Thread Name: which book would you add to the ML lineup From: "J Godsey" <gods@removed> Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 15:28:19 -0400 suggestions anyone? ------------------------------------- From: Steve Fox <srfox@removed> Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 18:01:45 -0400 Gilligan's Wake. ------------------------------------- From: seagoat <seagoat38@removed> Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 21:11:38 -0400 shouldn't that be Finnegan's Wake? ------------------------------------- From: "J Godsey" <gods@removed> Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 21:30:42 -0400 actually there is a NEW book caleld Gilligan's wake. it's gotten good reviews. ------------------------------------- From: Fox <srfox@removed> Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 22:06:03 -0400 and it deserves those good reviews, and then some. ------------------------------------- From: GOODBOOKS@removed> ((JOSEPH HILL) Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 15:29:27 -0700 (PDT) One can only wonder why ATLAS SHRUGGED was not ML Giant #102 Ayn Rand did have a good relationship with Cerf & Atlas was a RH title, true the book made big bucks on its own(still a best seller), so did IN Cold Blood...so, that's not the reason.... ------------------------------------- From: j b krygier <jbkrygie@removed> Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2003 16:12:44 -0400 This is a tough question! I started thinking about 'classics' (that actually piqued my interest when I read them) which were not in the original ML - and some are in the new ML (for example, The Jungle or The Count of MC). Others are not (1984, Lord of the Flies - but High Wind in Jamaica can stand in for it). But it was hard to find many that were missing - the ML did a good job covering most major authors and types of literature (from the Western tradition). I do wish the ML had a collection of M.R. James ghost stories - certainly the pinnacle of the classic (and literary) ghost story. This title would be a good companion to Dracula. One more wish: a 'Readers Guide to the Modern Library' with brief comments on each title in the series and its significance (for readers more than collectors). And why not Jackson's 'Anatomy of Bibliomania'? This strange and wonderful monument to reading and possessing books captures the spirit of the literature in the ML (and the desire to actually acquire and cherish books - something series like the ML made possible for many people) and would have been a fitting replacement for Newton's 'Amenities of Book Collecting.' ------------------------------------- From: Scot Kamins <kamins@removed> Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 15:09:03 -0700 >one more wish: a 'Readers Guide to the Modern Library' >with brief comments on each title in the series and its >significance (for readers more than collectors). ...hmmm... intriguing...You mean a one-paragraph Cliff Notes summary of the book? And what do you mean by "and its significance?" ------------------------------------- From: Betsyj66@removed> Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 19:51:49 EDT Gone with the Wind. I was 12 when I first read it, and every so often I read it again. The significance for me is that life doesn't always go as you want it, and books don't always end as you might like them to. Betsy ------------------------------------- From: mickey ryan <mickeyryan@removed> Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 11:21:12 -0400 (EDT) Samuel Beckett's major plays and his trilogy of novels. What about Fitzgerald? I understand that The Great Gatsby was a failure as a ML title, but how come they never tried to issue his other work? Just a question. ------------------------------------- From: "Jimmy Williamson" <jwslaw@removed> Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 13:00:01 -0500 mark twain and hemingway; arguably america's 2 finest authors, are underrepresented; would add 'roughing it', or 'life on the mississippi', or 'islands in the stream'; also, neil simon, one of the best playwrights in america over the last 30 years; maybe an anthology of his 'bb' plays; whadda u think? -------------------------------------