In search of reading material, I like Hemingway, was somewhat disappointed by Crime and Punishment, like fiction but not sci-fi type stuff, the late 1800s to mid-early 1900s seems like a good time period to read about, what've you got for me?
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In search of reading material, I like Hemingway, was somewhat disappointed by Crime and Punishment, like fiction but not sci-fi type stuff, the late 1800s to mid-early 1900s seems like a good time period to read about, what've you got for me?
He came dancing across the water
With his galleons and guns
Looking for the new world
In that palace in the sun
On the shore lay Montezuma
With his cocoa leaves and pearls
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Ever read any of Kurt Vonnegut's works? It's not the time frame, but they are good reads.
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Sorry dude. Most of what I read is science fiction (usually not sci-fi) or fantasy.
Edit: If you like alternate history harry turtledove has some great stuff and harry harrison had one that was epic about an alternate civil war.
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I like science fiction, but they're mostly classics- anything by Jules Verne or H.G. Wells is fair game. But I do think that I don't read as often as I should.
Harry Potter is a nice read too.
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Huck Finn
Have you read Farewell to Arms?
That's good Hemingway.
Picture of Dorian Gray
I like some of Gogol's stories
Heart of Darkness
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Read Huck Finn, not Farewell to Arms though, might order that.Originally Posted by f6fhellcat13
Heart of Darkness my English teacher mentioned once, it also is an extremely rocky trail at Whistler that made my hands numb.Going to look it up now.
Looked it up, reminded me, Africa. I like the idea of Africa, any significant English or American novels that take place in Africa?
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He came dancing across the water
With his galleons and guns
Looking for the new world
In that palace in the sun
On the shore lay Montezuma
With his cocoa leaves and pearls
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Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series is excellent.
As far as classics go, I like Charles Dickens and Edgar Allen Poe.
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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is one of my favorites.
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A Bend in the River
This is what I'm currently reading. It's a new book, but it's about Africa post-colonialism. It's by VS Naipaul, he apparently won the Nobel Prize in literature.
EDIT: I agree with Johnny, Vonnegut is quite interesting.
"Kimi, can you improve on your [race] finish?"
"No. My Finnish is fine; I am from Finland. Do you have any water?"
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Hmm i've got Heart of Darkness here beside me but i haven't had the time to start it yet. Joseph Conrad seems like an interesting fellow from the bio though...
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Wilbur Smith has written some great novels that take place in Africa, namely the Courtney series.
Miscommunication seems to be a direct result of misplaced, text based sarcasm.
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WTF is a book?
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What you'd expect from a sooner.
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Not sure if its up your alley -
Neil Stephenson - Snow crash
Orson Scott Card - Enders game
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The enders game series was great. Read that in fourth grade and didn't sleep for 3 days (didn't want to stop reading.)
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