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Originally Posted by the.definitive  I don't see how having an English degree (or not) makes your opinion on popular literature any more or less relevant than anyone else's.
I'm one year shy of having an English degree and last time I checked that didn't make me any kind of authority on whether a book was good or not. |
Mark's suggestions were contrary to the point of the thread, which was to suggest accessible books for general consumption. If he's as clever as he says he is, he'd know those that he mentioned are hardly in the spirit of the thread.
In response to your point about an English degree, of course it doesn't make you an authority on whether a book is good or not and I never made any such claim. You have, however, benefitted from four years of interaction, teaching and assessment from people who
are authorities on literature, and I would hope that by the end you would be able to tell the difference between complete drivel, and entertaining novel and a masterpiece of the English language. In my opinion, Niffeneger's novel falls into the second category - I didn't ask what the greatest novel ever written was (refer to posts one and six to see what I was actually asking for).
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Originally Posted by ¡Punk! All a bit harsh from triggerhappy there.
The Time Traveller's Wife is shit  |
Again, refer to posts one and six.
Also,"Winner of British Book Awards: Popular Fiction Award 2006." I think that places it firmly in the scope of the question, regardless of whether you and Mark thought it was shit or not.
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Originally Posted by Tacky Calm down the both of you! All Mark meant was that was his best pick from HIS choice of books - maybe not your percpetion of what is easily accessible to everyone.
Chill, things are taken too seriously on these boards...*wanders away to county thread and smiles* |
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