21 Nov 2005, 9:47 pm
21 Nov 2005, 10:35 pm
21 Nov 2005, 10:47 pm
Uh, I don't know if I'd call any of that 'classic' literature 
I picked up "Ulysses" a few months ago because it was a great hardcover edition at a great price... I haven't gotten around to reading it yet 
I've only read the first Narnia book (and barely remember any of it) and haven't read a single Harry Potter book (or watched any of those movies)
22 Nov 2005, 12:57 am
Harry Potter isn't classic literature. 
And for someone who hasn't actually read Tolkien's triology in it's entirety, I know way too much about it. I've read the Hobbit, though.
22 Nov 2005, 2:22 am
By 'classic' I don't mean things like "War And Peace" or "The Odyssey"
adj.
1.
....1. Belonging to the highest rank or class.
....2. Serving as the established model or standard: a classic example of colonial architecture.
....3. Having lasting significance or worth; enduring.
2.
....1. Adhering or conforming to established standards and principles: a classic piece of research.
....2. Of a well-known type; typical: a classic mistake.
3. Of or characteristic of the literature, art, and culture of ancient Greece and Rome; classical.
4.
....1. Formal, refined, and restrained in style.
....2. Simple and harmonious; elegant: the classic cut of a suit; the classic lines of a clipper ship.
5. Having historical or literary associations: classic battlefields of the Civil War.
I'm mostly going for Definition 1.2 and 1.3
Something that in it's popularity has become a classic of the ages. Like LOTR, Harry Potter, Star Trek, Star Wars, Narnia, etc
Basically stuff that everyone would expect you to have read, seen, listened, etc. (When I tell people I've never read Harry Potter often the response is
, same was the response when I'd commented that I'd never seen The Big Lebowski )
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22 Nov 2005, 2:29 am
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23 Nov 2005, 12:58 am
Umm... yes it is.
As for most of the other posts here, when did this become the 'I Hate Harry Potter' thread?
23 Nov 2005, 1:11 am
I know, right? I mean even when I was 10 or 11 and reading lots & lots of fantasy books, "The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe" just wasn't that memorable, even compared to a lot of the B-grade fantasy books I was reading. And then I eventually read the Tolkien books which are just heads & tails above the Narnia books and all other fantasy I have read. BTW, for those who find Tolkien's writing to be 'plodding'... yeah, admittedly the first half of "Fellowship of the Ring" was a bit dull and I almost gave up on the series
But I managed to come back to it and finish it and I am so glad I did... Things really pick up after you get past the Mines of Moria and it never slows down.
EDIT: On the subject of fantasy... the "Prydain Chronicles" was a series of books I remember reading as a kid and loving the heck out of... anyone else read these? I'm not sure how well known they are, but I think "The Black Cauldron" is the most well-known since it was made into a Disney movie. Maybe they're worth a re-read?
23 Nov 2005, 1:35 am
23 Nov 2005, 9:15 am
I want to finish reading Kakfa's The Castle. I've been almost midway through that book for over a year now. 
As for Harry Potter, I love the movies but have never read the books. I think I want to wait until I've enjoyed all the movies. And then I'll read the books, so I'm not disappointed in the movies. I always hate that: read a book, watch the movie, get disappointed by the movie because it's not like the book.
