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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 11:44 PM Original message |
Books that should be made into movies |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. The Golden Compass |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 11:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. yup, the trilogy is in the works |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:05 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. IMDB has it listed for 2007 |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:23 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. You HAVE to read the book. HAVE TO HAVE TO HAVE TO. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:45 AM Response to Reply #13 |
27. I like it already! |
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Harley Quinn (896 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. Mists of Avalon... |
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RevolutionaryActs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 11:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. It was a TV movie, so therefore it doesn't count. |
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Harley Quinn (896 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 11:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Well, what do you know... |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 03:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
74. Complex novels are often better presented as "made for TV'... |
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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. The Poisonwood Bible. nt |
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montanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
40. second n/t |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 01:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
63. Any of Kingsolver's books would do |
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GenDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 10:07 PM Response to Reply #63 |
92. Totally agree!!!! |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
5. Biff: Jesus Christ's Childhood Friend |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:21 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Author? |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:25 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Official title: Lamb:The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:51 AM Response to Reply #14 |
28. Looks great! |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
45. That'd be hilarious.... |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
46. Who would you cast? |
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Crap_in_a_Hat (258 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 04:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
76. Hell, all of Christopher Moore's books |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 08:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
86. Hilarious book. |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
7. I've always wanted to see a full version of the entire Bible...some of that stuff |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:25 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Some of it would be rated X |
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Crap_in_a_Hat (258 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 07:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
83. "Good Omens" by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
9. roger zelazny's amber series |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:27 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Maybe someone will figure out a way to do it... |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
50. A movie series based on the first 5 (Corwin) would be awesome |
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youthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
10. My Pet Goat. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:39 AM Response to Reply #10 |
24. That'd be pretty short, |
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youthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:04 PM Response to Reply #24 |
39. not if you have * narrate. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
16. Pop. 1280 |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
17. American Tabloid by James Ellroy. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:31 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Oh, same here--I think it's one of his best books. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:32 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I read L.A. Confidential after seeing the movie. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:34 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. It's not as good as American Tabloid, but it's still pretty good. n/t |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:36 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. "Crime Wave" is a good collection, too. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:41 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Yup, I'd forgotten about that one. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 01:01 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Seems like a scary guy, though. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 01:15 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Have you read his autobiography "My Dark Places?" |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 01:36 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. That's the next one of his I want to read. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
21. The Song of Ice and Fire books. I could die happy. |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
26. I've been trying to find a |
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Bullwinkle925 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
30. "Middlesex" and "Accordion Crimes" ... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
31. Time and Again |
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Porcupine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
33. Snow Crash- Neal Stephenson's best. |
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SKKY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
35. "The Alienist" by Caleb Carr would probably make an excellent movie... |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 02:05 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Agree--in fact, I think the movie could be better than the book. |
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democracyindanger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:09 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Yep. That was written like a screenplay. |
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democracyindanger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:11 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Any of the Dragonriders of Pern series. |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 01:55 AM Response to Original message |
36. Anything by James Tiptree, Jr. |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
37. This one: |
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montanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
42. Sozaboy by Ken Saro-Wiwa |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
44. The Man in the High Castle by Phillip K Dick |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
47. The Left hand of Darkenss |
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BarenakedLady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
48. The Handmaid's Tale (nt) |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:44 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. That is a movie. |
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BarenakedLady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:51 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. Coolio |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:54 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. I don't remember. I'd like to see it again to compare it to the book. |
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BarenakedLady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:56 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Me too |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:46 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. There is a movie version - 1990 |
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BarenakedLady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:51 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Wow! |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
49. "chindi" |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
52. Summer of Night by Dan Simmons |
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RedStateShame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
55. Chuck Palahniuk's "Survivor" |
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Lautremont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
58. V. by Thomas Pynchon |
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evlbstrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
60. A Confederacy of Dunces. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 02:43 PM Response to Reply #60 |
70. A-fucking-men. n/t |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 09:33 PM Response to Reply #60 |
89. Funny you should mention that... |
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evlbstrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 10:11 PM Response to Reply #89 |
93. I hope it's true. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 10:27 PM Response to Reply #89 |
94. There's only one person I can see playing Ignatius: Phillip Seymour Hoffman. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
61. The Floating Island - |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
62. Louis Bayard's Mr. Timothy. |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 01:32 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. I agree...."Mr. Timothy" would make a terrific movie. |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
64. "The Front Runner" by Patricia Nell Warren |
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edbermac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
66. Catcher In The Rye...but it will never happen. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 05:41 PM Response to Reply #66 |
78. Maybe one day... |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
67. The Dark Elf Trilogy by |
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Ariana Celeste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 04:57 PM Response to Reply #67 |
77. Dude for real |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 09:19 PM Response to Reply #77 |
88. no doubt about that |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
68. The Joy of Sex..... |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 02:38 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. It's been done, multiple versions of it. |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
71. Enemy Papers |
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LaraMN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
72. "Everyone Poops," by Taro Gomi. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 05:47 PM Response to Reply #72 |
80. A local art teacher was recently suspended from teaching |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
73. the Outlander books |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 05:42 PM Response to Reply #73 |
79. That would be a good miniseries |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
75. "Jennifer Government" by Max Barry. It has been languishing in |
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InternalDialogue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 07:17 PM Response to Reply #75 |
84. I really enjoyed that book. |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 09:37 PM Response to Reply #84 |
90. I recommend his latest, "Company", for your reading pleasure |
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InternalDialogue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 11:56 PM Response to Reply #90 |
97. One of my favorite things to skewer! |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
81. Arthur C. Clarke's "The City and the Stars" n/t |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
82. On the Road |
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MISSDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
85. Rabbit is Rich |
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Crap_in_a_Hat (258 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
87. No offense to the late, great Robert Altman, |
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likesmountains 52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
91. The Alexandria Quartet...any of the novels... |
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Arkham House (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
95. Perhaps "Theory of the Leisure Class"... |
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Rob H. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
96. 'A Fine Dark Line' by Joe Lansdale |
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