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2CliffBurns
Funny piece--bound to piss off just about everyone. ULYSSES at Number 1. Whoo hoo!
3peterdarbyshire
OK, the last five made me chuckle.
4iansales
42 Jordan: Pushed to the Limit by Katie Price
Disappointingly thin on insights into the Hashemite Kingdom east of Israel.
LOL.
Disappointingly thin on insights into the Hashemite Kingdom east of Israel.
LOL.
5Booksloth
19 - Wish I'd said that about the bloody awful The Alchemist!
6thorold
Hmm - a lot of cheap shots, and a rather pointless stock photo of a girl with a red photo album...
I did like "... Plus no cover puff from Stephen Fry, so probably not worth reading" for The Canterbury tales, though.
I did like "... Plus no cover puff from Stephen Fry, so probably not worth reading" for The Canterbury tales, though.
7anna_in_pdx
I thought the first twenty were more tongue in cheek, and the last few were seriously "don't read these". I thought #50 was very funny following on to #49. I have read entirely too many of these. Agree on Great Gatsby.
8kswolff
Considering how smart Stephen Fry is, how could one possibly be a "thinking man's Stephen Fry" without being a Time Lord? I suppose this is another joke. I would like to read about Jenny McCarthy's views on the Hashemite Dynasty in Jordan, since enough people think she has intelligent things to say about how evil vaccinations are.
9GeoffWyss
It's good for a few chuckles, but I'm not sure that a list including both Chaucer and Dan Brown can have any real meaning. . . .
10ajsomerset
I believe that theoretical physics holds that there exists an alternate universe in which Dan Brown is the Chaucer of our time.
I'm pretty sure of that, anyway; my entire knowledge of physics is gleaned from reruns of Stargate: SG-1.
I'm pretty sure of that, anyway; my entire knowledge of physics is gleaned from reruns of Stargate: SG-1.
11peterdarbyshire
@10: Excellent. A place to dump our used warp cores.
12CliffBurns
Nerds...I'm surrounded by nerds.
13thorold
>10 ajsomerset:
Judging by the theoretical physicists I've come across, I'd be surprised if any of them know who Dan Brown was. That sort of information tends to get filtered out before it reaches the non-volatile memory.
I spent some time sorting secondhand books for a charity sale yesterday. Dan Brown remains undisputed leader, in clear possession of first and second places for number of copies of any single work given away. Chaucer was nowhere - I saw only one copy of the Canterbury Tales going past, as against 10 or 12 Da Vinci Codes.
Judging by the theoretical physicists I've come across, I'd be surprised if any of them know who Dan Brown was. That sort of information tends to get filtered out before it reaches the non-volatile memory.
I spent some time sorting secondhand books for a charity sale yesterday. Dan Brown remains undisputed leader, in clear possession of first and second places for number of copies of any single work given away. Chaucer was nowhere - I saw only one copy of the Canterbury Tales going past, as against 10 or 12 Da Vinci Codes.
