pector@ihuxw.UUCP (11/03/83)
This is not meant to be real mean but: LET'S DISCUSS SOME OTHER AUTHORS AND WORKS BESIDES RAND! I don't have anything against Rand (never read that author), but there's fiction and nonfiction books galore! For example, I am a Mark Twain buff. Surely, we have other scholars or amateurs like myself who have read other books besides Rand. I can say real nasty things about Jane Austen (Austin?), Cooper, and occasionally Hawthorne. C'mon, you erudite, meticulous bookworms! There's more to life than sci-fi and Rand! Let's here about books that have interested you so that us others might read them. Scott Pector
sebb@pyuxss.UUCP (11/03/83)
How could you! Hawthrone has to be one of my all-time favorite authors. His short stories are like puzzles; it takes time and imagination to figure out what his theme is. I could read "Rapachinni's Daughter"(don't quote me on the spelling) over and over again. What wonderful irony! The other two are just plain fun to read in my opinion. And I would never, ever say anything bad about Mark Twain. Huck Finn is a masterpiece. Many people don't even realize the great underlying themes. It's a lot more than the adventures of a boy on the Mississippi. I'd love to see more discussion of the classics in this group. In most cases I'd rather curl up with a classic than a recent book. Let's hear from you out there! S.Badian BTL-Piscataway
ricks@tekcad.UUCP (11/05/83)
#R:ihuxw:-55600:tekcad:23300005:000:518 tekcad!franka Nov 4 08:41:00 1983 I find Twain's short stories much more entertaining than his novels. He seems to hit his best pace in the shorter works. Many of his novels sim- ply drag. However, I do consider him one of the best of (if not the best of) American writers. And then, maybe I'm predjudiced because I grew up in a small town about sixty miles away from Hannibal, Mo. From the truly menacing, /- -\ but usually underestimated, <-> Frank Adrian (tektronix!tekcad!franka)