[percy-l] The Moviegoer one of Top 100 books of all time

Patrick Lynch padraig at well.com
Wed Jul 29 13:03:07 EDT 2009


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
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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.
>
>   _____
>
> 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
>
>
>
>
>   _____
>
> 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
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>
>
> Karey
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