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bananaman114 · 2011-04-08 19:03:14

Basically, discuss the greatest of literature.

I like Sherlock Holmes.

RobotKitty · 2011-04-08 19:08:28

Edgar
Allen
Poe.

Three words for you.

Idolize that captivated, sickening man to death.

Kileymeister · 2011-04-08 19:09:19

Isaac Asimov is a great science fiction writer. I just finished the main trilogy of his Foundation series.

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RobotKitty · 2011-04-08 19:10:04

That's ironic. The three people that want to be famous for Literature have all posted...

Ahah.

bananaman114 · 2011-04-08 19:10:59

RobotKitty wrote:
That's ironic. The three people that want to be famous for Literature have all posted...

Ahah.

Huh, that is irony.

kingofdallamas · 2011-04-08 19:12:05

Charles Dickens Great Expectations. tongue

bananaman114 · 2011-04-08 19:13:15

kingofdallamas wrote:
Charles Dickens Great Expectations.

tongue

That was a good book though.

bananaman114 · 2011-04-08 19:14:40

Kileymeister wrote:
Isaac Asinov is a great science fiction writer. I just finished the main trilogy of his Foundation series.

I searched him.

That would be the second author you inspired me to read the works of. The first being Douglas Adams.

Speaking of which, HG2G was good.

Kileymeister · 2011-04-08 19:18:00

bananaman114 wrote:
Kileymeister wrote:
Isaac Asinov is a great science fiction writer. I just finished the main trilogy of his Foundation series.
I searched him.

That would be the second author you inspired me to read the works of. The first being Douglas Adams.

Speaking of which, HG2G was good.

Cool. Keep in mind Asimov's works are a lot more serious than Adams', so if you don't want to read something serious, I don't recommend it all too much. But it does have some great themes on human behavior and civilization.

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rufflebee · 2011-04-08 19:18:16

Hmm

The Great Gatsby was great
So was The Catcher in the Rye
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's nest was pretty good too
I liked To Kill a Mockingbird
I tried reading Great Expectations but it didn't work for me
The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer was good, but I liked Huckleberry Finn more
The Westing Game was my favorite for years
Matilda was one of my favorites years ago too
Edgar Allan Poe had some great poems and stories
Shel Silverstein did too
The Lorax, Oh, The Places You'll Go!, The Sneetches, and a whole lot of other book by Dr Seuss are wonderful
Maniac Magee, Eggs, Wringer, and Loser by Jerry Spinelli were all great
The Miraculous Journey Of Edward Tulane, The Tale Of Despereaux, and Because Of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo were good too
I'm reading Whirligig by Paul Fleischman now, and I've got a huge list of more stuff to read once I'm done with that one

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RobotKitty · 2011-04-08 19:21:07

What about Carl Haissen? He wrote Flush, Scat and Hoot...

Those were environmentally enjoyable, lol.

bananaman114 · 2011-04-08 19:24:06

Kileymeister wrote:
bananaman114 wrote:
Kileymeister wrote:
Isaac Asinov is a great science fiction writer. I just finished the main trilogy of his Foundation series.
I searched him.

That would be the second author you inspired me to read the works of. The first being Douglas Adams.

Speaking of which, HG2G was good.
Cool. Keep in mind Asinov's works are a lot more serious than Adams', so if you don't want to read something serious, I don't recommend it all too much. But it does have some great themes on human behavior and civilization.

No, I completely understand that.

I would have sworn ruffle would have mentioned Dr. Seuss. Huh.

rufflebee · 2011-04-08 20:05:17

bananaman114 wrote:
I would have sworn ruffle would have mentioned Dr. Seuss. Huh.

oh oops i forgot about him :OOO

cpumaster930 · 2011-04-08 20:07:14

Kileymeister wrote:
bananaman114 wrote:
Kileymeister wrote:
Isaac Asinov is a great science fiction writer. I just finished the main trilogy of his Foundation series.
I searched him.

