DisPlace - Books


Updated 2/7/06
n The Beginning... As an English major in college, I spent a great deal of time reading, mostly classics. Since my youth, I've enjoyed reading. Maybe I'm into escapism, maybe I just like a good story, maybe television isn't interesting and entertaining enuf to keep my attention for more than a few seconds. Whatever the reason, one of my main pleasures in life is reading a good story (and watching a good movie, but that's another story and another page ;). I had the greatest time with Medieval literature. We learned to speak Middle English in order to read the Canterbury Tales, we traced the development of the Arthur legend from his first mention on paper to Mallory's Le Morte d'Arthur, we read about the saints' lives and morality plays, learned about the French influence on British literature of the time. It was wonderful! Most of the links below go to online versions of the work mentioned. When this is not the case, I will note it. By perusing the authors, works, and other interesting things below, you will find that you know more about me than you have ever wished to .. Proceed at your own risk! }grin{

Classics essential to every young liberal arts student. (Works I have read during my travels)
British Literature, not in any particular order
Geoffrey Chaucer	Canterbury Tales, of course The Parliament of Fowles Lak of Stedfastnesse
William Shakespeare	Antony and Cleopatra Coriolanus Hamlet Julius Caesar King Henry IV - Part 1 King Henry IV - Part 2 King Lear King Richard II Macbeth Much Ado About Nothing Othello Romeo and Juliet Tempest The Merchant of Venice The Winter's Tale I know I read more of the histories, but I can't remember which. I have to do some research in my old notebooks to find out. I have also read a great deal of his poetry, especially his more irreverent sonnets. Again, I have to return to my old books to see the exact numbers of the sonnets that I liked.
Mallory	Le Morte D'Arthur - Vol. 1 Le Morte D'Arthur - Vol. 2
Joseph Conrad	Heart of Darkness Click on I
The Brothers Grimm	Grimm's Fairy Tales
Lewis Carroll	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Alice's Adventure's UnderGround Original version of Alice's Adventures written for Alice Liddel, with illustrations. Through the Looking Glass (And What Alice Found There)
Collections	The Luminarium Excellent resource for all things relating to Medieval, Renaissance, and 17^th Century English writings
American Literature, not in any particular order
Edgar Allen Poe	Links are courtesy of Nevermore's EAP site that includes the complete online works of EAP. Annabel Lee The Cask of Amontillado A Dream Within A Dream The Fall of the House of Usher The Masque of the Red Death The Pit and the Pendulum The Premature Burial The Raven The Tell-tale Heart
Nathaniel Hawthorne	Links are courtesy of Eric Eldred's Nathaniel Hawthorne site Scarlet Letter The Minister's Black Veil The May-Pole of Merry Mount Ethan Brand My Kinsman, Major Molineux Rappaccini's Daughter The Birth-mark Young Goodman Brown
Herman Melville	Moby Dick, of course Bartleby the Scrivener, a weird one... Billy Budd
Pleasure reading to fill the spaces in between the heavier stuff.
Stephen King	Gunslinger series, The Stand, The Dead Zone, The Shining, Firestarter, Tommyknockers, 'Salem's Lot, Four Past Midnight, Bachman Books, The Talisman(w/ Peter Straub), Rose Madder
Robert Jordan	The Wheel of Time series, need I say more? WOTMania Interesting, but filled w/ sales pitches! The Compleat Index of Wheel Of Time-Related 'Net Resources Excellent! Chapter Icons Great image quality.
Robert R. McCammon	Swan Song Boy's Life Stinger Blue World
Edgar Rice Burroughs	Barsoom series: A Princess of Mars The Gods of Mars The Warlord of Mars Thuvia, Maid of Mars
Douglas Adams	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy(1) The Restaurant at the End of the Universe(2) Life, the Universe, and Everything(3) So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish(4) Mostly Harmless(5) Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency(1) The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul(2) The Deeper Meaning of Liff/a Dictionary of Things That There Aren't Any Words for Yet but Ought to Be
Ray Bradbury	Farenheit 451, Something Wicked This Way Comes, The Martian Chronicles
Orson Scott Card	Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Lost Boys, Seventh Son, Red Prophet
??	Echo Round My Bones
Fredrik Pohl	The Coming of the Quantum Cats, Stopping at Slow Year
David Brin	Startide Rising
Literature & Purchasing Books Online	BiblioMania classical literature online Middle English Etexts hosted at UVA Project Gutenberg Texts published pre-1923 List of Online Books hosted at UPenn Amazon Books direct, fast, access to the books you're interested in Barnes and Noble more of a sales pitch but still valuable Books.com like a pared down version of Barnes & Noble

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