Fried Egg
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You make it sound like a chore or something...As for The Worm... it must be about 40 years since I read that one, and maybe I ought to tackle it again!
You make it sound like a chore or something...As for The Worm... it must be about 40 years since I read that one, and maybe I ought to tackle it again!
Finish Memories of Ice. I've started it about four times, got as far as half way, then put it down. I find it well-written but emotionally gruelling.
You make it [rereading The Worm Ouroboros]sound like a chore or something...
Say hi to For Whom the Bell Tolls for me, it's one of my all time favorites.I am going to be reading the Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft and Earnest Hemingway this year. Beyond that, it is a mystery.
Say hi to For Whom the Bell Tolls for me, it's one of my all time favorites.
I read my first Hemmingway story last week with The Killers in a collection i sampled in the library. 8 page story that has very nice prose that was hardboiled like it was written by Hammett.
I was wondering do you think For Whom the Bell Tolls is a good place to try him novel wise ?
I dont know what most of his famous novel is about except some war story,bull fighting or something. I dont like to read synopsis when its a first time novel read of an author. Like to go in fresh.
I think For Whom the Bell Tolls is his "heaviest" book. Dense prose, dense imagery. In my opinion it's his best and most satisfying. The Sun Also Rises is probably his "lightest" book, and his first (I think). A Farewell to Arms is his--get ready for it--"mediumest" book. Any of the three would make a good starting point in my opinion. They are all very different stories, with very different feels.
Also, you mention Hammett, he and Hemingway were good pals.
That sounds like an interesting goal. Something I plan to do once I've finished the FM series with all the authors that I liked.I want to read an alternative, and if possible highly regarded, work by each of the authors featured in the Fantasy Masterworks series, i.e. a work not included on the list.
Are you sure that's wise? Especially with "The Wheel of Time". You really got a huge chunk of you life you want to throw away?This year I'm stuffing myself with Epic Fantasy since I want to down as much as possible from Malazan, A song of Ice and Fire and The wheel of time.
Are you sure that's wise? Especially with "The Wheel of Time". You really got a huge chunk of you life you want to throw away?
The Wheel of time is the series I'm prepared to throw away the moment it starts to stink and I'll just wiki the ending afterwards, or get some audio books to rock me to sleep at night. I'm not particularly set on completing series that I will not enjoy and am ready to stop at any time that my enjoyment goes away. I just want these series out of the way (or just given their chance) otherwise they'll just keep nagging me on the edge of my consciousness each time I'll think about what to read next.
Well, he only died 17 years after publishing the first volume, it would have been unreasonable to write a complete story in such a short time...Anyway, its only got 1 book to go that will be released later this year. I don't think Robert Jordan can help it that he passed away before finishing the series.