Originally posted by ChakanHe's the morbid one, right? Pit and the Pendulum?
You've never heard of Edgar Allen Poe? The others I can understand maybe considering they are pretty much all fantasy writers.
Yeah, I heard of him. Just heard of him.
And maybe I saw the film with Christopher Lee. Or was it Bella Lugosi?
The first ten books on my top shelf:
Dickens -- Peter Ackroyd
The King -- Donald Barthelme
Mr Palomar, Invisible Cities, The Castle of Crossed Destinies--Italo Calvino
The Book of Imaginary Beings-- J.L. Borges
Martian Time-Slip, Beyond Lies The Wub--Philip K. Dick
The Complete Ronald Firbank
The Atrocity Exhibition -- J.G, Ballard
Originally posted by Bosse de NageUmberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
The first ten books on my top shelf:
Dickens -- Peter Ackroyd
The King -- Donald Barthelme
Mr Palomar, Invisible Cities, The Castle of Crossed Destinies--Italo Calvino
The Book of Imaginary Beings-- J.L. Borges
Martian Time-Slip, Beyond Lies The Wub--Philip K. Dick
The Complete Ronald Firbank
The Atrocity Exhibition -- J.G, Ballard
Originally posted by c99uxYup thats the one. His Short stories are Great. Poems very good (The Raven is very well known). His essays not so good. You could only read and find out.
He's the morbid one, right? Pit and the Pendulum?
Yeah, I heard of him. Just heard of him.
And maybe I saw the film with Christopher Lee. Or was it Bella Lugosi?
The rest are fantasy writers mostly. The wasp factory is just a mind screw of a book, not really fantasy but still a good read.
Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
The ragged trousered philanthropists - Robert Tressel
Setting free the bears - John Irving
Trinity - Leon Uris
The cider house rules - John Irving
Foucault's pendulum - Umberto Eco
Lord of the rings - Tolkien
The secret diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 3/4 - Sue Townsend
Wersonville Blues - me (forgive the arrogance)
The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy - Douglas Adams
Stephen Donaldson - Cronicles of Thomas Covenant
Douglas Adams - HHGTTG
Terry Pratchett - just about all of them :-)
George Orwell - Animal Farm
And layers of others that rate high - some favourites
Isaac Asimov stuff
Lord of the Rings
Non-fiction must reads:
The Blind Watchmaker (Richard Dawkins if memory serves)
Brief History of Time (stephen hawking)
Originally posted by shavixmirCatch 22 is a great one
Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
The ragged trousered philanthropists - Robert Tressel
Setting free the bears - John Irving
Trinity - Leon Uris
The cider house rules - John Irving
Foucault's pendulum - Umberto Eco
Lord of the rings - Tolkien
The secret diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 3/4 - Sue Townsend
Wersonville Blues - me (forgive the arrogance)
The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy - Douglas Adams
Mario Puzo is one my favorites - Try "Fools Die"