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What does everyone think about him?

In my opinion, he might be the greatest author coming out of the USA besides Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson, let me not forget Ben Franklin.

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Originally posted by slappy115
What does everyone think about him?

In my opinion, he might be the greatest author coming out of the USA besides Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson, let me not forget Ben Franklin.
Which of his works are among your favorites?


P.S. If you can't be Frank, be Ernest. Also wouldn't be surprised if

your thread may take an unplanned bus ride to the culture forum.


😉

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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Which of his works are among your favorites?


P.S. If you can't be Frank, be Ernest. Also wouldn't be surprised if

your thread may take an unplanned bus ride to the culture forum.


😉
Honestly, my favorite work is "To Have an Have Not".

I also like 'For Whom the Bell Tolls" and 'Old Man from the Sea'. Right now I am reading 'A Farewell to Arms'.

What is his short story that is entitled, 'The Short Life of........"?

I cannot remember it.

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Originally posted by slappy115
Honestly, my favorite work is "To Have an Have Not".

I also like 'For Whom the Bell Tolls" and 'Old Man from the Sea'. Right now I am reading 'A Farewell to Arms'.

What is his short story that is entitled, 'The Short Life of........"?

I cannot remember it.
'The Short Happy Life of Francis (sp) Macomber', I think.

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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
'The Short Happy Life of Francis (sp) Macomber', I think.
Thank you. I can tell you how it ends but it is such a great short story. It shows you what you think you are and what are.

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"The Sun Also Rises" is great its my favorite. He also has good short stories, try "The Killers" .

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Originally posted by RandyFlagg
"The Sun Also Rises" is great its my favorite. He also has good short stories, try "The Killers" .
That is my next book.

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Originally posted by slappy115
What does everyone think about him?

In my opinion, he might be the greatest author coming out of the USA besides Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson, let me not forget Ben Franklin.
I loved "A Farewell to Arms" and "The Sun Also Rises", but I wouldn't put them among my all-time favorite books.

Still, a great author. You can't go wrong with Hemingway.

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Originally posted by rbmorris
I loved "A Farewell to Arms" and "The Sun Also Rises", but I wouldn't put them among my all-time favorite books.

Still, a great author. You can't go wrong with Hemingway.
Atlast Shugged by Any Rand is my favorite book. But Hemingway beats her without a question. Like I mention, "To Have and No Have' is a great book.

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Originally posted by slappy115
Atlast Shugged by Any Rand is my favorite book. But Hemingway beats her without a question. Like I mention, "To Have and No Have' is a great book.
Atlas Shrugged was good until Rand beats you over the head with the main idea for the 100th time.

After that, it got tiresome.

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Every time I read EH its the same. 3/4 into the book and no action. Then he hits you with so much emotion your head spins and you call him a bas+urd for wrecking characters you love. Great author IMHO.

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Ernest Haycox. William Faulkner. Mark Twain. Robert A. Heinlein. C.J. Cherryh. Zane Grey. Edgar Rice Burroughs. B.F. Skinner. Henry James. Cordwainer Smith. Herman Melville. Edgar Allan Poe.

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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Which of his works are among your favorites?


P.S. If you can't be Frank, be Ernest. Also wouldn't be surprised if

your thread may take an unplanned bus ride to the culture forum.


😉
Actually that would happen if it was my thread. 😉

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not American, but Hemingway recommends him:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Hornblower

Horatio Hornblower is a fictional protagonist of a series of novels by C. S. Forester, and later the subject of films and television programs. Ernest Hemingway is quoted as saying, "I recommend Forester to everyone literate I know." [1]

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Originally posted by zeeblebot
Ernest Haycox. William Faulkner. Mark Twain. Robert A. Heinlein. C.J. Cherryh. Zane Grey. Edgar Rice Burroughs. B.F. Skinner. Henry James. Cordwainer Smith. Herman Melville. Edgar Allan Poe.
You forgot Steinbeck. 😉