Khan Posted October 18, 2003 Share Posted October 18, 2003 WAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!This year the BBC decided to host a top 100 books, as voted for by the public. Way back in january we got to see several of the nominations, of which Dune was one. Today we got to see the top 88 books in this list, and I am delighted to tell you that Dune was number 39, beating the likes of the BFG, many Dickens novels and Crime and Punishment. What an achievement :DWhoa, thi is lik my longest post ever, ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted October 18, 2003 Share Posted October 18, 2003 You mean this?Good to hear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khan Posted October 18, 2003 Author Share Posted October 18, 2003 Yes, unfortunately most of that is about the film rather than the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Harkonnen Posted October 18, 2003 Share Posted October 18, 2003 I tired to vote but didn't find dune among the books to vote on :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caid Ivik Posted October 18, 2003 Share Posted October 18, 2003 Seeing all four Harry Potters and some Pratchetts over i.e. Of Mice And Men makes it rather *cough* lacking seriousness. But why? Winnie the Pooh is just three ranks under War And Peace and still over Wuthering Heights! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khan Posted October 18, 2003 Author Share Posted October 18, 2003 Umm... the final 22 is still up for vote, it is in alphebetical order at the moment;War and PeaceWinnie the PoohWuthering Heights ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inoculator9 Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 Garbage in my opinion, lol :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 havta say, the BIG READ SUX AND THEY CAN ALL BURN IN HELL >:(. er, anyway, i have to say i wasnt to pleased that dune wasn't in the top 22, ok, so harry potter, good books, no doubt, but, when compared to Dune, HAH!, and as for NightWatch (pratchett), i was disgusted :'(. it should of been in the top 22. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tio_Holtzmann Posted November 8, 2003 Share Posted November 8, 2003 are they only doing the series of programmes on the top 22 books? cos i just heard they did a whole program devoted to the catcher in the rye <and got in trouble over it but thats another story>. are we gonna have a entire programme discussing dune? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHJ BV Posted November 10, 2003 Share Posted November 10, 2003 I cheated, I said I live in Wales :)There isn't an "outside Britain option, so I had to be creative :)I voted for LotR btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inoculator9 Posted November 11, 2003 Share Posted November 11, 2003 I said Scotland ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terror Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Hmm, i don't like these rankings anyway. I don't know who, but some people declared as lord of the rings to be the best series ever.... yeah right.. it was pretty good, but by far not the best that i've read so far.and if of mice and men is so high... i definetly take this rankin into question Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted November 19, 2003 Share Posted November 19, 2003 I didn't like the way it turned out either. Still, if Dune can't win then lets hope it's The Lord of the Rings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terror Posted November 19, 2003 Share Posted November 19, 2003 I refuse to vote. It's dune or nothing at all. LOTR doesn't deserve it either IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ordos45 Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 I was one of the people who voted LOTR, since Dune wasn't an option. And I'm from Scotland now. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 Well, that makes two of us.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inoculator9 Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 You'd know it's three of us if you were paying attention ;)And I still just think it was garbage... the fact that Harry Potter was on it at all means to me that a bunch of nine year olds got online and lied about their age :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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