John the OFM  | 12 Apr 2025 11:08 a.m. PST |
I had to cut myself off at 5. It was difficult. |
miniMo  | 12 Apr 2025 1:11 p.m. PST |
Voted for the 3 I've read, still haven't had to make a decision yet in this poll. |
robert piepenbrink  | 12 Apr 2025 1:39 p.m. PST |
You did well, miniMo. Only one on this section I've read, though I have the DVD of The Enemy Below--and the Star Trek episode. Odd. Not that I haven't read enough historical novels and war stories in my time, but outside of intelligence and espionage WWII novels seldom turn my crank. I think there was a Max Hastings or so I forgot to nominate, but they wouldn't have gotten past the first round anyway. |
Dal Gavan  | 12 Apr 2025 2:25 p.m. PST |
Similar for me, 'Mo. I only vote for the ones I read and remember liking. If I've read it, but can't remember it, then it doesn't get a vote. |
Major Mike | 13 Apr 2025 5:42 a.m. PST |
I found Catch-22 unreadable. I wonder how many vote for the movie, not the book. |
Grattan54  | 13 Apr 2025 9:45 a.m. PST |
Me too. Tried it years ago and stopped reading it. |
The Last Conformist | 13 Apr 2025 11:58 a.m. PST |
Never seen the movie, but I thought the book was pretty good. (Now, I dislike most historical novels, so that's perhaps not a vote in favour for people who like the genre.) |
John the OFM  | 13 Apr 2025 12:15 p.m. PST |
I wore out my copy of Catch-22 from reading it so much. I found the movie forgettable. It was just a star studded bore fest. 😄 Art Garfunkel??? I recently heard that it was a TV miniseries, but I didn't bother to find out more. |
John the OFM  | 13 Apr 2025 12:19 p.m. PST |
HMS Ulysses was a "Dear Lord, how much more crap are they going to throw at that poor ship?" read. But I enjoyed it nonetheless. The Cruel Sea was much more grim, and I would call it "must read" Literature. |
miniMo  | 13 Apr 2025 12:53 p.m. PST |
Liked the Catch-22 book better than the movie. |