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I think I'll have to forward "The Sun Also Rises".
It's hardly conventional, but is, concurently, absurdly touching.

Lately in Canada i would nominate Margaret Atwood (ugh).

I found The God Delusion hilarious.

Yes, that is how I would classify evolution: something growing out of nothing. Anyhow, I've given the subject more thought and concluded that education is the evolution of the brain. Education and...

I thought "Portrait" was utterly spellbinding. Ulysses is far, far, denser, but it is brilliant all the same.

Welcome, chum. At the moment I'm reading (and would highly recommend) A Separate Peace by John Knowles.

English is terribly erratic language. Not only is the grammar lifted from a foreign tongue; many very similar sounding words have completely contradictory meanings. Take, for example, solitary and...

The snows are falling today; the hardest
And most furious of sixty years past;
And I have since realized that humanity,
Civilization, and all that we value is but
A passing snowstorm, one of...

Atheism, for me, is a rejection established knowledge. Not only religious beliefs, but all thinking is subject to my skepticism.
No book or author really turned me onto these views; it was just how...

Well, the thread title is self explanitory; who else enjoys Icelandic literature, what is your favourite, and why?

I am particularly fond of stanza 57 of Volupso, from the Poetic Edda, in which...

From the many poets I am fond of, my favourites would have to be,

William Blake
John Keats
Lord Byron
James Joyce
Fulke Greville
Snorri, and for that matter both the Eddas
and Shakespeare,...

There are two poems of mine of which I am particularily fond; one is fairly recent, and one was written a long, long, time ago (in a galaxy far, far, away).

Strife (Hernardo)

And then, flying ...

I was thinking today about the human brain; more specifically, I was debating (with myself) whether or not the brain is as idyllic as it is made out to be. This naturally led to the debate concerning...

my top three would have to be,
The Great Gatsby - Fitzgerald
Candide - Voltaire
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell - Blake

Here is another i recently wrote, about being alone, which isn't quite lonliness.

To Be Alone (Creativity):

I feel terrible
Like a blossoming butterfly
Who yet longs to linger a...

This is my first attempt at writing a short story, and before I get too embroiled and attached to the piece I'd love some criticism on the first bit, which introduces the first character. Thanks.
...

A Tale of Two Cities is a worthwhile read if only the world it recreates is absorbed, which is indeed realistic. The book is very much a social commentary, and shows the (often hilarious)...

I think it's very accurate, however Gatsby is - in my opinion - a deeper character than that, especially towards the end of the novel. Nearing his death, Gatsby, although still a "shadowy figure", is...

A Tale of Two Cities is centered around the plot, around the struggle; it's about the times, about the history, about the evil that exists in extremes. To say that the characters are shallow is...

that is stunning. I agree with blp, "brought" being changed to "bought" might work better. Anyhow, very very nice.

I am a very great fan of Keats, Byron, etc. as well as James Joyce, E.E Cummings, and Cynewulf.

And if sonwriters are being taken into account (as I saw previously) then I would profess my love of...

Lies

Oh fishy fish fish!
Pitter pattering about
Flipper flappering about
Lost
In the stream.

Oh beaver beave-beaver!
Eating the fishy fish fish,

I have my books arranged by author in no logical order. However, I have the author's I most often read on my beside table (The Great Gatsby and a selected works of Keats reside there now).

I was always very interested in novels; but around 15 I made the transition to short stories, and a few months ago I made yet another transition to poetry (it seems my attention span is depleting as...

I agree it could be fine tuned. And, I've never read G.M Hopkins, but I'll be sure to check him out.