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The Jedi Council's Favorite Books! A New Project from the Amphitheatre!

Discussion in 'Literature' started by Rogue1-and-a-half, Jul 11, 2007.

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  1. Rogue1-and-a-half

    Rogue1-and-a-half Manager Emeritus who is writing his masterpiece star 9 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Okay, for more information, go here.

    Long story short, we're creating a list of the JC's top 100 books and you're all invited to participate. All your questions should be answered there, but suffice it to say that, yes, EU books are eligible. And how could we even think of making a list of great books with out involving the Lit forum?

    Clicky clicky! It'll be fun!

    :cool:
     
    Rogue1-and-a-half, Jul 11, 2007
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  2. SithGirl132

    SithGirl132 Jedi Master star 4

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    Can I be the first to nominate a book?
    The Mists of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley. One of my all-time favorites.
     
    SithGirl132, Jul 12, 2007
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  3. jedimaster203

    jedimaster203 Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    I messed up. I thought it was our top favorite EU books. I'm a dumbdumb :p
     
    jedimaster203, Jul 12, 2007
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  4. dylan24601

    dylan24601 Jedi Master star 1

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    'American Gods' - Neil Gaiman
     
    dylan24601, Jul 12, 2007
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  5. Kol_Skywalker

    Kol_Skywalker Jedi Padawan star 4

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    Bungo 'n Rusti
     
    Kol_Skywalker, Jul 13, 2007
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  6. ConservativeSoldier

    ConservativeSoldier Jedi Youngling star 3

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    "To Kill A Mockingbird" - Harper Lee
     
    ConservativeSoldier, Jul 14, 2007
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  7. dianethx

    dianethx Jedi Grand Master star 6

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    Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
     
    dianethx, Jul 14, 2007
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  8. lazykbys_left

    lazykbys_left Jedi Padawan star 4

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    Er, people? Posting your nominations in this thread won't accomplish a thing.

    What you do is, you go to this thread and follow the directions in the first post.

    - lazy



    PS - whoever allowed text-decoration:none in the links should be locked up and forced to watch the Holiday Special. [face_devil]
     
    lazykbys_left, Jul 14, 2007
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  9. Kol_Skywalker

    Kol_Skywalker Jedi Padawan star 4

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    Ok, sent my PM! :)
     
    Kol_Skywalker, Jul 14, 2007
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  10. GrandAdmiralJello

    GrandAdmiralJello Comms Admin ❉ Moderator Communitatis Litterarumque star 10 Staff Member Administrator

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    You can also, you know, post a list just so other people can read it and so the thread stays up for others to read. Just PMing it and not posting in the thread kind of defeats the purpose of the notice. ;)



    My list:

    I. The Æneid - Virgil
    II. The Burmese Days - Orwell
    III. Fathers and Sons - Turgenev
    IV. Crime and Punishment - Doestoyevsky
    V. Peré Goriot - Hugo
    VI. Count of Monte Cristo - Dumas
    VII. Sense and Sensibility - Austen
    VIII. To Kill a Mockingbird - Lee
    IX. I, Claudius - Graves
    X. Great Gatsby - Fitzgerald

    The list is slightly different than the list I've PMed, but that's okay.
     
    GrandAdmiralJello , Jul 15, 2007
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  11. Lord_Riven

    Lord_Riven Jedi Master star 4

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    LOL...still working out mine but my personal Number 1 has to be

    George RR Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire Series (even though it's still ongoing and takes sooo long to release one book)...it beats Harry Potter in terms of characterization easily.
     
    Lord_Riven, Jul 15, 2007
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  12. Kyptastic

    Kyptastic VIP star 5 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Agreed - I did put LotR's ahead of it in my list because it's actually a completed series :p.

