Favorite one? Well, I love the whole interplay with DEATH and his
granddaughter, so I agree that Thief of Time is excellent. For my favorite
I'm going to go with one of the city watch books though ... either Night
Watch or Jingo. (Night Watch overall is better, but that bit near then end
of Jingo, where Vimes learns what would have happened if he'd made different
choices is pretty powerful.)
Of course if you only want *literature*, Robert, then I suppose No Country
for Old Men is more your cup of tea. Excellent stuff. But I do prefer
stories that have an ending myself.
Cheers,
-Ted
On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Victoria Hughes <victo...@toryhughes.com>wrote:
> 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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