MobileRead December 2013 Book Club Nominations - Page 3

desertblues · 11-22-2013, 04:08 AM

.....back from India and it was all that I hoped for. A bit of hardship as well as I was on a budget trip......But safe and sound: am catching up with work and travel journal. I'll try to read whatever is choosen this month, but I am crazily busy.....

Bookpossum · 11-22-2013, 06:09 AM

Welcome back, desertblues - good to know you had a great time and are safe and sound.

BelleZora · 11-22-2013, 09:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pynch

An epub of Joyce’s Dubliners can also be found in his Complete Works in the Patricia Clark Memorial Library.

EDIT:
The link for the Sherlock Holmes Memoirs isn’t working, the URL address is missing.

Another version of the Memoirs is in the the Sherlock Holmes Omnibus, which has been proof-read more diligently.

Thank you for this!

fantasyfan · 11-22-2013, 06:18 PM

I nominate Tales From the Jazz Age by F.Scott Fitzgerald:

"Tales of the Jazz Age (1922) was Fitzgerald's second collection of short stories, and it contains some of the best examples of his talent as a writer of short fiction. Often overshadowed by his major novels, Fitzgerald's short stories demonstrate the same originality and inventive range, as he chronicles with wry and astute observation the temper of the hedonistic 1920s. In 'May Day' and 'The Diamond as Big as the Ritz', two of his greatest stories, he conjures up the spirit of the age; in other stories he adopts a variety of forms - parody, a one-act play, fantasy - with unrivalled versatility. 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button', a tale of a man living his life backwards, features among the 'Fantasies"
It is in the public domain and available from Project Gutenberg as well as in many ebook anthologies for a very moderate price.

It is also here in the mobile read library:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21788

alicepattinson · 11-22-2013, 07:12 PM

Second Dubliners as well

issybird · 11-22-2013, 07:15 PM

Second Tales of the Jazz Age. What could be more fun to read!

Dazrin · 11-22-2013, 07:17 PM

Just because it sounds interesting and I like the idea of reading multiple authors for a single month's selection, I will nominate this list of "10 Wonderful Short Stories to Read For Free Online".

Here is the list:

“A Good Man is Hard to Find” Flannery O’Connor
“The School” Donald Barthelme
“In The Penal Colony” Franz Kafka
“Signs and Symbols” Vladimir Nabokov
“Gooseberries” Anton Chekhov
“Sea Oak” George Saunders
“The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” Ursula K. LeGuin
“The Veldt” Ray Bradbury
“The Bear Came Over the Mountain” Alice Munro
“The Nose” Nikolai Gogol

kennyc · 11-22-2013, 07:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dazrin

Just because it sounds interesting and I like the idea of reading multiple authors for a single month's selection, I will nominate this list of "10 Wonderful Short Stories to Read For Free Online".

Here is the list:

“A Good Man is Hard to Find” Flannery O’Connor
“The School” Donald Barthelme
“In The Penal Colony” Franz Kafka
“Signs and Symbols” Vladimir Nabokov
“Gooseberries” Anton Chekhov
“Sea Oak” George Saunders
“The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” Ursula K. LeGuin
“The Veldt” Ray Bradbury
“The Bear Came Over the Mountain” Alice Munro
“The Nose” Nikolai Gogol

What a wonderful list!

pynch · 11-23-2013, 02:14 AM

More links for Fitzgerald’s Tales of the Jazz Age (both from the MR library):

lrf

epub (Complete Works)

Billi · 11-23-2013, 04:29 AM

I third Tales of the Jazz Age
and second Dazrin's List (post 37).

HomeInMyShoes · 11-23-2013, 07:53 AM

I will second Shifu... by Mo Yan.

Hamlet53 · 11-23-2013, 08:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Billi

and second Dazrin's List (post 37).

I will third this. I've read most of them, but it is a great list.

fantasyfan · 11-23-2013, 10:09 AM

I'll third Limits by Niven

Billi · 11-23-2013, 03:39 PM

I second The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway.

WT Sharpe · 11-23-2013, 03:47 PM

One more and we'll have 10 books. Let's make the final choice an enjoyable one!

11-22-2013, 04:08 AM	#31
desertblues Home for the moment Posts: 5,127 Karma: 27718936 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: travelling Device: various	.....back from India and it was all that I hoped for. A bit of hardship as well as I was on a budget trip......But safe and sound: am catching up with work and travel journal. I'll try to read whatever is choosen this month, but I am crazily busy..... Last edited by desertblues; 05-06-2015 at 12:22 PM.

11-22-2013, 07:17 PM	#37
Dazrin Wizard Posts: 2,735 Karma: 75825105 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: PDXish Device: Kindle Voyage, various Android devices	Just because it sounds interesting and I like the idea of reading multiple authors for a single month's selection, I will nominate this list of "10 Wonderful Short Stories to Read For Free Online". Here is the list: “A Good Man is Hard to Find” Flannery O’Connor “The School” Donald Barthelme “In The Penal Colony” Franz Kafka “Signs and Symbols” Vladimir Nabokov “Gooseberries” Anton Chekhov “Sea Oak” George Saunders “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” Ursula K. LeGuin “The Veldt” Ray Bradbury “The Bear Came Over the Mountain” Alice Munro “The Nose” Nikolai Gogol

11-23-2013, 02:14 AM	#39
pynch why in? Posts: 1,630 Karma: 29896776 Join Date: Apr 2012 Device: Sony PRS-350, Kobo Aura	More links for Fitzgerald’s Tales of the Jazz Age (both from the MR library): lrf epub (Complete Works) Last edited by pynch; 11-23-2013 at 02:24 AM.

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11-22-2013, 06:09 AM	#32
Bookpossum Snoozing in the sun Posts: 10,146 Karma: 115423645 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: iPad Mini, Kobo Touch	Welcome back, desertblues - good to know you had a great time and are safe and sound.

11-22-2013, 06:18 PM	#34
fantasyfan Wizard Posts: 1,378 Karma: 29709356 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Ireland Device: Kindle Oasis 3, iPad 9th gen. IPhone 11	I nominate Tales From the Jazz Age by F.Scott Fitzgerald: "Tales of the Jazz Age (1922) was Fitzgerald's second collection of short stories, and it contains some of the best examples of his talent as a writer of short fiction. Often overshadowed by his major novels, Fitzgerald's short stories demonstrate the same originality and inventive range, as he chronicles with wry and astute observation the temper of the hedonistic 1920s. In 'May Day' and 'The Diamond as Big as the Ritz', two of his greatest stories, he conjures up the spirit of the age; in other stories he adopts a variety of forms - parody, a one-act play, fantasy - with unrivalled versatility. 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button', a tale of a man living his life backwards, features among the 'Fantasies" It is in the public domain and available from Project Gutenberg as well as in many ebook anthologies for a very moderate price. It is also here in the mobile read library: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21788

11-22-2013, 07:12 PM	#35
alicepattinson Banned Posts: 142 Karma: 2564052 Join Date: Jan 2013 Device: Kindle Fire	Second Dubliners as well

11-22-2013, 07:15 PM	#36
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,517 Karma: 236076651 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	Second Tales of the Jazz Age. What could be more fun to read!

11-23-2013, 04:29 AM	#40
Billi Wizard Posts: 3,388 Karma: 14190103 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Berlin Device: Cybook, iRex, PB, Onyx	I third Tales of the Jazz Age and second Dazrin's List (post 37).

11-23-2013, 07:53 AM	#41
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	I will second Shifu... by Mo Yan.

11-23-2013, 10:09 AM	#43
fantasyfan Wizard Posts: 1,378 Karma: 29709356 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Ireland Device: Kindle Oasis 3, iPad 9th gen. IPhone 11	I'll third Limits by Niven

11-23-2013, 03:39 PM	#44
Billi Wizard Posts: 3,388 Karma: 14190103 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Berlin Device: Cybook, iRex, PB, Onyx	I second The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway.

11-23-2013, 03:47 PM	#45
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	One more and we'll have 10 books. Let's make the final choice an enjoyable one!