
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jannyk
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Thu Feb-15-07 03:37 AM Response to Original message |
36. Another vote for Grapes of Wrath but.. |
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Rowdyboy
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Fri Feb-16-07 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
38. The Sotweed Factor by John Barth.... |
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Flying Dream Blues
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Fri Feb-23-07 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
40. I think it's too hard to pick just one. But I think Lonesome Dove |
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WCGreen
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Fri Feb-23-07 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
41. That's funny.... |
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leftyladyfrommo
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Sat Feb-24-07 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
42. Faulkner is my favorite. Light in August. n/t |
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LWolf
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Tue Mar-20-07 06:59 AM Response to Original message |
43. The Bean Trees |
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Critters2
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Tue Mar-20-07 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
44. Huckleberry Finn nt |
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catbert836
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Sat Mar-24-07 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
45. No Hemingway yet? |
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gauguin57
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Sun Mar-25-07 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
46. Great Gatsby. |
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saltpoint
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Fri Mar-30-07 02:27 AM Response to Original message |
48. Moby Dick is a contender because Melville takes on everything and |
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saltpoint
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Fri Mar-30-07 02:30 AM Response to Original message |
49. I like Larry McMurtry's trilogy -- THE LAST PICTURE SHOW, TEXASVILLE, |
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BlueIris
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Sat Mar-31-07 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
50. Toss up between "A Separate Peace," and "Bright Lights, Big City." |
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Forkboy
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Sat Mar-31-07 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
51. Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas |
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saltpoint
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Mon Apr-02-07 12:34 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. For me, it's the funniest book ever by an American author. |
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smoogatz
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Sat Mar-31-07 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
52. I might have to disagree with myself, or at least append a runner-up: |
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