Test4VitalSigns Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 (edited) Yet another best of List Top 50 Cult books. Some I've read; a few I haven't and a few I haven't heard of...and several missing from list. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml...therlist126.xml Edited May 1, 2008 by Test4VitalSigns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 QUOTE (Test4VitalSigns @ Apr 30 2008, 11:14 PM) Yet another best of List Top 50 Cult books. Some I've read; a few I haven't and a few I haven't heard of...and several missing from list. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml...therlist126.xml The comments of the posters make for some good reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Test4VitalSigns Posted May 1, 2008 Author Share Posted May 1, 2008 QUOTE (goose @ May 1 2008, 12:54 AM) QUOTE (Test4VitalSigns @ Apr 30 2008, 11:14 PM) Yet another best of List Top 50 Cult books. Some I've read; a few I haven't and a few I haven't heard of...and several missing from list. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml...therlist126.xml The comments of the posters make for some good reading. Yes I agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 (edited) QUOTE (Test4VitalSigns @ Apr 30 2008, 11:59 PM) QUOTE (goose @ May 1 2008, 12:54 AM) QUOTE (Test4VitalSigns @ Apr 30 2008, 11:14 PM) Yet another best of List Top 50 Cult books. Some I've read; a few I haven't and a few I haven't heard of...and several missing from list. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml...therlist126.xml The comments of the posters make for some good reading. Yes I agree And I thought some of us took RUSH seriously... Out of curiosity, anything in particular you thought you'd see but didn't? Edited May 1, 2008 by goose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchetaxe&saw Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Pretty decent list. Pity the author peddled out the usual ill-informed crap about Ayn Rand though. I wouldn't have put The Fountainhead in there, it's too popular(a good thing). These cult lists are so frigging sanctimonious. He should have put in The Virtues Of Selfishness instead!! A cultish tome if ever there was one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Test4VitalSigns Posted May 1, 2008 Author Share Posted May 1, 2008 (edited) QUOTE (goose @ May 1 2008, 01:02 AM) Out of curiosity, anything in particular you thought you'd see but didn't? Johnny Got his Gun by Dalton Trumbo....Animal Farm by Orwell...Huxley's Doors of Perception is on there but his Brave New World should've been considered as well.... Just to name a few...there are probably more that will come to me later on.. Edited May 1, 2008 by Test4VitalSigns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Test4VitalSigns Posted May 1, 2008 Author Share Posted May 1, 2008 Would Capote's In Cold Blood qualify? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Test4VitalSigns Posted May 1, 2008 Author Share Posted May 1, 2008 Another one I remember is Hollywood Babylon by Kenneth Anger...can't get more cultish than that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaye Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 I knew Hitchhiker's Guide would be there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theredtamasrule Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 QUOTE (Hatchetaxe&saw @ May 1 2008, 03:52 AM) Pretty decent list. Pity the author peddled out the usual ill-informed crap about Ayn Rand though. I wouldn't have put The Fountainhead in there, it's too popular(a good thing). These cult lists are so frigging sanctimonious. He should have put in The Virtues Of Selfishness instead!! A cultish tome if ever there was one! The tens of people that bought "Selfishness" didn't qualify it for the list. I used to be a fan of Rand...so warm & fuzzy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Is there a reason why the reviewers chose to cynically rip on every book in their summaries? Any positive comments about a book are offset by a snide backhand at the readers who enjoyed it. How come? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godeater2112 Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 A pretty good list of books there, at least those I've had the opportunity to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godeater2112 Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 QUOTE (Jaye @ May 1 2008, 09:13 AM) I knew Hitchhiker's Guide would be there How could they not include the greatest story ever told? I've been meaning to rewarm that one yet again.. still trying to get the awful sickness out of my system after having seen the movie. Seriously I;m no extremist but someone deserves a public execution over that piece of shit movie. Hells bells! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaye Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 QUOTE (Godeater2112 @ May 1 2008, 06:53 PM)QUOTE (Jaye @ May 1 2008, 09:13 AM) I knew Hitchhiker's Guide would be there How could they not include the greatest story ever told? I've been meaning to rewarm that one yet again.. still trying to get the awful sickness out of my system after having seen the movie. Seriously I;m no extremist but someone deserves a public execution over that piece of shit movie. Hells bells! Couldn't agree more.