Greatest Work of British Literature (novel)

[saxitoxin]

pick four

[Symmetry]

Write in- Mrs Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf.

Modernism at its best.

No Austen though?

[notyou2]

Lord of the Rings
Churchill's Published Letters
98 Ways to Make Bangers 'N' Mash by Gordon Ramsay
Life by Keith Richards

[PLAYER57832]

Tolkien's Lord of the Rings
I would put Oliver Twist for Dickens, or maybe a Tale of Two Cities


Gotta think about the rest

[WingCmdr Ginkapo]

Tolkien was a terrible writer.

[Bernie Sanders]

Lord of the Rings

Life by Keith Richards

I like the 2 picks above and will add the following.

1984 (George Orwell)

Clockwork Orange, A (Anthony Burgess)

Of course, most American school children were forced into reading 1984, due to the RED SCARE of the 50, 60s and 70s

[notyou2]

Lord of the Rings

Life by Keith Richards

I like the 2 picks above and will add the following.

1984 (George Orwell)

Clockwork Orange, A (Anthony Burgess)

Of course, most American school children were forced into reading 1984, due to the RED SCARE of the 50, 60s and 70s

Hahaha, jokes on you. Keeff can't read, let alone write.

[PLAYER57832]

1984 (George Orwell)

Of course, most American school children were forced into reading 1984, due to the RED SCARE of the 50, 60s and 70s

Orwell had ideas, but was not that great of a writer. But the irony is that it was not about communism, rather corporate control.

In a similar category (books that are decent to read for various reasons:
Terry Pratchett (loved Equal Rites)
CS Lewis Narnia (particularly for kids)
Anne Mcaffrey Dragonriders of Pern

etc.

[Bernie Sanders]

Lord of the Rings

Life by Keith Richards

I like the 2 picks above and will add the following.

1984 (George Orwell)

Clockwork Orange, A (Anthony Burgess)

Of course, most American school children were forced into reading 1984, due to the RED SCARE of the 50, 60s and 70s

Hahaha, jokes on you. Keeff can't read, let alone write.

No joke is on you

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6251387/keith-richards-gus-and-me

[notyou2]

Lord of the Rings

Life by Keith Richards

I like the 2 picks above and will add the following.

1984 (George Orwell)

Clockwork Orange, A (Anthony Burgess)

Of course, most American school children were forced into reading 1984, due to the RED SCARE of the 50, 60s and 70s

Hahaha, jokes on you. Keeff can't read, let alone write.

No joke is on you

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6251387/keith-richards-gus-and-me

Ever hear of ghost writers?

Also, why are Keef's teeth so white in the pics in that link?

[muy_thaiguy]

1984 (George Orwell)

Of course, most American school children were forced into reading 1984, due to the RED SCARE of the 50, 60s and 70s

Orwell had ideas, but was not that great of a writer. But the irony is that it was not about communism, rather corporate control.

In a similar category (books that are decent to read for various reasons:
Terry Pratchett (loved Equal Rites)
CS Lewis Narnia (particularly for kids)
Anne Mcaffrey Dragonriders of Pern

etc.

Funny thing about C. S. Lewis and Tolkien. The two were friends, and Tolkien convinced Lewis to become Christian from Agnostic. But Tolkien got mad that Lewis didn't become a Catholic (also tied into the Narnia books), but the two remained long time friends.

[Bernie Sanders]

Lord of the Rings

Life by Keith Richards

I like the 2 picks above and will add the following.

1984 (George Orwell)

Clockwork Orange, A (Anthony Burgess)

Of course, most American school children were forced into reading 1984, due to the RED SCARE of the 50, 60s and 70s

Hahaha, jokes on you. Keeff can't read, let alone write.

No joke is on you

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6251387/keith-richards-gus-and-me

Ever hear of ghost writers?

Also, why are Keef's teeth so white in the pics in that link?

Guess what? He's a millionaire and he can have gold teeth if he wants to.

[notyou2]

They are neon white, not gold.

[riskllama]

write in : my uncle oswald, roald dahl.
also, LotR, Tolkien.

[PLAYER57832]

Funny thing about C. S. Lewis and Tolkien. The two were friends, and Tolkien convinced Lewis to become Christian from Agnostic. But Tolkien got mad that Lewis didn't become a Catholic (also tied into the Narnia books), but the two remained long time friends.

Actually not all that funny at all. There is a long tradition of combining both fantasy and science with religion. People who think tend to think about all things, actually. We may come up with different answers at times, but the thinking is related.

And,,, Narnia is tied to Christianity. Roman Catholicism is a branch of Christianity. Narnia is tied to Christianity. For the differences between CS Lewis and Roman Catholics... an involved discussion better left to another thread.

[Symmetry]

Lewis Carroll too. A lot of his work informed his novels. He ended up on the wrong side of the debate regarding irrational numbers, but still...

[muy_thaiguy]

Funny thing about C. S. Lewis and Tolkien. The two were friends, and Tolkien convinced Lewis to become Christian from Agnostic. But Tolkien got mad that Lewis didn't become a Catholic (also tied into the Narnia books), but the two remained long time friends.

Actually not all that funny at all. There is a long tradition of combining both fantasy and science with religion. People who think tend to think about all things, actually. We may come up with different answers at times, but the thinking is related.

And,,, Narnia is tied to Christianity. Roman Catholicism is a branch of Christianity. Narnia is tied to Christianity. For the differences between CS Lewis and Roman Catholics... an involved discussion better left to another thread.

Not quite. It was Tolkien that wanted Lewis to become a Catholic (not just any denomination of Christianity), and Lewis' conversion from Agnosticism that brought about the Narnia books. Lewis converted to the Church of England. While the two remained friends, it was because of Tolkien convincing Lewis to believe that brought about Narnia, if not in the way Tolkien believed it would happen.

[saxitoxin]

Forgot to include the late Doris Lessing on this list but not sure she did any single thing that qualified as "greatest." Other than her acceptance speech on winning the Nobel Prize -

[PLAYER57832]

Funny thing about C. S. Lewis and Tolkien. The two were friends, and Tolkien convinced Lewis to become Christian from Agnostic. But Tolkien got mad that Lewis didn't become a Catholic (also tied into the Narnia books), but the two remained long time friends.

Actually not all that funny at all. There is a long tradition of combining both fantasy and science with religion. People who think tend to think about all things, actually. We may come up with different answers at times, but the thinking is related.

And,,, Narnia is tied to Christianity. Roman Catholicism is a branch of Christianity. Narnia is tied to Christianity. For the differences between CS Lewis and Roman Catholics... an involved discussion better left to another thread.

Not quite. It was Tolkien that wanted Lewis to become a Catholic (not just any denomination of Christianity), and Lewis' conversion from Agnosticism that brought about the Narnia books. Lewis converted to the Church of England. While the two remained friends, it was because of Tolkien convincing Lewis to believe that brought about Narnia, if not in the way Tolkien believed it would happen.

What I meant was that the Narnia books were based on Christianity, not just Roman Catholicism.

[notyou2]

Christianity is based on Roman Catholicism

[PLAYER57832]

pick four

Missed it before, the real winner is the only one to have its own CC map...

[riskllama]

indian empire? i guess kipling wins.

[Symmetry]

Forgot to include the late Doris Lessing on this list but not sure she did any single thing that qualified as "greatest." Other than her acceptance speech on winning the Nobel Prize -

It's given for overall contribution to literature, not for any single given work.

[PLAYER57832]

indian empire? i guess kipling wins.

Discworld

[Symmetry]

indian empire? i guess kipling wins.

Discworld

Is that still a map?