The Laughing Policeman is great, but that's one where I wish I could vote for the series rather than the individual book.
Voted Crying of Lot 49. I don't think I've read it since I was a kid, but it's part of my mental landscape; little fragments of it, like "potsmaster" and "Hey, solid citizen, we just pinched your boat," float into my mind all the time.
― Lily Dale, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 17:18 (two years ago) link
Lot 49 is diverting but extremely minor compared to what came later imo
Gravity's Rainbow is dedicated to Fariña
― imago, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 17:20 (two years ago) link
Oh wait it's been said
― imago, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 17:21 (two years ago) link
I have irrationally disliked Richard Farina ever since reading David Hajdu's book Positively 4th Street; Hajdu seemed so determined to elevate Farina as a misunderstood genius and downplay Dylan's talent that it made me instinctively (and quite unfairly) resent Farina when my actual beef was with Hajdu.
― Lily Dale, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 17:25 (two years ago) link
The Comedians is good too; I didn't see it on the list until now. This was a good year.
― Lily Dale, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 17:26 (two years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 13 May 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
A bunch of stuff wuz robbed.
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 May 2021 00:08 (two years ago) link
Wherein We Elect Our Favourite Novels of 1967
― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 13 May 2021 09:50 (two years ago) link
I was somewhat sheepish about voting for Flowers for Algernon, but I reread it relatively recently and it was well worth the revisit. Glad that one of my other choices, Babel-17, got a vote, somewhat dismayed the The Laughing Policeman got shut out.
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 15 May 2021 17:29 (two years ago) link