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1984 by George Orwell 22 24.72%
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde 4 4.49%
Call of the Wild by Jack London 6 6.74%
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 23 25.84%
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc by Mark Twain 4 4.49%
War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells 7 7.87%
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 4 4.49%
Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey 8 8.99%
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton 7 7.87%
The Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith and Weedon Grossmith 4 4.49%
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Old 04-24-2011, 09:54 PM   #31
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The reason I feel it's a good idea to read the most modern sounding book in the list is that in that case, The War of the Worlds would win (as it should).
So....our criteria for choosing a classic should be modernity?
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Uh Oh! darth Tux wants the space book!
yeah, but it's old and boring ... earth invaded by martians and all that silly stuff ... Anna is real and relevant!!!
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So....our criteria for choosing a classic should be modernity?
Ya shoulda see what he wanted last year!
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May the Schwartz be with you.
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Well, vote early, vote often!
And vote for The War of the Worlds!

A vote for The War of the Worlds is a vote for a book worth reading.
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yeah, but it's old and boring ... earth invaded by martians and all that silly stuff ... Anna is real and relevant!!!
Anna is a silly girl. She's got no action, no drama, no space aliens.
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So....our criteria for choosing a classic should be modernity?
One man's classic is another man's radio prank.

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yeah, but it's old and boring ... earth invaded by martians and all that silly stuff ... Anna is real and relevant!!!
Sort of a worst case scenario primer?
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Well, vote early, vote often!
I wish I could vote often, as I've voted already, but my guess is that things would just get silly.
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I wish I could vote often, as I've voted already, but my guess is that things would just get silly.
I'm certain they would if not limited to one vote per customer.

There's always ANNA influence though!
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But lots of Russians!
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Just imagine ... Summer time and the living is easy. Fish are jumping and the cotton is high. Your daddy is rich. Your ma is good looking. So hush little Tuxie, don't you cry.

Now that y'all are feeling all hot and steamy, why not vote for a nice Siberian tale?
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3 of my 4 grandparents were Russian and even I don't want to read such a heavy dull tomb.
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Now that y'all are feeling all hot and steamy, why not vote for a nice Siberian tale?
Can't do that. No aliens.
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Well, my horse in this race would be Age of Innocence, and it's still a plausible winner in third place at the moment.

But out of the two in front of it, I'd prefer Anna Karenina. I loved War and Peace and never got around to reading more Tolstoy.
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Anna is closing the gap! Hey, if that wins, I plan to count it as 2 for my "100 in 2011" list. Maybe.
That's a great idea, but how to fool the GoodRead counter which goes by the date finished!?!
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