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    Suggested additions to the Authors list

    I would suggest Chuck Palahniuk.



    Any others?

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    William Faulkner and Friedrich Nietzsche

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    I thought John Bunyan ("Pilgrim's Progress") was on here, but just looking I don't see anything by him.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dante80 View Post
    William Faulkner and Friedrich Nietzsche
    Strongly seconded.

    Also, Ray Bradbury.

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    Remember, has to be pre 1923.
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    Graham Greene

    Even though he's post 1923, his work certainly qualifies as serious literature that explores moral and political issues of the modern world.

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    @ Dante80: I agree. I wish to read Thus Spake Zarathustra by Nietsche.
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    William S Burroughs anyone? And, yeah, definitely Chuck Palahniuk.
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    Thomas Pynchon!

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    Pre 1923? Seriously. I believe the reason why so many kids hate to read is because we place too much emphasis on the classics. I respect classic literature but shouldn't we begin to be a bit more progressive about integrating modern literature into our discussions. No disrespect to you guys who run this forum, but I mean, we're not in school.

    Anyhow, here are my suggestions.
    Ayn Rand
    John Updike
    James Michener
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    Quote Originally Posted by Melysnl View Post
    Pre 1923? Seriously. I believe the reason why so many kids hate to read is because we place too much emphasis on the classics. I respect classic literature but shouldn't we begin to be a bit more progressive about integrating modern literature into our discussions. No disrespect to you guys who run this forum, but I mean, we're not in school.

    Anyhow, here are my suggestions.
    Ayn Rand
    John Updike
    James Michener
    Works prior 1923 are in the public domain, whereas (most) literature published after is copyrighted -- one can't just put that stuff up for free.
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    Following the direction anticipated by the inclusion of Aristotle and Julius Caesar, some suggestions for philosophical and historical literature:

    Kant-
    Prolegomena to any Future Metaphysics
    Critique of Pure Reason
    Critique of Judgment
    Critique of Practical Reason
    Groundwork to the Metaphysics of Morals


    Hegel-
    Everything!

    Thucydides-
    History of the Peloponnesian War, trans by Richard Crawley

    Tacitus-
    Annals
    Histories


    Herodotus-
    The Histories (not sure if the complete translation is in the public domain)

    Pliny the Elder-
    Naturalis Historia

    Aristotle-
    Any translations that remain in the public domain

    John Locke-
    An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
    Some Thoughts Concerning Education


    George Berkeley-
    A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge

    David Hume-
    Treatise of Human Nature
    An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
    An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
    The History of England


    Jeremy Bentham

    John S. Mill

    Henry Sidgwick-
    Ethics

    Some other suggestions:

    Schiller

    Homer-
    Iliad, trans by Alexander Pope. We have Butler's, which is better by a number of standards (readability, for example), but Pope's is surely one of the finest works in English lit.
    Odyssey, trans by Pope.

    Horace-
    Satires, trans by John Conington

    Ovid-
    Amores: The Loves
    Metamorphoses: Transformations, trans by Dryden, Garth, Pope, et al.

    {edit: By the way, unfortunately, everything by Faulkner is post 1923.}

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    Raymond Carver!
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