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Started by Takun, April 25, 2008, 07:31:17 PM

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Hi no Seijin

#30
May 12, 2008, 02:46:16 PM
I still haven't read a Redwall book yet.  Then again, I still have the fourth book of The Wheel of Time waiting to be finished. ???
Best.  Cane.  EVER!
Secretary of Lolcats; I won the MagmarFire Award for 2/21/08!
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Goosey

#31
May 13, 2008, 06:41:50 PM
I don't know if anyone has ever heard of a book called Atlas Shrugged, but I finished it today and I must say that I really enjoyed it! It's a political novel (dull in some parts to be perfectly honest) but have very good morals in it. Of course, it's the 17th longest novel ever published so it took a while to read.  :D

I definately recommend it... high reading skills required!!!

darkphantomime

#32
May 14, 2008, 01:05:38 PM
Where's that list of the longest books of all time and what's at the top?

Peka

#33
May 14, 2008, 01:28:53 PM
Henry Darger, The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinnian War Storm, Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion

That's the longest.  The name says it all.  Should it be counted even though it wasn't published?  "Typed single-spaced with 15,145 pages in 10 volumes. Discovered after Darger's death, the manuscript has never been published. The total number of words has been estimated; some believe this might be the longest novel ever written, [1]. 15,145 pages at 600 words per page (typical for old typewriters set to single spaced lines) would result in over 9 million words."

Yay Wikipedia.  ;)

darkphantomime

#34
May 14, 2008, 03:17:59 PM
Doesn't count if it's divided in several volumes.

What's number 2?

Peka

#35
May 14, 2008, 05:44:46 PM
Marienbad My Love is number three.  #2 is also 10 volumes.

Goosey

#36
May 16, 2008, 03:11:36 PM
Quote from: Peka on May 14, 2008, 01:28:53 PM
Discovered after Darger's death, the manuscript has never been published.

Holy Canolie... who would spend so much time writing a novel and then never publish it? Maybe it wasn't any good...

Keaton

#37
May 16, 2008, 08:01:31 PM
I just read this awesome piece of fiction, by the way.  You may have heard of it-- it's called the Bible.

DW

#38
May 17, 2008, 08:08:11 AM
Are you trying to start a debate simply because of what I said in the same-sex marriage topic? He asked for my opinion, and I gave it.
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Keaton

#39
May 17, 2008, 08:52:01 AM
Me?

No, I was just making a joke.  Don't be so defensive.  If I wanted to start a flame war, I would do that in the same topic.   >:3
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