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  • From: "Gray, Rich" <RGray AT montreat.edu>
  • To: "Percy-L: Literary and Philosophical Discussion" <percy-l AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [percy-l] The Moviegoer one of Top 100 books of all time
  • Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:48:48 -0400
As a college English instructor,

I tried the Moviegoer with students--I love it, but students want a mystery
plot, so they turned it down.

When I tried the Second Coming--students wanted it desperately.

Rich Gray
Montreat College, with a path from campus to the highest mountain in east
U.S., Mt. Mitchell.
North Carolina

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From: percy-l-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org on behalf of Patrick Lynch
Sent: Wed 7/29/2009 1:03 PM
To: Percy-L: Literary and Philosophical Discussion
Subject: Re: [percy-l] The Moviegoer one of Top 100 books of all time


I agree. TSC has a combination of thought, humor, and good old
Southern/American whimsy that cause it to work best for me. Though in a
pinch, I could mugwump over The Moviegoer, The Last Gentleman, and Lancelot,
all of which get the old think tank and faith tank a 'runnin'.
Patrick

On Jul 28, 2009, at 4:43 PM, Robert OConnor wrote:


Without a doubt I'd rate The Second Coming as his best.

--- On Tue, 7/28/09, Hebrunson AT aol.com <Hebrunson AT aol.com> wrote:



From: Hebrunson AT aol.com <Hebrunson AT aol.com>
Subject: Re: [percy-l] The Moviegoer one of Top 100 books of all time
To: percy-l AT lists.ibiblio.org
Date: Tuesday, July 28, 2009, 2:20 PM



Perhaps I (or, even some of us) liked The Last Gentl

In a message dated 7/28/2009 1:15:13 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
karey1 AT charter.net writes:

But what's interesting is - critics do seem to like Moviegoer
best - or
maybe Last Gentleman (which made it into the hardbound Modern
Library of the
World's Best Books) - but few thought his latter novels were
any good - yet
I liked them just as much or more.

Karey



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From: percy-l-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:percy-l-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Karey
Perkins
Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 2:02 PM
To: 'Percy-L: Literary and Philosophical Discussion'
Subject: Re: [percy-l] The Moviegoer one of Top 100 books of
all time

I agree with you Rhonda - I loved Second Coming as a
pleasurable read, for
the love story, and all the rest of it as well. Also, the
female character
was more prominent and well done than his other novels I
think. As for
Lancelot - it was gripping and riveting and I couldn't put it
down. That
seems like it might have the most popular appeal...

Karey

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From: percy-l-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:percy-l-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Dye,
Steve
Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 1:41 PM
To: Percy-L: Literary and Philosophical Discussion
Subject: Re: [percy-l] The Moviegoer one of Top 100 books of
all time

I am in total agreement about Second Coming being his "best"
- and I am but
a lowly man.

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From: percy-l-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org on behalf of RHONDA
MCDONNELL
Sent: Tue 7/28/2009 1:24 PM
To: Percy-L: Literary and Philosophical Discussion
Subject: Re: [percy-l] The Moviegoer one of Top 100 books of
all time


Thanks for posting the link Karey. I don't even think it's
his best book.
Here's a discussion topic that might wake our list up: Which
book is WP's
best? What makes you think so? For pure pleasure I like THE
SECOND COMING
best (l like the love story: I'm a girl that way!). But as
for his best, I
cast my vote with LANCELOT. It marks a crucial turning point
in his writing,
has as strong a philosophical underpinning as MOVIEGOER, and
as far as pure
literary merit, it's crafted better than the others--even
MOVIEGOER. I'd
place MOVIEGOER second. What do the rest of y'all think?


--Rhonda

"You live in a deranged age, more deranged than usual,
because in spite of
great scientific and technological advances, man has not the
faintest idea
of who he is or what he is doing."

Walker Percy




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From: karey1 AT charter.net
To: percy-l AT lists.ibiblio.org
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:01:17 -0400
Subject: [percy-l] The Moviegoer one of Top 100 books of all
time



Percy's Moviegoer makes Time's Top 100 books of all time:



http://www.time.com/time/2005/100books/the_complete_list.html



And here's the original review:




http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,872439,00.html?internalid=a
tb100



Karey






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