tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10835776.post737048084792086245..comments2023-10-30T07:45:43.656-04:00Comments on Thoughts and Ideas: My Top 25A Wiser Man Than Ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02405864709965908573noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10835776.post-87124198609891779422007-05-31T18:07:00.000-04:002007-05-31T18:07:00.000-04:00Thanks for the tip Che Bob. I'll check out Don Q...Thanks for the tip Che Bob. I'll check out Don Quixote just as soon as I finish the four books I'm currently reading...A Wiser Man Than Ihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02405864709965908573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10835776.post-16122304767253021972007-05-30T12:13:00.000-04:002007-05-30T12:13:00.000-04:00At a recent conference of more than 100 of today's...At a recent conference of more than 100 of today's most respected writers, they were asked what the greatest book ever written was. The vast majority of them said Don Quixote, second on their list was Crime and Punishment and third was Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,6109,711688,00.html#article_continue" REL="nofollow">Don Quixote is the world's best book</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,712350,00.html#article_continue" REL="nofollow">Their full list</A>Ché Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12911352668702266493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10835776.post-56909273662926021882007-05-25T10:19:00.000-04:002007-05-25T10:19:00.000-04:00Hell of a list. Nothing wrong with some Chesterton...Hell of a list. Nothing wrong with some Chesterton, and Huxley.<BR/><BR/>Two of my fav'sRegularRonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13943494214247213345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10835776.post-82445314138854698742007-05-23T23:00:00.000-04:002007-05-23T23:00:00.000-04:00I read an abridged version of The Tale of Two Citi...I read an abridged version of The Tale of Two Cities some years ago, but I think I'd get more out of Dickens now then I did at the time.<BR/><BR/>Poe too is a good addition.<BR/><BR/>My list is a bit heavy on Catholic literature; I guess that's a big surprise. <BR/><BR/>It's a fun exercise. You should give it a go.A Wiser Man Than Ihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02405864709965908573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10835776.post-45262007892147176812007-05-20T22:57:00.000-04:002007-05-20T22:57:00.000-04:00Perhaps a little Lawrence, (Mornings in Mexico?)so...Perhaps a little Lawrence, (Mornings in Mexico?)some Poe, Dickens' Great Expectations? Great canon, all in all.troutskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16020298501632120830noreply@blogger.com