What's your favorite fiction book?

[chrissy829]

I think my favorite HAS to be Harry Potter.
I'm like, the biggest fan!










(I love emoticons)

[RJKD23]

(I love emoticons)

Really? I couldn't tell!

All Meg Cabot's books and all Nicholas Sparks' books are top favorites for me (I should add).

[Prince Adam]

At the moment, anything by the Bronte sisters, Richard Paul Evans, or Gregory Maguire.

[Brer Brandon]

The Lord of the Rings
followed closely by Huck Finn

[tomothy81]

The Lord of the Rings
followed closely by Huck Finn

Huck Finn is one of the best books that I have ever read. I think that it is an enjoyable book for all ages, one of those books that your just not able to put down.

[DDMAN26]

There's so many to name:

The Hobbit
Lord of the Rings
Chronicles of Narnia
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Universe
War of the Worlds
THe Invisible Man
Huck Finn
Tom Sawyer
Brave New World
Harry Potter

[GOGOinVegas]

Interview with a Vampire, Hey! that was just listed!!
The lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Firm
The Shining
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Watchers ( the movie sux)
Lord of the Flies ( liked both movie versions as well)

Its hard to remember all ive read though!

[CJ]

To Kill a Mockingbird
Huck Finn
Tom Sawyer
the Tarzan series of books

[chrissy829]

(I love emoticons)

Really? I couldn't tell!

Thats weird. I couldnt tell I loved emoticons.............. JUST BY LOOKING AT MY POSTS!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, do you know how I can get an avatar next to my posts? Yours is SSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOO CUTE! I LOVE BOO!
-well, I am mike. eye love boo too.
(well maybe less than sully does.)

Its true! I do luv boo! But, I do think mike likes her more than I do.
(Its hard to admit it. )

[Zoltack]

You get an avatar after you have made 50 post.
It's all here.
http://www.ultimatedisney.com/forum/faq ... 3397343818

[AwallaceUNC]

I have way too many to rank, though Harry Potter would certainly be near the top. As a general rule, I prefer British literature to American (or any other kind, for that matter), especially when it comes to fiction. I'm not a huge fan of American lit, but I do think we've had some big successes, most notably in children's and southern lit. Anyways, other favorites come from Narnia, Roald Dahl, the Left Behind series, Huck/Finn, Treasure Island, The Colot Purple, etc. (obviously, fantasy makes up a lot- though not all- of what I like reading). A book called "A String In The Harp" was always a favorite, though no one has heard of it (and I actually haven't read it in years).

I'm with Kelvin on Lord of the Rings. I love the stories and the films, and even the book of The Hobbit. Of the original trilogy, I've only read FotR... I really love parts of it, but I have to plow my way through a billion frivelous words before I get there. I'm afraid I must say that they are detailed to a fault. I still would like to get through them all one day, though.

[AwallaceUNC]

chrissy, I understand that you love smilies, but as the message board FAQ tells you- using too many is a bad thing. It clutters the page and can't make them load slowly on some people's computers. You might want to think about easing up on them a tad. You can also look at the FAQ or the Feedback forum to find out how to get an avatar.

-Aaron

[chrissy829]

There's so many to name:


Harry Potter

Thats my FAVORITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well, I did mention it before, but I'm feeling about it. Oh, well,I guess alot of people like that series.
(Hey, I'm actualy being like fulhousegurl, funny and all, Well, I do know her, shes the one that got me connected to this site!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But, now, she's not allowed on anymore.BBBBAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!
Oh, well, I can atleast see her in school,

[Prince Eric]

I have way too many to rank, though Harry Potter would certainly be near the top. As a general rule, I prefer British literature to American (or any other kind, for that matter), especially when it comes to fiction. I'm not a huge fan of American lit, but I do think we've had some big successes, most notably in children's and southern lit.

Do I sense a fellow Southerner on this board? Right on! Southern is the best branch of American literature out there! I absolutely adore Flannery O'Connor and few her stories as templates for what good fiction should be.

I have to disagree about American fiction in general. American literature is great in every respect, especially in the last twenty years when the official "cannon" of "good" literature has been opened up to much more diverse works. I like 19th century British literature, but I'm not too keen on the modern stuff. I just don't get it. (Maybe becasue I'm not British. ) Actually, I "get it," but it's just not compelling to me. We've had more than "some" big successes, we have enough to fill a library every year.

[chrissy829]

chrissy, I understand that you love avatars, but as the message board FAQ tells you- using too many is a bad thing. It clutters the page and can't make them load slowly on some people's computers. You might want to think about easing up on them a tad. You can also look at the FAQ or the Feedback forum to find out how to get an avatar.

