Well, yes but have you read him?
Despite being an enormous fan I did not mention him until three others
had done so.
On Oct 11, 2010, at 11:54 AM, Robert J. Cordingley wrote:
Me thinks submissions are continuing to digress away from the Best
Works for a Literary Education goal.
Thanks
Robert C
On 10/11/10 11:30 AM, Victoria Hughes wrote:
Great to meet yet another Pratchett fan.
If you had to pick one Pratchett, which would it be?
I'd go for Thief of Time...
Tory
On Oct 11, 2010, at 10:20 AM, Ted Carmichael wrote:
Soooo difficult to find only ten. And I'm not sure what to do
with the "literature" requirement ... I like well-written stories
that transcend genre, but I wouldn't claim that is enough. And
while I would recommend everything from, say, Terry Pratchett or
P.G. Wodehouse, I've tried to pick typical examples for the
uninitiated. I've also tried for a broad, eclectic bunch.
In no particular order:
Candide; Voltaire
The Truth; Pratchett (about writing, of course)
Watership Down; Adams
Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves; Wodehouse ("I marmaladed a slice of toast
with something of a flourish...")
The Bonfire of the Vanities; Tom Wolfe (A bit dated, perhaps, but
he does really nail character.)
You Can't Go Home Again; the other Tom Wolfe
Batman: Year One; Miller
At the Sign of the Naked Waiter; Herrick
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon; King
A Wizard of Earthsea; Le Guin
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time; Haddon
Yes, these go to eleven. It's one louder.
-Ted
On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 5:04 AM, Owen Densmore
<o...@backspaces.net> wrote:
Being here in Italy, Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose comes to
mind. The translation is considered quite good, and it reads very
well.
---- Owen
I am an iPad, resistance is futile!
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