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It's my personal choice. Thoughts?
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I say Frank Herbert's "Dune", closely followed by Stephen King's "The Stand".
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Re: "Gone With the Wind": the greatest American novel?
Originally posted by Ponyboy
It's my personal choice. Thoughts?
G.H.E.Y.23. That's the number of people Mr. T has pitied in the time it has taken you to read this sentence.Comment
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Re: "Gone With the Wind": the greatest American novel?
Margaret Mitchell? Overrated. They have her house preserved here as a museum of sorts. She's also buried in Oakland Cemetary.(also here)Originally posted by Ponyboy
It's my personal choice. Thoughts?
She was a huge fan of Joel Chandler Harris. You could go see the house she double-entendre'd in, view her grave, then drive over to Eatonton.
Once there, drive directly to the Uncle Remus Museum. Lots of literary history there. They've even opened up Flannery O'Connor's home to visitors. (also in Eatonton)
Happy trails and trolling!
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Frankly, I didn't give a damn for it.RIM ME!!!!!!!!!!!!Comment
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Gary A. Braunbeck is criminally underrated.
Classic lit? Ernest Hemingway anytime...
Classic horror? Gotta be Lovecraft...Twistin' by the pool.Comment
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Hey dickwad...reread the TITLE of the thread (that YOU wrote)(or at least YOUR ALIAS did)...Originally posted by bueno bob
Gary A. Braunbeck is criminally underrated.
Classic lit? Ernest Hemingway anytime...
Classic horror? Gotta be Lovecraft...
It wasn't asking for the best horror novelist, or the most underrated never-heard o...it was asking for TH E GREAT AMEREICAN NOVEL.
Amd it ain't gone with the wind, 'cause the book sucks dick.
Jeesus.RIM ME!!!!!!!!!!!!Comment
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Well, I aren't American so this is an outsiders view.
Huck Finn, every time
closely followed by The Grapes of WrathThe Power Of The Riff Compels MeComment
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Garpes of Wrath? That's a downer!!! Not to mention, writeen by that Commie Pinko Jew John Stenibeck!!! no, the great American Novel would be a book of hope and passion and belief, with slavery and blatant capitalism and all that good stuff that makes Amnerica great!Originally posted by binnie
Well, I aren't American so this is an outsiders view.
Huck Finn, every time
closely followed by The Grapes of Wrath
Gra[es of Wrath? More like Grapes of Socialism!!!RIM ME!!!!!!!!!!!!Comment
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Like I said, I'm not an American!Originally posted by EAT MY ASSHOLE
Garpes of Wrath? That's a downer!!! Not to mention, writeen by that Commie Pinko Jew John Stenibeck!!! no, the great American Novel would be a book of hope and passion and belief, with slavery and blatant capitalism and all that good stuff that makes Amnerica great!
Gra[es of Wrath? More like Grapes of Socialism!!!
But that was one hell of a response - ha ha haThe Power Of The Riff Compels MeComment
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"Gone with the wind"... More gaga than that, you die!
I've studied American literature when I was at university, Hawthorne, Poe, Twain, these were Writers, though Poe didn't write novels but short stories... too bad he didn't!
M. Mitchell wrote for retirement homes or retarded young ladies, sorry...
"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" would suit as the greatest American novel, for instance, IMO... now this is literature.
In the 20th century, I particularly dug Ken Kesey's "One flew over the cuckoo's nest" or Raymond's "What we talk about when we talk about love", and Stephen King, among others I know less, all three of them being certainly to be considered as first class writers.
There are still great works and even authors that I have yet to discover; it was one of the most important founds during my studies, that American literature is a truly wealthy one, which is little known in the non-English speaking world.
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psh -- we all know i'm currently writing the greatest American novel. :pRoth Army MilitiaComment
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YYYyyyyyyep!Originally posted by Jérôme Frenchise
"Gone with the wind"... More gaga than that, you die!...
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Originally posted by Nitro Express
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[B]... Cooking, I mean Cooking, is men's field...Originally posted by VanHalener
... Fight the Good Fight and Win!...Originally posted by FORD
... And let's face it, if mothers (except Chelsea Clinton's) ruled this world, there would be no goddamned war in the first place...Comment
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Best Novel For Me?
Friday Night Lights is one of my Favorites, You can sorta relate to the characters If You've ever played HS Football, I wasn't the best guy on the team, But some of my Teammates were very similiar to the Characters in this book.
Oh, and this whole Ponyboy alias thing, Is pretty stupid bob.Still waiting for a relevant Browns TeamComment
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Is There a Character like Joe Thunder in it?Originally posted by Ally_Kat
psh -- we all know i'm currently writing the greatest American novel. :p
There'd be plenty of characters from this forum to put in the story.
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