Good grief, I have that as a Little Blue Book published by E. Haldeman-Julius, falling apart on high acid content paper.
Scott On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Paul Paryski <ppary...@aol.com> wrote: > Take a look at this: > > [image: ISBN: 9781116904437 - One Hundred Best > Books]<http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/jsp/id/One_Hundred_Best_Books/9781116904437> > One Hundred Best > Books<http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/jsp/id/One_Hundred_Best_Books/9781116904437> > John Cowper Powys > *ISBN10:* 1116904438 *ISBN13:* 9781116904437 > *Publisher:* BiblioLife, LLC > *Format:* Paperback > *Publication date:* 07 Nov 2009 > > > cheers, Paul > > -----Original Message----- > From: q...@aol.com > To: friam@redfish.com > Sent: Fri, Oct 8, 2010 3:39 pm > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] The Best 10 Fictional Works > > Robert -- > > The St. John's graduate in me says "whoopie"! Here are 10, in no particular > order: > > Shakespeare: Sonnets > Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet > Dante: The Divine Comedy > Homer: The Iliad > Tolstoy: War & Peace > Cervantes: Don Quixote > Eliot: Middlemarch > Austen: Pride & Prejudice > Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby > Melville: Moby Dick > > If you're okay with an anthology, The Oxford Book of Humorous Prose is well > worth a look, as is anything by Wodehouse, I believe. > > I'm sure some will quibble with my choices (too Western, too St. John's-y, > not really fiction), but I'd aver at least some of them qualify in the sense > of being "based on a true story", if not necessarily fiction. > > Happy Reading! > > - Claiborne Booker - > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert J. Cordingley <rob...@cirrillian.com> > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com> > Sent: Fri, Oct 8, 2010 3:44 pm > Subject: [FRIAM] The Best 10 Fictional Works > > Ok, so I've decided my literary education is somewhat lacking and would > like to know this group's recommendations for the "10 Best Literary Works" I > should read. They have to be works of fiction and available in English and > not just say of 2009 but of all time. Google searches tend to list the best > of a year or be listed by one particular publisher. This is a good group to > poll since you all (most) have at least some kind of scientific/technical > bent. So I know the suggestions will be good ones for me! > > Once I have a list of all suggestions maybe I'll ask you all to vote on > them. > > My list currently starts with Frank's recommendation today: > > "Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West" by Cormac McCarthy > > Thanks! > Robert C. > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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