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Very few... Maybe JD Salinger, Vikram Seth, and some others I can't seem to be able to name. A classic is made by its timelessness. Some stories never grow old. They just change the world in a way. And each generation deems them worthy enough to be passed on to the next. And some others are classics in that their importance is yet to be discovered. After all, Herman Melville was never celebrated for as long as he lived. HG Wells gained importance when many of his stories turned out to be predictions of a sort. I find it hard to believe that any fantasy book of this day and age will last another decade or so. Maybe Harry Potter will exist as a children's classic. I definitely can't see A Song Of Fire And Ice or The Wheel Of Time lasting that long. Sad though that may be. Then there're other books. Crime and murder mysteries will definitely not last that long. Grisham, King, Ludlum, Crichton... I don't see any of them being studied eighty or so years from now....

Fantasy and classics mostly... I have only recently started widening my reading tastes. But I give preference to classics more than anything else. Something tells me that everything that is really worth reading was written before the 1900s

I'll review it? It's on my TBR, but a small book like that won't take me more than a day... Besides, I've perused through it already.

A rewrite of LOTR where Sauron actually shows up (Even though he's apparently banged up pretty bad)

I like it too, but only because it reminds me of a town in the Diablo games... Tristam PS: I only just realised... ANOTHER GUY! lol (You'll find out what I mean soon.)

I fear all things to do with pools, tanks, wells and lakes but I'll welcome you nevertheless Hello and welcome to BCF!

Hi! And no, sometimes first impressions are wrong

Yeah, I didn't read much in 09,08 and 07... So I have loads of books since I hadn't stopped buying any.

Darn, I haven't read a word in over a week!! That's it, I'm finishing the book today! (has over 500 pages left o_0)

Of course a book can be handsome. If gorgeous, then why not handsome? I haven't read Dracula either... My, my! The wishlist is growing.

I don't have a job, but I manage to save enough pocket money to buy about 5 books a semester... pretty small haul seeing as a semester lasts for five months, but I already have about 40 books tbr...

A sequel?!! Where?!

The Hannibal series by Thomas Harris? 1. Red Dragon 2. The Silence of The Lambs 3. Hannibal It's not supernatural but Hannibal Lecter is definitely not human

BARTMAEUS! I *love* that Djinni!

It's an awesome series! I second it. But I have issues about it being close to LOTR. Like the reviews say though, it's highly similar to TH White's The Once And Future King.

I'll rewatch The Hunt for Gollum today Maybe right now.

Welcome to the forum!

I love reading in print. But let's see if having a netbook changes that. I want to read ebooks more than books on print. Mostly because they're free.

Not sure what to recommend to a beginner. Sorry if it seems rude but how old are you? That'll help us better. Without that I have only one advice: Start small and slow. Read every word. And stop if it bores you. You don't have to finish every book you read. Besides that, of course, for mystery and the sort books by Alistair Maclean are always a good place to begin no matter what your age.

lol I'll have the pics up by tomorrow. I wonder if that TOAFK has all five books or not... lol Yes, I'd kill for a good illustrated version with atleast a jacket of my copy of tBoM. And yes, the book does have that effect! You should read the sword in the stone to Xander when he's old enough to understand... he'll love it!

I don't really know how to read plays so I've never actually understood what little I've read of William Shakespeare's work. Are there any good novelisations of his plays? Specifically his historical ones? Or atleast the comedies?

lol, I made a friend in a bookshop once. Offered me a job but I couldn't go meet him when he asked... though I told him I'd come. I lost his number too so he never called back. rude of me.

Well, you won't find individual books. I have the first four books bound in one under the title TOAFK, which is how is almost always is. The fifth book, I have in a separate version which is illustrated and the cover depicts Merlin and Arthur (in his later days). Beautiful covers all.

Well, I'll take a pic of my version for you later. The fifth book's cover is to drool for!

The Swiss Family Robinson? I remember crying at some point of reading the abridged version when I was a kid... but I don't remember much of the plot now.