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iluvgeddy05 Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 I know I'm the only one in the universe to think this, but I really didn't enjoy To Kill a Mokingbird. Maybe it's because I had to read it middle school, high school AND college Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Test4VitalSigns Posted May 2, 2008 Author Share Posted May 2, 2008 (edited) Are there any books on the list that you haven't read but curious to check out? The Dice Man sounds like a very interesting read. Unfortunately my local library doesn't have it. anybody else read The Dice Man? Edited May 2, 2008 by Test4VitalSigns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchetaxe&saw Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ May 1 2008, 04:15 PM) Is there a reason why the reviewers chose to cynically rip on every book in their summaries? Any positive comments about a book are offset by a snide backhand at the readers who enjoyed it. How come? It's a sneering British broadsheet journalistic thing. The Irish Times(Ireland's paper of record) is the same. Drives me nuts. Even cult books are too common for them. But, if it was written by a blind asthmatic monkey, and can only be read if you visit a certain cave in Nepal on the third Thursday of a month without the letter "R" in it, then they'd be all over it like a rash. Snobbery is a dreadful thing, but intellectual snobbery is worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madra sneachta Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Watch out Eileen Battersby, there's a hatchet aimed at your back (literally ).....and stop smirking O'Toole, you're next Actually, that list should be sub-titled "Every book Madra loved between the ages of 17 and 22 was actually crap!" I loved Colin Wilson in my late teens, and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintainence was my favourite book for many years. I agree with Test - The omission of Orwell is a glaring one (although I'd go for 1984 over Animal Farm). The other really glaring omission that jumps out at me is Franz Kafka's "The Trial". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchetaxe&saw Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 QUOTE (madra sneachta @ May 2 2008, 09:52 AM) Watch out Eileen Battersby, there's a hatchet aimed at your back (literally ).....and stop smirking O'Toole, you're next Spot on! 2 prime examples of Irish pomposity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 QUOTE (Test4VitalSigns @ May 1 2008, 07:59 PM) The Dice Man sounds like a very interesting read. Unfortunately my local library doesn't have it. anybody else read The Dice Man? I didn't know he could write. http://media.godashboard.com/diceman/PhotoShoot04lg.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscipleofLerxst Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 QUOTE (Test4VitalSigns @ May 1 2008, 07:59 PM) Are there any books on the list that you haven't read but curious to check out? The Dice Man sounds like a very interesting read. Unfortunately my local library doesn't have it. anybody else read The Dice Man? The Dice Man.... I can tell you all about it.... Hickory, dickory dock, Some b**ch was suckin'..... Or maybe this one. Little Miss Muffett, sat on a tuffett, Eating her curds and whey. Along came a spider, sat down beside her, and said,"What's in the bowl b**ch"?! It goes on, and on...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 QUOTE (DiscipleofLerxst @ May 2 2008, 08:46 PM) QUOTE (Test4VitalSigns @ May 1 2008, 07:59 PM) Are there any books on the list that you haven't read but curious to check out? The Dice Man sounds like a very interesting read. Unfortunately my local library doesn't have it. anybody else read The Dice Man? The Dice Man.... I can tell you all about it.... Hickory, dickory dock, Some b**ch was suckin'..... Or maybe this one. Little Miss Muffett, sat on a tuffett, Eating her curds and whey. Along came a spider, sat down beside her, and said,"What's in the bowl b**ch"?! It goes on, and on...... But seriously, that book did sound intriguing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 QUOTE (Test4VitalSigns @ May 1 2008, 05:42 AM) QUOTE (goose @ May 1 2008, 01:02 AM) Out of curiosity, anything in particular you thought you'd see but didn't? Johnny Got his Gun by Dalton Trumbo....Animal Farm by Orwell...Huxley's Doors of Perception is on there but his Brave New World should've been considered as well.... Just to name a few...there are probably more that will come to me later on.. Good call on Johnny Got His Gun. Animal Farm & Brave New World probably don't make the list because they're staples of high school English classes, which makes them somewhat mainstream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kudzu Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 Wow, some of those mini-reviews were pretty dickish. Been meaning to pick up The Stranger, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Gravity's Rainbow, and The Catcher in the Rye, actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustard Death Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 QUOTE (Kudzu @ May 3 2008, 02:29 AM) Wow, some of those mini-reviews were pretty dickish. Been meaning to pick up The Stranger, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Gravity's Rainbow, and The Catcher in the Rye, actually. Catcher's pretty good, Fear and Loathing is awesome, and I'm about to start Gravity's Rainbow. 800 pages and small text, dear god... I'm going to have to be pretty into this one to finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now