That's right because I started out interested in what this science/technology oriented community would recommend. I suspect the Discuss list would have a completely different perspective given that there's a big artist component.
Thanks
Robert C

On 10/11/10 12:00 PM, Victoria Hughes wrote:
Just checking - this is the Friam list and not the discuss list, right?

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 <mailto: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


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