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Originally Posted by astrangerhere
[...] I had to read this no less than three times between high school and my English undergraduate degree, so I will only be doing a quick audio refresher before the conversation starts.
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That is always going to be a risk with nominating what might be described as "study classics":
The Old Man and the Sea and
Of Mice and Men both qualify, and some of the others to a slightly lesser extent. They're the sort of books that schools love to put on their reading lists.
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Originally Posted by issybird
[...] Moreover, the Hemingway was cheap or free and the Chiang was on the pricey side which can be pretty typical of more contemporary stuff, so that will always be a factor. [...]
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I was very conscious of the Chiang book being pricey. That in combination with the short story aspect I thought might put people off, but I'm glad it didn't, and maybe some might consider reading the collection anyway, he is an excellent writer.
In addition to being contemporary, I think books from which a successful (and/or just recent, as in this case) movie was made are likely to be more expensive ... except maybe for those people that don't mind paper books, because all those extra movie-editions often end up in the $2 bin at book shops.