That would be the second author you inspired me to read the works of. The first being Douglas Adams.

Speaking of which, HG2G was good.
Cool. Keep in mind Asinov's works are a lot more serious than Adams', so if you don't want to read something serious, I don't recommend it all too much. But it does have some great themes on human behavior and civilization.

It's "Asimov" with an "m", just saying tongue

And I'm almost done with The Great Gatsby. Ruffle, don't spoil it any more than you already have. tongue

Kileymeister · 2011-04-08 20:08:24

cpumaster930 wrote:
It's "Asimov" with an "m", just saying

Cripes. How in the world did I misspell it every single time I wrote it?

bananaman114 · 2011-04-08 20:39:33

Kileymeister wrote:
cpumaster930 wrote:
It's "Asimov" with an "m", just saying
Cripes. How in the world did I misspell it every single time I wrote it?

Strangely, I spelt it right when I searched it.

geohendan · 2011-04-08 20:40:59

Let's see, Roald Dahl, J.K. Rowling, Shell Silverstein...

But I suppose that's not "literature' tongue

jfmlove6 · 2011-04-08 20:49:23

kingofdallamas wrote:
Charles Dickens Great Expectations.

TheSaint · 2011-04-08 21:54:42

Geo, Jk Rowling is literature. tongue

But, I just finished reading every single Sherlock holmes story he ever wrote, and they were all fantastic. I just got a new collection of HP Lovecraft stories, so I am looking forward to that as well.

soupoftomato · 2011-04-08 22:12:10

geohendan wrote:
Let's see, Roald Dahl, J.K. Rowling, Shell Silverstein...

But I suppose that's not "literature'

anything written in a book . . .

Anyway, im modern cause those aren't boring. big_smile

J.K. Rowling
Rick Riordan

And Darren Shan's Crique Du Freak is good though that's not /terribly/ recent.

wait im listing literature i think is great or is this supposed to be about boring ol' classics where an animal/person dies everytime.

bbbeb · 2011-04-08 22:14:01

RobotKitty wrote:
Edgar
Allen
Poe.

Three words for you.

Idolize that captivated, sickening man to death.

Kileymeister wrote:
Isaac Asimov is a great science fiction writer. I just finished the main trilogy of his Foundation series.

Agree with both.

I finished Fantastic Voyage for class.

E.A.P. Is awesoem tho.

soupoftomato · 2011-04-08 22:44:46

you guys disturb me

classics are so overexplained and fluffed GET TO THE POINT

if harry potter isn't around when i die i will lose all faith in literature, if it is we will have a good classic

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Chrischb · 2011-04-09 01:15:44

soupoftomato wrote:
you guys disturb me

classics are so overexplained and fluffed GET TO THE POINT

if harry potter isn't around when i die i will lose all faith in literature, if it is we will have a good classic

Lol, it can be irritating when they seem to just be a bunch of padding, but sometimes it really is enhancing hmm

I try and make everything I write not be a bunch of lalalalalaaaaaaaa-ness - I hope it works tongue

rufflebee · 2011-04-09 14:39:58

cpumaster930 wrote:
And I'm almost done with The Great Gatsby. Ruffle, don't spoil it any more than you already have.

i hardly spoiled much i just said some of the people that die at the end

soupoftomato wrote:
wait im listing literature i think is great or is this supposed to be about boring ol' classics where an animal/person dies everytime.

classics are classics for a reason

but "great literature" doesn't mean it has to be "classic"

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bananaman114 · 2011-04-09 15:30:09

rufflebee wrote:
cpumaster930 wrote:
And I'm almost done with The Great Gatsby. Ruffle, don't spoil it any more than you already have.
i hardly spoiled much i just said some of the people that die at the end
soupoftomato wrote:
wait im listing literature i think is great or is this supposed to be about boring ol' classics where an animal/person dies everytime.
classics are classics for a reason

but "great literature" doesn't mean it has to be "classic"

This exactly.

It just happens that my favorite books happens to be classics.

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