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!@#$%! · 04.01.2006, 04:19 PM

as much as he's been dismissed as a "dead white male" etc etc---

i think hemingway's short stories are awesome

sure, once you read them all they get a little repetitive (wounded penises everywhere), but some are such masterpieces! among my favorite

-a clean, well lighted place
-the killers
-the snows of kilimanjaro
-cat in the rain
-the nun & the radio... something like that, damn i cnat remember

so many. really great.

krastian · 04.01.2006, 04:51 PM

Hemingway is pretty much the best short story writer of the 20th Century. His "minimal" approach to story writing has influenced just about every writer that came after him.......I read a ton of short stories in college and his influence can really be seen.

dietzer123 · 04.01.2006, 05:48 PM

Chuck Palahniuk is fucking spectacular. obviously fight club and choke are both incredible novels. for salinger the one where the veteran is on a vacation with his wife and he ends up killing himself after the lady is staring at his feet (or he thinks she is) in the elevator is incredible. i don't remember the name though

nomadicfollower · 04.01.2006, 05:56 PM

I plan on checking out Hemingway's Complete Short Stories from my school library. I like the novels of his that I've read.

Can't believe no one mentioned Edgar Allen Poe!

Rupert 'Stiles' Stilinski · 04.01.2006, 07:53 PM

Young Goodman Brown is my favorite of all time

krastian · 04.01.2006, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by nomadicfollower

I plan on checking out Hemingway's Complete Short Stories from my school library. I like the novels of his that I've read.

Yeah man do it! They are great to read maybe one or two a night because they are so short.

blots · 04.02.2006, 11:59 AM

"Emergency" by Denis Johnson, and his whole Jesus' Son collection (all of the stories involve the same character, so it is somewhat cohesive). A big influence on Chuck Palahniuk.

atari 2600 · 04.02.2006, 01:52 PM

The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka (novella) my favortie short work

The Gold-Bug - Edgar Allan Poe (tale)...of course he has so many other classic tales, but this one, The Murders of Rue Morgue, & The Purloined Letter featuring his C. Auguste Dupin character are my favorites. The Black Cat is a masterpiece & The Imp Of the Perverse is also very noteworthy.

The Cossacks, The Devil, Master & Man, & Alyosha The Pot from my Tolstoy Short Stories book impressed me greatly.

The Double, The Christmas Tree & a Wedding, Notes From Underground (novella), White Nights, The Crocodile are probably my picks by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

Lazarus - Leonid Andreyev

Misery, A Dead Body, The Duel - Anton Chekhov

The Queen of Spades - Alexandr Pushkin

The Cloak - Nikolai Gogol

An Anarchist - Joseph Conrad

Yeah, Ernest Hemingway is masterful at crafting short stories:
The Killers, The Big Two-Hearted River, The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber are probably my favorites. I had read too much about A Clean Well-Lighted Place before I read it, I think. I wonder if Hemingway ever read Turgenev's A Sportsman's Sketches. His writing definitely owes something to Anton Chekov & Honore de Balzac.

Magister Ludi or The Glass Bead Game, Siddhartha (novella) - Herman Hesse

From high school & college I especially remember Bret Harte's The Luck of Roaring Camp, Twain's The Celebrated Jumping Frog Of Calaveras County & of course, Shirley Jackson's The Lottery.

William S. Burroughs' autobographical Junky is a short novel, about the same length as a short story.

blots, I liked the movie Jesus' Son; I should probably check out some Denis Johnson. That sounded weird. Penis Johnson? I should probably read some D. Johnson.

Пятхъдесят Шест · 04.02.2006, 03:12 PM

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge - Ambrose Bierce

Always been a favorite.

04.01.2006, 04:19 PM	#21
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,579	as much as he's been dismissed as a "dead white male" etc etc--- i think hemingway's short stories are awesome sure, once you read them all they get a little repetitive (wounded penises everywhere), but some are such masterpieces! among my favorite -a clean, well lighted place -the killers -the snows of kilimanjaro -cat in the rain -the nun & the radio... something like that, damn i cnat remember so many. really great.
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04.01.2006, 04:51 PM	#22
krastian invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore Posts: 7,808	Hemingway is pretty much the best short story writer of the 20th Century. His "minimal" approach to story writing has influenced just about every writer that came after him.......I read a ton of short stories in college and his influence can really be seen. __________________ Confusion is next and next after that is the Truth.
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04.01.2006, 05:48 PM	#23
dietzer123 stalker Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 419	Chuck Palahniuk is fucking spectacular. obviously fight club and choke are both incredible novels. for salinger the one where the veteran is on a vacation with his wife and he ends up killing himself after the lady is staring at his feet (or he thinks she is) in the elevator is incredible. i don't remember the name though __________________ I smoke. If this bothers anyone, I suggest you look around at the world in which we live and shut your fuckin' mouth.-bill hicks
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04.01.2006, 05:56 PM	#24
nomadicfollower invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North America Posts: 2,672	I plan on checking out Hemingway's Complete Short Stories from my school library. I like the novels of his that I've read. Can't believe no one mentioned Edgar Allen Poe!
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04.01.2006, 07:53 PM	#25
Rupert 'Stiles' Stilinski children of satan Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Japan Posts: 345	Young Goodman Brown is my favorite of all time
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04.02.2006, 11:59 AM	#27
blots little trouble girl Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 47	"Emergency" by Denis Johnson, and his whole Jesus' Son collection (all of the stories involve the same character, so it is somewhat cohesive). A big influence on Chuck Palahniuk.
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04.02.2006, 01:52 PM	#28
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka (novella) my favortie short work The Gold-Bug - Edgar Allan Poe (tale)...of course he has so many other classic tales, but this one, The Murders of Rue Morgue, & The Purloined Letter featuring his C. Auguste Dupin character are my favorites. The Black Cat is a masterpiece & The Imp Of the Perverse is also very noteworthy. The Cossacks, The Devil, Master & Man, & Alyosha The Pot from my Tolstoy Short Stories book impressed me greatly. The Double, The Christmas Tree & a Wedding, Notes From Underground (novella), White Nights, The Crocodile are probably my picks by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Lazarus - Leonid Andreyev Misery, A Dead Body, The Duel - Anton Chekhov The Queen of Spades - Alexandr Pushkin The Cloak - Nikolai Gogol An Anarchist - Joseph Conrad Yeah, Ernest Hemingway is masterful at crafting short stories: The Killers, The Big Two-Hearted River, The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber are probably my favorites. I had read too much about A Clean Well-Lighted Place before I read it, I think. I wonder if Hemingway ever read Turgenev's A Sportsman's Sketches. His writing definitely owes something to Anton Chekov & Honore de Balzac. Magister Ludi or The Glass Bead Game, Siddhartha (novella) - Herman Hesse From high school & college I especially remember Bret Harte's The Luck of Roaring Camp, Twain's The Celebrated Jumping Frog Of Calaveras County & of course, Shirley Jackson's The Lottery. William S. Burroughs' autobographical Junky is a short novel, about the same length as a short story. blots, I liked the movie Jesus' Son; I should probably check out some Denis Johnson. That sounded weird. Penis Johnson? I should probably read some D. Johnson.
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04.02.2006, 03:12 PM	#29
Пятхъдесят Шест invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Omaha, Nebraska, USA Posts: 3,063	An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge - Ambrose Bierce Always been a favorite.
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