-Aaron

O.K, sorry. I wont so many those again. But seiriosly, who reads that "junk"? OK. Ill try to read it, no, wait. I WILL READ IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just one emoticon? ok. thats it for now!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[AwallaceUNC]

I have to disagree about American fiction in general. American literature is great in every respect, especially in the last twenty years when the official "cannon" of "good" literature has been opened up to much more diverse works. I like 19th century British literature, but I'm not too keen on the modern stuff. I just don't get it. (Maybe becasue I'm not British. ) Actually, I "get it," but it's just not compelling to me. We've had more than "some" big successes, we have enough to fill a library every year.

Well perhaps I should clarify that I didn't really have 'commercial literature' in mind when assessing American lit (not that I don't like commercial lit too, bc I do). I was thinking more along the lines of "classic" American lit, as well as the post-modern/post-modernish stuff that is considered contemporary American lit. Doesn't do much for me. When it comes to current thrillers, romance stories, etc, we shape up quite nicely.

-Aaron

[Prince Eric]

I have to disagree about American fiction in general. American literature is great in every respect, especially in the last twenty years when the official "cannon" of "good" literature has been opened up to much more diverse works. I like 19th century British literature, but I'm not too keen on the modern stuff. I just don't get it. (Maybe becasue I'm not British. ) Actually, I "get it," but it's just not compelling to me. We've had more than "some" big successes, we have enough to fill a library every year.

Well perhaps I should clarify that I didn't really have 'commercial literature' in mind when assessing American lit (not that I don't like commercial lit too, bc I do). I was thinking more along the lines of "classic" American lit, as well as the post-modern/post-modernish stuff that is considered contemporary American lit. Doesn't do much for me. When it comes to current thrillers, romance stories, etc, we shape up quite nicely.

-Aaron

I wasn't talking about pop fiction either. In fact, I don't read pop fiction at all. I genuinely dislike genre writing. I was talking about America's literary fiction spectrum. Just because something is contemporary does not make it postmodern. Postmodernity is a writing style, not an era or time defined label, such as "contemporary." I would recommend reading the Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists every year. Let's broaden our horizons...

[AwallaceUNC]

I wasn't talking about pop fiction either. In fact, I don't read pop fiction at all. I genuinely dislike genre writing. I was talking about America's literary fiction spectrum. Just because something is contemporary does not make it postmodern. Postmodernity is a writing style, not an era or time defined label, such as "contemporary." I would recommend reading the Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists every year. Let's broaden our horizons...

In my opinion contemporary and postmodern are becoming increasingly blended (notice I said "postmodernish"). Things that aren't strictly postmodern borrow from the style- even memoirs these days. Aside from commercial lit and postmodernish lit, you don't get a whole lot coming out these days (again, the exception lies in southern lit, childrens lit, and some scifi). Of course there are plenty of exceptions, but I'm speaking in general terms. I have read a good many of the Pulitzer winners and just don't care for many of their selections. I do keep up with the literary times from one end of the spectrum to the other, and consider my horizons to be fairly broad. I'll keep the rest of my comments to myself.

-Aaron

[Prince Eric]

I wasn't talking about pop fiction either. In fact, I don't read pop fiction at all. I genuinely dislike genre writing. I was talking about America's literary fiction spectrum. Just because something is contemporary does not make it postmodern. Postmodernity is a writing style, not an era or time defined label, such as "contemporary." I would recommend reading the Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists every year. Let's broaden our horizons...

In my opinion contemporary and postmodern are becoming increasingly blended (notice I said "postmodernish"). Things that aren't strictly postmodern borrow from the style- even memoirs these days. Aside from commercial lit and postmodernish lit, you don't get a whole lot coming out these days (again, the exception lies in southern lit, childrens lit, and some scifi). Of course there are plenty of exceptions, but I'm speaking in general terms. I have read a good many of the Pulitzer winners and just don't care for many of their selections. I do keep up with the literary times from one end of the spectrum to the other, and consider my horizons to be fairly broad. I'll keep the rest of my comments to myself.

-Aaron

I was joking about the horizons thing. I was talking about both of us. Anyway, I can assure you they're not being blurred. How can they be? Postmodern is postmodern because they stick out, and you can't really blend postmodernism because that goes against the basic postmodernist mantra. The Pulitzer Prize winners are very high art and require intensive meditation and "close reading." They are fulfilling if you give them due attention. As a rule of thumb, prize winners of any kind are not postmodern. In fact, postmodernism is still a fair minority of the novels published each year.

[AwallaceUNC]

As much as I appreciate your assurance, I still disagree. Sure, in theory, postmodernism has to be different, or at least that's what brought about its rise, but like most things that are different but acclaimed, it became a fad. I never cared for it to begin with, but I now just see it as a hodgepodge of cheap liberal ranting passed off as literature. Some of the potent elements of postmodernism are the same elements that I see in more and more of our "literature" of the day all the time. As far as the Pulitzers go, I'm not necessarily saying that they, too, are postmodern, but simply that I don't care much for a lot of the stuff I've read coming out of those.

-Aaron