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Post by bounce on Jan 31, 2006 6:25:05 GMT -8
But I just read Moby Dick.
I'll tell you what... I couldn't put it down.
It was all as exciting as any Tom Clancy book I ever read.
Yeah, the author died about the time my Great grandmother was born (circa 1890s) and he can take five pages to say something that could be said in a couple of paragraphs, but the story he tells is really captivating.
I loved it.
Bounce
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Post by FightingFalcon on Jan 31, 2006 7:10:45 GMT -8
I had to read it for my English class last year and it's by far one of the best books I've ever read. It's probably #2 only to Hamlet.
The story of Moby Dick is very good and it is something that we can all learn from. The story reminds me a lot of ancient Greek stories and the story about the fall of Lucifer - basically, people who try to do more than God allows or wants them to.
A very, very good book that I recommend to anyone - especially the religiously inclined.
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Post by Thomas on Jan 31, 2006 15:51:05 GMT -8
Meh, we read a large passage, maybe a chapter or two in an English book.Then we watched the movie, I didnt mind it.
The required reading for an American Literature class is horrifying, now we are just starting to read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, pray for me.
The best thing I have been required to read from any school would probably be Caesar, last year.
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Post by sgt0311usmc on Apr 10, 2006 16:05:55 GMT -8
How about Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales";
Yeah, it was plodding in HS - but THAT was the editted version
If nothing else - pick it up & check out "The Coopers Tale" & "The Miller's Tale" - use your imagination (not much needed, though) & remember:
A) it was written in something like 1450 for general consumption; &
B) These tales were supposedly told in a group of travelers that supposedly included 10 nuns, a Mother superior, a friar & a Bishop (amongst others) - some of their tales are pretty hilarious as well, althogh maybe not as ... ribald
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Post by garryowen on Jun 1, 2006 6:58:58 GMT -8
In terms of writing skill, there are a couple people who I find very accomplished.
Obviously, William F. Buckley.
Noam Chomsky, too. Yes, he hates America, but he's a very good writer (how couldn't he be, he IS a linguist for MIT).
I've read Bernard Goldberg's books, and he's very good. I really like his style, because it's very real.
Joseph Finder is one of the better modern writers today, as is Vince Flynn.
Mario Puzo is the best fiction writer to ever write a book.
Frank Rich can go suck a dick.
Paul Gigot is very good- Opinion page editor for the WSJ
His deputy editor, Daniel Henninger, is good, as well.
As is Dorothy Rabinowitz.
And I have to go now, so that's all I have time for.
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