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The 10 best novels of the 20th century as selected by readers of the Modern Library:

1. ATLAS SHRUGGED by Ayn Rand
2. THE FOUNTAINHEAD by Ayn Rand
3. BATTLEFIELD EARTH by L. Ron Hubbard
4. THE LORD OF THE RINGS by J.R.R. Tolkien
5. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee
6. 1984 by George Orwell
7. ANTHEM by Ayn Rand
8. WE THE LIVING by Ayn Rand
9. MISSION EARTH by L. Ron Hubbard
10. FEAR by L. Ron Hubbard

RIP literature, RIP. (though #5 and #6 are okay I suppose)

>> No.583226

This is like when Ron Paul wins an internet poll or how Moot won Times person of the year award. Small frindge groups of highly dedicated people are going to spam voting.

>> No.583229

four Ayn Rand titles lol.

>> No.583233

>>583226

Maybe but even if you go through the rest of the list it's mostly pop scifi and fantasy crap.

Reading bad books is almost as bad as not reading at all. Sure it's nice to read some lighter less srs stuff now and then but to rank books like that within the 100 best novels of the 20th century . . .

D:

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>> Ayn Rand
>> L Ron Hubbard
>> Tolkien
>> My face

>> No.583241

I really hope this list isn't the "real" list. 3 L Ron Hubbard titles? Who the fuck's even heard of 9 and 10? Crazy scientologists

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objectivism and scientology

>> No.583247

>>583218
Links or I dont believe it.
If its real though, thats some HARDCORE TROLLIN

>> No.583250

that does not say much about literature.

it does say a lot about the readers of "modern library" (whatever that is)

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ayn rand overdose

I just don't want or like what was I thinking again no this just doesn't work like this

>> No.583259

>>583250
and it says even more about the Rand/Hubbard lobby. As a matter of fact, if I was the editor of Modern Library, I'd be proud to be significant enough to warrant the interest of such massive entities.

>> No.583260

In all fairness those were the results of a popularity poll which we all know means very little.

The editorial board's top ten looks like this:
ULYSSES by James Joyce
THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald
A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce
LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov
BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner
CATCH-22
DARKNESS AT NOON by Arthur Koestler
SONS AND LOVERS by D.H. Lawrence
THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck

>> No.583269

>>583218
>implying that's not the deliberate result of a (quite successful) trolling attempt

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>>583218

>> No.583371

>>583218

What's wrong with The Lord of the Rings? It was a great book. I don't see why it doesn't deserve a place in the top 10.

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>>583371

>> No.583376

>>583371

Nothing's wrong with Orwell or Lee either, it's just pointing out the overwhelming Rand and Hubbard that wouldn't reasonably on any top 10 list of best novels.

>> No.583394

Ulysses is overrated.

>> No.583397

>>583394

I agree. Any book that requires footnotes to be appreciated is shit in my opinion.

Nobody actually likes Ulysses. They just say they do.

>> No.583427

>>583397
HOW FUCKING OLD ARE YOU????? Seriously if you are in college I will shit forth thunder.

>> No.583441

>>583218
>Implying LotR isn't "okay"

>> No.583461

Seems like objectivistic scientology is on the rise.
Also, elves and birds.

>> No.583528

>>583441
no it isn't. its a tour guide to fap over. gay men fap all the way to mordor.

>> No.583552 [DELETED] 

Estados Unidos

>> No.583561

>>583218
11. ULYSSES by James Joyce
12. CATCH-22 by Joseph Heller
13. THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald
14. DUNE by Frank Herbert
15. THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS by Robert Heinlein
16. STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND by Robert Heinlein
17. A TOWN LIKE ALICE by Nevil Shute
18. BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
19. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger
20. ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell

>> No.583589

I'm an objectivist, and I wouldn't rate her books in the top ten as far as "writing" goes. In terms of message, absolutely. In terms of skilled literature writing, no.

>> No.583950

Incredibly easy-to-find fact: respondents were allowed to vote once per day until the deadline, meaning the contest really became about who could be bothered to keep on voting.

Incredibly obvious conclusion: the vote was deliberately swamped by Scientologists and Objectivists.

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>>583427

I'm a doctoral candidate in medieval literature.

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>>583561
WHY DO PEOPLE INSIST ON CLAIMING CATCHER IN THE RYE WAS A GOOD BOOK???!!!!??!

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