Who loves the classics? - Page 4

Gascmark de Leone · 01-16-2007, 11:25 AM

It's nice to have your religion get slapped in the face. But whatever. I'm dropping it. Despite what previous experience tells you, I don't like getting banned.

Okay, so my new favorite story is 1984. I'm a little depressed right now, and the book just fit my mood.

Lord of Joshelplex · 01-18-2007, 02:35 PM

Do the H. G. Lovecraft stories count as classics? Also, who here thinks Dickens is a hack?

Nique · 01-18-2007, 05:32 PM

Thinks? Dickens IS a hack.

Lord of Joshelplex · 01-20-2007, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Nique

Thinks? Dickens IS a hack.

I agree. Read 10 minutes of Great Expectations and try to not kill yourself from boredom.

Magus · 01-20-2007, 10:45 PM

A Christmas Carol wasn't too bad as far as Dickens goes. Anything else is fairly boring, though.

Lovecraft definitely counts as classic, seeing as how we're talking about Hemingway and Steinbeck and such. Although I don't really like Lovecraft himself, I like a lot of the things based off of his writing, but the actual short stories he wrote were pretty dull, in my opinion.

I've always liked Ray Bradbury. Definitely a good fantasy author from yesteryear, even if his science fiction is laughable now that we know more about Mars and Venus. But the thing with Bradbury is the science fiction aspects aren't really the point of the short stories, it's the supernatural fantasy things that end up happening to the astronauts that make him stand out so much. He himself has said that fantasy lives on much longer than science fiction because it so often deals with irony or human nature, and that's why The Martian Chronicles will be read forever even though it's pure fantasy. Read The Illustrated Man or Dandelion Wine or I Sing The Body Electric, among other collections, and you'll see what I mean. The only novel of his off the top of my head I can think of besides The Martian Chronicles (which I didn't like a whole lot) is Farenheit 451, which is a great book.

01-16-2007, 11:25 AM	#31
Gascmark de Leone Intercourse the Penguins! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Land of Wuz Posts: 326	It's nice to have your religion get slapped in the face. But whatever. I'm dropping it. Despite what previous experience tells you, I don't like getting banned. Okay, so my new favorite story is 1984. I'm a little depressed right now, and the book just fit my mood. __________________ At the end of the day there's another day dawning And the sun in the morning is waiting to rise Like the waves crash on the sand Like a storm that'll break any second There's a hunger in the land There's a reckoning still to be reckoned and There's gonna be hell to pay At the end of the day! Les Miserables

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Lord of Joshelplex Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bird's Hill MB Posts: 4,055	Do the H. G. Lovecraft stories count as classics? Also, who here thinks Dickens is a hack?

01-20-2007, 10:45 PM	#35
Magus Archer and Armstrong vs. the World Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 7,164	A Christmas Carol wasn't too bad as far as Dickens goes. Anything else is fairly boring, though. Lovecraft definitely counts as classic, seeing as how we're talking about Hemingway and Steinbeck and such. Although I don't really like Lovecraft himself, I like a lot of the things based off of his writing, but the actual short stories he wrote were pretty dull, in my opinion. I've always liked Ray Bradbury. Definitely a good fantasy author from yesteryear, even if his science fiction is laughable now that we know more about Mars and Venus. But the thing with Bradbury is the science fiction aspects aren't really the point of the short stories, it's the supernatural fantasy things that end up happening to the astronauts that make him stand out so much. He himself has said that fantasy lives on much longer than science fiction because it so often deals with irony or human nature, and that's why The Martian Chronicles will be read forever even though it's pure fantasy. Read The Illustrated Man or Dandelion Wine or I Sing The Body Electric, among other collections, and you'll see what I mean. The only novel of his off the top of my head I can think of besides The Martian Chronicles (which I didn't like a whole lot) is Farenheit 451, which is a great book.