stunnedTo quote the NPR page:
"Last month when we asked the NPR audience to submit nominations for a list of the 100 most pulse-quickening, suspenseful novels ever written, you came through with some 600 titles. It was a fascinating, if unwieldy, collection.
"Now, with your input, a panel of thriller writers and critics has whittled that list down to a manageable 182 novels. That roster, which we now offer for final voting, draws from every known thriller sub-genre—techno, espionage, crime, medical, psychological, horror, legal, supernatural and more."
Here is a link to the full story, including the list of 182 novels being considered for the top 100.
Scroll down. Scroll down to books beginning with the letter "F."
Understand why I am sitting here looking pole-axed.
I AM IN THE SECOND-TIER NPR LIST. ME. I am right fucking there, along with my two favorite Stephen King novels of all time, and the first Repairman Jack novel, and Jurassic Park, and and and and...
Ack.
So they say lobbying is okay, right there in the article, and this is me, lobbying. I'm not sure how I made this list; it would mean a lot to me to make the final cut. Please consider swinging by and taking a look at the nominees? And maybe, you know, making with the clicky?
Now please excuse me. I seem to have something in my eye.
July 20 2010, 17:29:29 UTC 6 years ago
Anyway, totally voted for you. Because FEED really is amazing. Also voted for Hunger Games and for Jurassic Park. I remember Jurassic Park being one of the few movies my parents saw together when I was a kid, and my mom covered her eyes through half of it. Why she then let us watch it before the age of 20, I have no idea, but holy fuck dinosaurs! It definitely might have influenced me in deciding to study biology in college, lol.
July 26 2010, 20:21:45 UTC 6 years ago