I would suggest Chuck Palahniuk.
Any others?
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I would suggest Chuck Palahniuk.
Any others?
William Faulkner and Friedrich Nietzsche
I thought John Bunyan ("Pilgrim's Progress") was on here, but just looking I don't see anything by him.
Strongly seconded.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dante80
Also, Ray Bradbury.
Remember, has to be pre 1923.
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.
Richard Llewellyn
@ Dante80: I agree. I wish to read Thus Spake Zarathustra by Nietsche.
William S Burroughs anyone? And, yeah, definitely Chuck Palahniuk.
Thomas Pynchon!
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Melysnl
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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Desiderius Erasmus
Arthur Schopenhauer
Raymond Carver!