Phoenix - The 51st State

Northern Monkey · Post by **Northern Monkey** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:12 am

OK it's one nil to Rob.

GG shoots and misses with Great Expectations which was a lowly 17th.

The cardinal equalises with 1984 and is correct- LOTR was the top answer.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:15 am

catcher in the rye
emma
pride&prejudice
oliver twist
the bible (?)

Northern Monkey · Post by **Northern Monkey** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:19 am

Despite a rapid fire salvo from UP he only gets on the score sheet once with P&P which was number 2. I will assume that you knew who wrote it.

Oliver Twist BTW was 182nd.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:27 am

Er. Don't tell me Harry Potter's in there?

Hopefully not...

I'll go for.. Lord of the Flies, A Christmas Carol, and Catch 22.

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:27 am

I believe all the then extant Harry Potter books were there, which means:

The Philosopher's Stone
The Chamber of Secrets
The Prisoner of Azkaban
The Goblet of Fire

All by JK Rowling (hides under rock in shame)

And also the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.

EDIT: As HE just about pipped me on the HP books, I'll also add Phillip Pullman's Northern Lights trilogy - The Northern Lights (the Golden Compass in the US), The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass.

And The Hobbit, unless it's lumped in with LOTR.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:33 am

i seem to remember that the little prince by exupéry was in one of these lists

but here comes another broadside of errant guesses:
lady chatterley's lover
under milk wood
importance of being ernest
metamorphosis (kafka's one)
metamorphoses (ovid's one)

:

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:35 am

Tom Brown's Schooldays
From the Madding Crowd?

Er.....

Bravo 2 Zero by Andy McNab?

Northern Monkey · Post by **Northern Monkey** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:36 am

HE scores with harry Potter- onlythe Goblet of Fire made it to the Top Ten, the potter vote presumably having been split four ways.

Shaved the post with Catch 22 which was No11.

Others miles wide.

Weyland steps up to the spot and smashes home Hitchikers Guide but is off target with Hobbit (25th) and those Pullman titles

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:39 am

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden?
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco?

Northern Monkey · Post by **Northern Monkey** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:40 am

unknownpseudonym wrote:i seem to remember that the little prince by exupéry was in one of these lists

but here comes another broadside of errant guesses:
lady chatterley's lover
under milk wood
importance of being ernest
metamorphosis (kafka's one)
metamorphoses (ovid's one)

:

UP this is the great British public we are talking about- booked for time wasting.

Northern Monkey · Post by **Northern Monkey** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:41 am

Cardinal Richelieu wrote:Tom Brown's Schooldays
From the Madding Crowd?

Er.....

Bravo 2 Zero by Andy McNab?

Nope although a travesty that McNAb didnt make it in

Northern Monkey · Post by **Northern Monkey** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:42 am

Weyland wrote:Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden?
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco?

62nd and 174th respectively

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:45 am

How about one of the Sherlock Holmes books by Arthur Conen Doyle?

Or something by HG Wells - War of the Worlds, Time Machine?

EDIT: I have a horrible feeling Riders by Jilly Cooper is in there.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:45 am

hmm

a lot of these would-be highbrow lists convince people to aggrandize themselves so war & peace?

Flying Spaghetti Monster · Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:45 am

if this one is in there the credit should go to Weyland really Phillip Pullman- His Dark Materials?

I'll plump for the Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis?