1. Welcome! Please take a few seconds to create your free account to post threads, make some friends, remove a few ads while surfing and much more. ClutchFans has been bringing fans together to talk Houston Sports since 1996. Join us!

  2. ROCKETS GAMEDAY
    Just Dave flying solo tonight -- come join us for live postgame as the Rockets collapsed then came back to beat the Pelicans 107-105 Friday night!

    LIVE! ClutchFans on YouTube
Welcome ClutchFans Live

My Literary Canon...

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by basso, May 17, 2024.

Page 2 of 2
  1. Agent94

    Agent94 Member

    Joined:
    Jun 28, 2002
    Messages:
    4,147
    Likes Received:
    4,938
    I tried to get through Catch-22 three times and couldn’t finish. I’m sarcastic, but that book is bitterly sarcastic. A Confederacy of Dunces is great.

    I tend to read more non fiction and Surely You’re Joking Mr Feynman is one of my favorites.
     
    #21 Agent94, May 19, 2024
    Buck Turgidson likes this.
  2. Buck Turgidson

    Buck Turgidson Member

    Joined:
    Feb 14, 2002
    Messages:
    109,727
    Likes Received:
    114,327
    For Whom the Bell Tolls
    To Kill a Mockingbird
    Where the Wild Things Are
    Slaughterhouse Five
    Heart of Darkness
    The Power and the Glory
    The Thin Red Line
     
    #22 Buck Turgidson, May 19, 2024
    Last edited: May 19, 2024
    Rashmon and basso like this.
  3. B-Bob

    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"

    Joined:
    Jul 26, 2002
    Messages:
    36,498
    Likes Received:
    38,091
    You might enjoy the new biography of McMurtry. I noticed it was a finalist for the Pulitzer in biography this year. Can't recall the writer's name but he did the Joan Didion bio too -- I really liked that one.
     
    #23 B-Bob, May 19, 2024
    FranchiseBlade and Buck Turgidson like this.
  4. Buck Turgidson

    Buck Turgidson Member

    Joined:
    Feb 14, 2002
    Messages:
    109,727
    Likes Received:
    114,327
    Tracy Daughtery? Larry McMurtry: A Life?
     
    #24 Buck Turgidson, May 19, 2024
  5. B-Bob

    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"

    Joined:
    Jul 26, 2002
    Messages:
    36,498
    Likes Received:
    38,091
    That's the one! Daugherty is from Texas from the way back, I think, went to U of H. Great writer.
     
    #25 B-Bob, May 19, 2024
    FranchiseBlade and Buck Turgidson like this.
  6. FranchiseBlade

    FranchiseBlade Member
    Supporting Member

    Joined:
    Jan 14, 2002
    Messages:
    52,326
    Likes Received:
    21,096
    Yeah, I should have included Blood Meridian or the Border trilogy. All great books.
     
    #26 FranchiseBlade, May 20, 2024
  7. basso

    basso Member
    Supporting Member

    Joined:
    May 20, 2002
    Messages:
    34,962
    Likes Received:
    10,270
    I've read Catch-22 at least three times, maybe more, although it's been a while. I think of it more as cynicism, rather than sarcasm.
     
    #27 basso, May 20, 2024
    Buck Turgidson likes this.
  8. Rocket River

    Rocket River Member

    Joined:
    Oct 5, 1999
    Messages:
    66,746
    Likes Received:
    34,379
    Brave New World
    1984
    Animal Farm

    Rocket River
     
    #28 Rocket River, May 20, 2024
    basso likes this.
(You must log in or sign up to post here.)
Page 2 of 2

Share This Page