The Martin WooHoodStock Thread

[MidwifeOnBoard]

Whew! Glad the Woohoos are finally able to come back and lighten up the thread. I was afraid MoB and I were going to break GW with all of our literary talk. Sorry Cags, I love period pieces.

Congrats MoB on your first nekkid run. No Jumble, you're not the last. Being a perpetual lurker means I haven't done the streaking bit yet either.

I'm a sucker for a good period piece as well. And I've read the entire Austen oeuvre. Multiple times. Though I did thoroughly enjoy P&P&Zombies too.

[Estrela]

MoB and/or Wendy Care to elaborate on the P&P+Zombies? I'm intrigued.

[m_wendy_r]

You ran through the ship thread nekkid yesterday..

And congrats MoB

That was the ship thread, not this thread hehe.

MoB and/or Wendy Care to elaborate on the P&P+Zombies? I'm intrigued.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_a...ce_and_Zombies

An unusual retelling of the "classic" tale

[MidwifeOnBoard]

MoB and/or Wendy Care to elaborate on the P&P+Zombies? I'm intrigued.

You can read about it here on Amazon. Very fun read.

I have to go to work soon. I'm happy to go, just not thrilled with the prospect of another all-nighter tonight.

[hedwig]

That's pretty good. I think a lot of it is down to preference though. I don't really like period drama much so a lot of that list was meh to me, but a lot of what I have read that I'd consider classics isn't on that list. There's no Terry Pratchett (not all his stuff is legendary but at least one of those books definitely deserve a mention in a "best of fiction" list). There was no 2001 (Arthur C Clarke) and I'd even rate some Stephen King to be pretty classic ( The Dead Zone or IT for instance). And where's the Greek classics? The Odyssey and The Illiad?
Likewise I don't think it fair to list The complete Works of Shakespeare and then later list individual pieces from it. You either do one or the other, IMO.

All in all I find the list more a statement of how typical it is of the BBC to be a bit up-their-own-bums over this kind if thing. When all is said and done, fiction is fiction and any reading is good reading, IMO.

says she who has been known to read the back of a cornflake box before now!

Turns out, after rereading the list, I missed a couple. So I've read the folloiwing 17 on the list:

1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
22. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling
23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling
24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling
25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
39. Dune, Frank Herbert
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
59. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel

Sort of slanted towards the fantasy stuff. i have read "2001" and bits of The Iliad and The Odyssey.

[Estrela]

That was the ship thread, not this thread hehe.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_a...ce_and_Zombies

An unusual retelling of the "classic" tale

You can read about it here on Amazon. Very fun read.

I have to go to work soon. I'm happy to go, just not thrilled with the prospect of another all-nighter tonight.

Oooo looks like my kind of fun! Thanks. Hmmm. Perhaps an addition to my Christmas wish-list is in order...?

[MidwifeOnBoard]

Turns out, after rereading the list, I missed a couple. So I've read the folloiwing 17 on the list:

1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
22. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling
23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling
24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling
25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
39. Dune, Frank Herbert
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
59. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel

Sort of slanted towards the fantasy stuff. i have read "2001" and bits of The Iliad and The Odyssey.

Hmm. There must be more than one list floating around...

[hedwig]

Hmm. There must be more than one list floating around...

Here's a link to the one I found:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top100_2.shtml

Is there another one?

ooooh ... here's another one:

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=664579

I'ved read 12 on the 2d list, started a couple of others (but didn't finish them), and saw two movies made from two other books.

[llp]

Well done MoB

I saw you Hedwig

I think I am now officially the only WooHoo never to have run nekkid through the thread

*huggles Martin...... fully clothed of course *

Sorry....I have never run through the site anyway but FULLY CLOTHED!

[llp]

That's pretty good. I think a lot of it is down to preference though. I don't really like period drama much so a lot of that list was meh to me, but a lot of what I have read that I'd consider classics isn't on that list. There's no Terry Pratchett (not all his stuff is legendary but at least one of those books definitely deserve a mention in a "best of fiction" list). There was no 2001 (Arthur C Clarke) and I'd even rate some Stephen King to be pretty classic ( The Dead Zone or IT for instance). And where's the Greek classics? The Odyssey and The Illiad?
Likewise I don't think it fair to list The complete Works of Shakespeare and then later list individual pieces from it. You either do one or the other, IMO.

All in all I find the list more a statement of how typical it is of the BBC to be a bit up-their-own-bums over this kind if thing. When all is said and done, fiction is fiction and any reading is good reading, IMO.

says she who has been known to read the back of a cornflake box before now!

[wine_buyer]

Evening WooHoo's

Hope the meeting WooHoo's are having fun.

Busy weekend pug sitting so I missed the fun. I did see the two lists and I am showing my age here in revealing the books I've read.

Spoiled for space

Spoiler:

List One:
1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
22. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling
23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling
24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling
25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
46. Animal Farm, George Orwell
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck
53. The Stand, Stephen King
70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding
78. Ulysses, James Joyce

List 2:
1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6 The Bible
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell
46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding
54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville
72 Dracula - Bram Stoker
75 Ulysses - James Joyce
78 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
87 Charlotte’s Web - EB White
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams -
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factoy - Roald Dahl

[hedwig]

Well done MoB

I saw you Hedwig

I think I am now officially the only WooHoo never to have run nekkid through the thread

*huggles Martin...... fully clothed of course *

Drat!

[wine_buyer]

I opened PS in the hopes of making something but ended up making a screen-cap of some cute kittens and then that led to this...*sigh*

[starlover]

I opened PS in the hopes of making something but ended up making a screen-cap of some cute kittens and then that led to this...*sigh*

http://i792.photobucket.com/albums/y...mber_party.jpg

Awww that made me smile! Lol!

[MidwifeOnBoard]

I opened PS in the hopes of making something but ended up making a screen-cap of some cute kittens and then that led to this...*sigh*

http://i792.photobucket.com/albums/y...mber_party.jpg

*waves from work*