Posted by Steven on 24/5/2011, 9:50:01, in reply to "Re: Lists"
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It's interesting how we agree closely on some things but are totally opposite on others. The top three on your "drop" list are among my all-time favorites. I was tempted to add a fourth by Lawrence: Lady Chatterley's Lover.
But I can certainly go along with dropping Animal Farm and The Moviegoer. Also that Chandler is better than Cain (though I've only read one novel by each).
Most of the books on your "add" list are ones I haven't read (or finished yet in the case of the Rabbit novels--one to go). I have all of them, though, with the exception of A Glastonbury Romance and will get around to them eventually. Ironically I came close to buying A Glastonbury Romance at the used bookstore just two days ago, but it was just a little bit over my budget for that trip. (As it was, I came home with 30 books and an angry wife.)
I was reading an interesting discussion recently about how certain science fiction works come to be perceived as "mainstream" while others don't. Those that get shelved in the "SF&F" section of the bookstore rarely receive literary recognition.
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