Which classic novels/authors haven't you read?

[Bick]

I've never found a version in English that seemed to really "sing," as it were.

I read (and thoroughly enjoyed) the Pevear and Volokhonsky translation (2007; Vintage).

 

[Vince W]

I read (and thoroughly enjoyed) the Pevear and Volokhonsky translation (2007; Vintage).

That's the one I read. It seemed a very good translation. I also read their translation of Doctor Zhivago. Excellent. The footnotes helped to put everything into historical perspective as well.

 

[Ian Fortytwo]

There are quite a few books I have not read yet, especially in the classics. Joseph Conrad being one, quite a few D. H. Lawrence is another. In the fantasy books I'm aiming to read Anne McCaffrey, more specifically her Dragon novels, I'm sure that they come under classics.

 

[Elckerlyc]

Then there is the problem of having read endless quantities of science fiction easily found/purchased at local stores in the 70s, new or used, and now many of them, like the stores, are just memories.

Have you tried these sites?

BookFinder.com: New & Used Books, Rare Books, Textbooks

www.bookfinder.com

Second Hand Books Online Search | Best Price on Used Books

Get the Best Possible Price on Second Hand Books: Compare Prices Across Online Bookstores for Textbooks, Used/Second Hand, Valuable and Rare Books

www.usedbooksearch.co.uk

You may be surprised at what's still out there in print.

Where I live several book fairs are held each summer, the biggest with over 800 stalls of all sorts of books. It's a fun way of spending the day browsing all those stalls (though for me primarily the ones dedicated to (English) SFF.), once a year. And every year I find something that will hit on a memory.

 

[Robert Zwilling]

@Elckerlyc Thanks
The bookfinder site looks good. Easy way to search ebay.
The used books online search site isn't working for me. First it said data base connection error, then it said the page isn't working. Maybe cause I'm in the US.

 

[Elckerlyc]

@Elckerlyc Thanks
The bookfinder site looks good. Easy way to search ebay.
The used books online search site isn't working for me. First it said data base connection error, then it said the page isn't working. Maybe cause I'm in the US.

Hmmm.... It looks like the site is down. It worked for me this afternoon (GMT +1), but not now. Try again later or, even better, try usedbooksearch.us.

 

[Robert Zwilling]

In the us it's Used Books Online Search | Find the Best Price on Second Hand Books
Program changed the name to link, it's a dot net site.
It's working
That site looks real good too. Thanks

 

[dask]

In the us it's Used Books Online Search | Find the Best Price on Second Hand Books
Program changed the name to link, it's a dot net site.
It's working
That site looks real good too. Thanks

Cool site, actually works on my system. Another way to whittle away time.

 

[Cathbad]

Kurt Vonnegut
And about a half dozen others on that 'top 100' list I never heard of...

#1, 6, 18, 24, 27, 32, 35, 37, 41, 46 and 50 of that top 50 list

None of these - Doctor Faustus, The Monk, The Sound of his Horn, Lost Souls, Silk, House of Leaves, The Cipher

I've mostly only read the more famous works of Sci-Fi, but Fantasy, I've read gobs.

And before this thread, I'd have called myself 'well-read'... now, hmm...

 

[BigBadBob141]

Most of them, life is way too short!

 

[Vince W]

Kurt Vonnegut

I rate Vonnegut highly, but I would suggest if you only ever read one Vonnegut, read Slaughterhouse Five.

 

[Danny McG]

Stuff the classics, most of them look crap anyways, no space marines or evil zombies

 

[hitmouse]

Stuff the classics, most of them look crap anyways, no space marines or evil zombies

Have you never read Pride and Predjudice and Zombies?

 

[Randy M.]

Really, why classics when we could read, say, The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester or Against Infinity by Greg Benford, or watch Forbidden Planet or maybe I Walked with a Zombie?


Randy M.