Friday, March 29, 2013

The Polls Are Closed, and We Have a Winner

What is the Great American Novel?

7 comments:

Deb said...

Does In Cold Blood even count as a novel?

/My vote goes to The Sound and the Fury, but I was glad to see The Big Sleep made the cut.

Bud said...

Although not necessarily my favorite American author I put in You Can't Go Home Again - Thomas Wolfe. Has the best last paragraph of any American novel. Faulkner thought Wolfe was the best American novelist of his time, not for what he accomplished, but what he attempted to accomplish. I'll go along with that.

Richard R. said...

I've read the first 20 and most of the rest including the Other category. If there had been a specific SF category, I'd have voted for CHILDHOOD'S END by Arthur C. Clarke

Rick Robinson said...

I wonder how many votes they got in toto?

mybillcrider said...

I think they have an update with the total, but I'm not sure.

Bud said...

Well, Clarke wasn't American, but I love Childhood's End too!

Cap'n Bob said...

What? No RYAN RIDES BACK? I'm speechless.