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View Poll Results: July 2009 Book Club Vote | |||
My Man Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse | 31 | 36.90% | |
Topper by Thorne Smith | 11 | 13.10% | |
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of The Dog) by Jerome K Jerome | 37 | 44.05% | |
Augustus Carp, Esq. - Being the Autobiography of a Really Good Man by Henry Bashford | 3 | 3.57% | |
The Silence of Colonel Bramble by by André Maurois | 2 | 2.38% | |
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06-30-2009, 02:13 PM | #31 |
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acemccloudxx, the reason "Three Men in a Boat" has such resonance for SF fans, and the reason Connie Willis read it in the first place, is because Heinlein mentions it several times in his novel "Have Space Suit, Will Travel."
Come to think of it, it's the reason I read it in the first place, myself. I challenge you to read the first chapter. If you haven't laughed out loud at least twice, then give it a rest. I bet you will, though. |
06-30-2009, 02:17 PM | #32 |
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I did see the movie version of Topper and I did have a good laugh with it. It's a shame it's not going to win. Three men in a boat is not as funny as a banker and two ghosts.
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06-30-2009, 05:12 PM | #34 |
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Three ghost -- don't forget their St. Bernard who likes getting drunk. But yeah, way funnier than some guys in a boat.
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i have actually seen the film topper (more than once) and also read the book topper *and* read the book "three men in a boat" (multiple times). they are all good. i do think i prefer Three men to topper (the film). i've not seen the television series, and there is no dog in the film (or the book). the most recent time i read Three men in a boat, i had to give up on reading it on the métro, because i was getting too embarrassed about giggling out loud all by myself. it is hilarious.
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It's a known fact that dead people are funnier then people in a boat.
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Perhaps someone who knows this book can answer the question. Why is Augustus Carp, Esq. - Being the Autobiography of a Really Good Man indexed under Carp in the MobileRead library? Took me a long time find out that we had copies of the book uploaded here.
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i agree about the challenge. i suspect anyone who doesn't laugh out loud reading three men in a boat is actually dead. or at least unconscious. |
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07-01-2009, 09:19 AM | #44 |
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I've always loved "Silences of Colonel Bramble" --not only true & human accounting of one side of WWI but also very funny... SO I voted for it (I also love TMIAB...)
BTW (actually he was killed in the first months of said war) could you enter Saki's short stories in this vote, some other time??? |
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