The Last Night of the World
10 best books like The Last Night of the World (Ray Bradbury): The Story of an Hour, Harrison Bergeron, Hills Like White Elephants, The Star, The Looking Glass, Reunion, A Haunted House, A Rose for Emily, They're Made Out of Meat, The Last Answer
In these four stories, Kate Chopin subtly captures the intricate interior lives of a generation of women. From the famous proto-feminist tale "The Story of an Hour" to the subtly sexy "A Respectable Woman," Chopin sheds light on the frustrations, desires, and dreams of her own era and their reverberations...
It is the year 2081. Because of Amendments 211, 212, and 213 to the Constitution, every American is fully equal, meaning that no one is stupider, uglier, weaker, or slower than anyone else. The Handicapper General and a team of agents ensure that the laws of equality are enforced.
One April,...
Hills Like White Elephants
A couple. A bar. A health condition of some sort. And a small research done by a reader to understand what was going on, exactly. Mere descriptions of actions and dialogue were not enough. But the reader doesn't blame the author for her lack of perception. A detached author that seems to barely know them....
Dear Arthur,
I appreciated your short story "The Star", but I think you will be interested to hear My side of the case. I have done My very best to create a beautiful universe where intelligent beings may evolve, flourish, and learn to become closer to Me. You would simply not believe how many aeons...
One particular attribute that I look for in classic novels/stories is a sense of timelessness, an ability to transcend generations and still remain poignant and relevant. The Looking Glass has that, but admittedly, it took me a while to figure out why and how.
Actually, my first impression...
I listened to Richard Ford read this on the New Yorker fiction podcast. It's a short read. Some might even say that nothing happens in it, and they would be right. A boy meets his dad while waiting for a train on Grand Cenral Station, they are going to have lunch together, and that is about it.
But...
Death was between us but the house vibrantly beats like a happily pulsating heart for the hidden treasure, the traces of sun beamed love left behind, in the trees, the apples, on the glass, the trees spinning darkness for a wandering beam of sun.
Transcending the boundaries of life...
| Author | William Faulkner |
| ISBN | 1563127881 |
Faulkner's classic short story was first published in 1930 in The Forum, his first story to be published in a national magazine. At the time it didn't bring him much commercial success, nor did his now famous novels, The Sound and the Fury (1929), and As I Lay Dying (1930). That success would come later...
"We're supposed to talk to meat."
After reading The Egg by Andy Weir, GR had some nice recommendations for me. So, I came upon They're Made Out of Meat.
This is a very short story (only 5 pages long) that was a Nebula Award Nominee for Best Short Story in 1991. You can read it here....
The Last Answer, Isaac Asimov
"The Last Answer" is a science-fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It was first published in the January 1980 issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact, and reprinted in the collections The Winds of Change and Other Stories (1983), The Best Science...
