06-13-2000, 01:57 AM | #21 |
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Besides all the works of you-know-who, I love everything written by Jane Austen, Samuel Richardson, and Frances Burney. Okay, when I'm in a fluff mood, I love Ann Radcliffe's novels too.
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06-14-2000, 11:41 AM | #22 |
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i´m putting here other three books that come now to my mind, as in the other thread:
The Power and the Glory, Graham Greene Antigona, Sophocles. I don´t know what´s the English name. The Turn of the Screw, Henry James Did i say Shakespeare? BTW, (sorry, little advertising) if any of the Shakespeare readers has a topic to discuss, please pay a visit at Illyria. I cannot stand bmilder mocking the death of that board. |
06-15-2000, 05:11 AM | #23 |
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in no particular order...
LotR (of course) King Lear anything by Poe anything by TS Eliot Poison Elves (comic book) Ender & its sequels the Jhereg series - READ THESE, PEOPLE! (sorry) Farthest Shore by Ursula K Leguin 1984 Wuthering Heights Beowulf anything i've read by Diana Wynne Jones (but i haven't read all her stuff) the Dark-Thirty - a collection of Southern US ghost stories from approx. 1850's - 1930's Their Eyes were Watching God Lady of Shalott Rime of the ancient Mariner The House on Mango Street Sandman (another comic book) Narnia Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind god, that's a lot - & i've probably forgot someone... aryne * |
07-03-2000, 05:18 AM | #24 |
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Boy do I think Fat Middle is right about the Power and the Glory. GGreene is Conrad's best heir. If you haven't read a Burnt-Out Case, do. And Malcolm Lowry's Under the Volcano stakes out similar territory brilliantly. People who like fantasy and literary novels shoud look at Russel Hoban (Kleinzeit, Pilgerman, etc.) Does anyone like J.P. Donleavy as much as I do? Of course Remembrance, Ulysses and Beckett's trilogy are still my absolute favorites of the century and Bleak House the novel of novels. Calvino. Grass. Delillo. Bruno Schultz, Jiri Weil, Danilo Kis. BORGES! Hopeless to list.
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07-03-2000, 06:11 AM | #25 |
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How about "The complete guide to places for natural sun bathing".
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07-03-2000, 07:21 AM | #26 |
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galpsi, have you read Borges´ El Aleph? I love that book! specially that story of the two brothers and their "quarrel" for a woman
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07-04-2000, 03:30 AM | #27 |
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I have not. Perhaps I'll go to the library tomorrow. (Actually, I was gonna sit here on my lazy ass and order it on-line -- but the damn site was so user-torturous that I decided not to patronize them. Hence the library.)
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07-04-2000, 03:32 AM | #28 |
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I see from another column that you like Waugh. But do you like Wodehouse as well as I do?
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07-04-2000, 09:11 AM | #29 |
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i don´t know it very well. i´ve only read one of the Jeeves books about 15 years ago, but i can remember i laughed a lot with it
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07-04-2000, 12:34 PM | #30 |
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A novel by Wodehouse is comprised of nothing but the genius of formula strictly adhered to. While this approach to fiction troubles in Flannery O'Connor and bores in much straight fantasy, Wodehoue manages such microscopic variation as to justify genre-production.
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07-06-2000, 04:26 PM | #31 |
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Sorry I haven't replied more promptly to your question, Anduin. I thought Confederacy of Dunces was absolutely hilarious. I thoroughly enjoy it. In fact, I lived in New Orleans for 10 years, many moons ago, but I didn't know about the statue.
Clockers is written by Richard Price. It is about crack dealers on the surface and is also sort of a murder mystery. Pretty good read, actually. I was pleasantly surprised. I got the book by accident-my mother did not send back her book club card in time, so she got Clockers sort of by default and asked me if I were interested in reading it. |
07-06-2000, 04:32 PM | #32 |
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A few I forgot to add to the list, an error which I will now rectify:
A Prayer for Owen Meany Tales From Margaritaville Red Storm Rising Hunt for Red October The Catcher in the Rye All Quiet on the Western Front A Clockwork Orange 1984 Lord of the Flies The South Was Right Lost Moon Just a few more from a manic reader |
09-24-2000, 09:10 PM | #33 |
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The Bible.
I like all other Tolkien stuff as well. Watership Down / Adams Anything by Asmov A Christmas Carol by Dickens The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis Parts of the Xanth series by Piers Anthony Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Just about anything by Rudyard Kipling The Three Musketeers (all 5/6 of them) , The Count of Montechristo by Alexander Dumas The Once and Future King T.S. Elliot Animal Farm 1984 Lord of the Flies Stranger in a Strange Land Edward Gibbon: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire A. Conan Doyle: The Sherlock Holmes stories Complete works - William Shakespeare. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich - William Shirer. anything by Poe Beowulf EARLY TOM CLANCY NOVELS (GOT TO GET THE LATEST!) *** I copied most all of this from the above! I've listed more in the Favorite SF series thread. *** OTHERS: The History of Civilization --Will & Ariel Durant ANYTHING by Winston Churchill Gone With The Wind Swiss Family Robinson Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Works of Homer (not Simpson!) Works of Jules Verne Works of H.G. Welles Works of MARK TWAIN!!!!!! Foxe's Book of Martyrs!!! ...and lots of Poetry and Philosophy! |
10-12-2000, 02:54 AM | #34 |
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I can't believe I forgot L.M. Montgomery! And Louisa May Alcott! Also I was wondering if anyone has read Janette Oke's books? She's a Canadian author who writes Christian fiction, and it's very nice.
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10-17-2000, 10:46 PM | #35 |
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I'm not even going to try to list my favorite books.
I did, however, catch a reference to what must be the play that in English is called Antigone, so I thought I'd clear that up for anyone who actually cares. |
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