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Raytes · 10-23-2006, 07:18 PM

In no particular order: (edited to include my favorite work by each respective author)

1. Dostoevsky - The Brothers Karamazov - a masterpiece
2. Melville - Moby Dick- Arguably the greatest novel written in the English language.
3. Kafka - In the Penal Colony- The brilliance of this man still amazes me. Makes me wish I was an insomniac if I could write this well.
4. Joyce - Ulysses
5. Konrad - Heart of Darkness - My 2nd semester short fiction Professor told us that after reading it five or so times, we would begin to understand that it is one of the most important pieces of literature written anywhere. I doubted him then but now after reading it five or six times I think I'm beginning to agree.
6. Frost - collections of poems
7. Neil Gaiman - American Gods
8. Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse Five- one of the few (read: one or two) sci-fi authors that transcends the genre, and I think this is his best work.
9. Poe - Fall of the House of Usher
10. Orwell - 1984

10-23-2006, 07:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
Raytes Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 157 -1 Internets	In no particular order: (edited to include my favorite work by each respective author) 1. Dostoevsky - The Brothers Karamazov - a masterpiece 2. Melville - Moby Dick- Arguably the greatest novel written in the English language. 3. Kafka - In the Penal Colony- The brilliance of this man still amazes me. Makes me wish I was an insomniac if I could write this well. 4. Joyce - Ulysses 5. Konrad - Heart of Darkness - My 2nd semester short fiction Professor told us that after reading it five or so times, we would begin to understand that it is one of the most important pieces of literature written anywhere. I doubted him then but now after reading it five or six times I think I'm beginning to agree. 6. Frost - collections of poems 7. Neil Gaiman - American Gods 8. Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse Five- one of the few (read: one or two) sci-fi authors that transcends the genre, and I think this is his best work. 9. Poe - Fall of the House of Usher 10. Orwell - 1984 Last edited by Raytes : 10-25-2006 at 04:39 PM.