    My list


    1. The Lord of the Rings JRR Tolkien

    2. A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire) GRR Martin

    3. The BFG Roald Dahl

    4. Tommorow When the War Began (Tommorow Series) John Marsden

    5. Star by Star (The New Jedi Order) Troy Denning

    6. Animal Farm George Orwell

    7. Along Came a Spider James Patterson

    8. The Silmarillion JRR Tolkien

    9. Winnie the Pooh AA Milne

    10. Nefer the Silent (The Stone of Light Series) Christiaan Jacq
     
    Kyptastic, Jul 15, 2007
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  13. Ki-Adi-Mundi_fan

    Ki-Adi-Mundi_fan Jedi Master star 3

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    My list

    1. The Lord of the Rings trilogy (Tolkien)
    2. Dracula (Stoker)
    3. Walden (Thoreau)
    4. The Secret Agent (Conrad)
    5. Unfinished Tales (Tolkien)
    6. The Silmarillion (Tolkien)
    7. Revenge of the Sith (Stover)
    8. The Divine Comedy (Dante)
    9. 1984 (Orwell)
    10. Shatterpoint (Stover)

     
    Ki-Adi-Mundi_fan, Jul 15, 2007
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  14. Jedi Vince

    Jedi Vince Jedi Youngling star 3

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    Here's the list I submitted:

    1. The Lord of the Rings (Tolkein)
    2. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Twain)
    3. Atlas Shrugged (Rand)
    4. East of Eden (Steinbeck)
    5. To Kill a Mockingbird (Lee)
    6. Great Expectations (Dickens)
    7. Foundation Trilogy (Asimov)
    8. 1776 (McCullough)
    9. Raid on the Sun (Claire)
    10. STAR WARS -- The New Jedi Order: Star By Star (Denning)
     
    Jedi Vince, Jul 15, 2007
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  15. tim500

    tim500 Jedi Youngling star 1

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    Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
    And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie
    Foundation - Isaac Asimov
    HMS Suprise - Patrick O'Brian
    Watership Down - Richard Adams
    Julius Caesar/Othello - Shakespeare
    Tawny Man Trilogy - Robin Hobb
    A Ship of the Line - CS Forester
    Traitor/Revenge of the Sith - Matthew Woodring Stover
    The Gunslinger - Stephen King
    Sharpe's Company - Bernard Cornwell
    Focault's Pendulum - Umberto Eco
    Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
    Shogun - James Clavell

    Honorable mentions to Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Vonnegut, Faulkner, Conrad, Homer, Tolkien, Herbert, Jordan, Martin, Dick, Heinlein, Keyes, AC Doyle, Heller, Orwell, Graves, and Lee. (Oh, and GrandAdmiralJello has excellent taste BTW)

    Or maybe, just this one:

    [image=http://www.imageshock.eu/img/4356ux2.gif]
     
    tim500, Jul 15, 2007
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  16. dp4m

    dp4m Chosen One star 10

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    I hate you Jello. :(

    Now that I know you also are a Fathers and Sons afficianado, this means I can't dislike you for your posting habits as much as I once did.
     
    dp4m, Jul 16, 2007
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  17. Katana_Geldar

    Katana_Geldar Jedi Grand Master star 8

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    These are my ten faves, it was hard to rank them though.

    1. Shatterpoint, Matthew Stover
    2. Labyrinth of Evil, James Luceno
    3. Outbound Flight, Timothy Zahn
    4. 1984, George Orwell
    5. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
    6. The Illiad, Homer
    7. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling
    8. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
    9. Curtain: Poirot's Last Case, b Agatha Christie
    10. I, Claudius, by Robert Graves
     
    Katana_Geldar, Jul 16, 2007
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  18. GrandAdmiralJello

    GrandAdmiralJello Comms Admin ❉ Moderator Communitatis Litterarumque star 10 Staff Member Administrator

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    Oh, and GrandAdmiralJello has excellent taste BTW


    Thank you, thank you. *bow*

    Though I have to say that holds true for many of the users who have posted in this thread thus far. These lists are far, far better than the ones I saw in JCC--which shouldn't be surprising--but it's still gratifying to see. After all, science fiction readers aren't often considered to have discriminating tastes--but it seems Litizens are a cut above. That's a good thing.

    There were so many books I wanted to add too--ASOIAF, of course. McCollough's magisterial Masters of Rome and a few others.



    [quote=dp4m]I hate you Jello. :(

    Now that I know you also are a Fathers and Sons afficianado, this means I can't dislike you for your posting habits as much as I once did.[/quote]

    Oh, you didn't know? I commented on a post you made referring to the book.

    But yes, I adore it. I'm sure it doesn't surprise you at all that Paul is my favorite character in that book.
     
    GrandAdmiralJello , Jul 16, 2007
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