What books would you place on this list? Notice, it says "books," not novels (meaning not limited only to novels). Does not need to be limited to dead-tree versions. What from SOL would make the list?
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What books would you place on this list? Notice, it says "books," not novels (meaning not limited only to novels). Does not need to be limited to dead-tree versions. What from SOL would make the list?
(edited to clarify)
An unabridged dictionary, but I doubt it would be read or used extensively by many.
Why should people change the ingrained behaviours of the last 40 years?
Why should people change the ingrained behaviours of the last 40 years?
Why should people change the ingrained behaviours of the last 400 years?
FTFY
I use them often as my spelling sucks.
I use Google for that. Type the word like I think it's spelt even though I know it's wrong (phonetically) and Google responds with "Do you mean…" and gets it right. Or sometimes I just start typing the beginning and Google finishes it.
Oh I use Google to correct my writing all the time when online but believe it or not the Government actually still requires real paper forms filled out with descriptions and explanations. Try buying hundreds of pounds of fertilizers and thousands of gallons of diesel fuel ever since April 19, 1995 and see how many alphabet squads you get to answer to.
Most of the Harry Potter books were published this century. Not much else comes to mind as truly great. Hard to imagine the modern books having the lasting appeal of the relative handful that were first published a century or more ago and still dominate today.
Most of the Harry Potter books were published this century.
Just barely, and only if you put 2000 in the 21st century (which I don't, actually). 3 in the 1900s, 4 in the 2000s; 4 in the 20th century; 3 in the 21st by my calculation:
Philosopher's Stone (1997)
Chamber of Secrets (1998)
Prisoner of Azkaban (1999)
Goblet of Fire (2000)
Order of the Phoenix (2003)
Half-Blood Prince (2005)
Deathly Hallows (2007)
There are several I'd put in my list.
The Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson
The Ranger's Apprentice by John Flanagan
As far as stories written on SOL that I'd put in there, the first ones that comes to mind are Opus One by Ryan Sylander as well as his "Hook, Pick and Lens" series.
"Best" is something I flinch at. If you ask me to name my favorite band, or song, or whatever, you'll get a bunch of answers.
So I'll simply say that Steven King's '11/22/63' is damn good, and the three Bill Hodges novels ('Mr. Mercedes', 'Finders Keepers', and 'End of Watch') along with 'The Outsider' are also wonderful. Of the four, I'd give the overall nod to 'Finders Keepers'.
Neil Gaiman's 'American Gods' is up there. So are'Coraline', 'The Graveyard Book', and 'The Ocean At The End of the Lane'.
Best? Who knows. But they're all really good.
As for SOL, I'm not sure, and it's a complicated question. There are some amazing and talented people writing on SOL, but I'm not sure that we have anyone who's at 'best books of the 21st century' level.
Since we are only about 20% of the way through the century I would say it is too early to call anything the best of the century.
Since we are only about 20% of the way through the century I would say it is too early to call anything the best of the century.
The car of the year is announced in January IIRC.
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The car of the year is announced in January IIRC.
That has everything to do with selling cars and nothing to do with realistic fact.
The car of the year is announced in January
Since car and truck Model Year starts around September of the previous year they have had time to test them by January.
car and truck Model Year starts around September of the previous year
Depending upon the manufacturer, you can start seeing the new model year cars out in July. I know, I sold them.
Haven't read it, but "The Passenger" by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz.
A German-Jewish author who was killed by the Nazis is set to become a bestseller decades later after his book on living under regime was rediscovered by publishers.
It was written shortly after Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass in November 1938 which symbolised a new and terrifying level of Nazi persecution, with Jews beaten, arrested and murdered as synagogues, hospitals, homes and businesses were attacked.
Deeply affected by the horrors, Boschwitz worked feverishly on The Passenger, the story of a German-Jewish man on the run from the Gestapo across a homeland that is no longer home.
Among other rave reviews, one critic wrote: "If you have to choose one book of 20th century history, read The Passenger. A truly exceptional novel."
Full article: https://www.yahoo.com/news/forgotten-1938-novel-portraying-horrors-144558383.html