http://thecompany.net/jason/posts/2005/100-best-novels/ We seem to be haunted by the randomness of life and alternate versions of reality. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:36:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://thecompany.net/jason/posts/2005/100-best-novels/#comment-266 ahe Tue, 18 Oct 2005 17:05:18 +0000 http://thecompany.net/jason/posts/2005/100-best-novels/#comment-266 Okay, so Judy Blume made this list and not James Joyce? I call bullshit. And Wide Sargasso Sea but not Jane Eyre? For the most part, these seem to be pretty "safe" choices with a few "Hey, we're hip!" choices thrown in. How are The Berlin Stories here and not, I don't know, DUBLINERS? The BERLIN freaking Stories? I have read Isherwood and he is boring and not very...literary if that tracks. Man, it would take me all day to go through each and every one of my objections here, but that would be an entry for my own blog. I'm also a little offended at the disproportionate amount of women's lit here. Okay, so Judy Blume made this list and not James Joyce? I call bullshit. And Wide Sargasso Sea but not Jane Eyre? For the most part, these seem to be pretty “safe” choices with a few “Hey, we’re hip!” choices thrown in. How are The Berlin Stories here and not, I don’t know, DUBLINERS? The BERLIN freaking Stories? I have read Isherwood and he is boring and not very…literary if that tracks. Man, it would take me all day to go through each and every one of my objections here, but that would be an entry for my own blog. I’m also a little offended at the disproportionate amount of women’s lit here.

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