Finally picked up Grapes of Wrath, and damn is it good. Steinbeck has such beautiful prose when he's not writing southern dialect.

What other classics are still compelling today? If it's any help, I don't really dig Vonnegut, Asimov, and Huxley.

    • Florn [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      I can't take him seriously after reading the Stalin interview

      • Rod_Blagojevic [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        It may have been really stupid, but it was also really funny that he said he was more left-wing than Stalin...to Stalin's face.

        For those that don't know:

        Stalin's response was essentially "my bro, I fought and won an actual revolution and you want people to vote for democrats. Get the fuck out of here, but also thanks for stopping by."

        :stalin-cig:

        If only Stalin knew about the navy seal copy pasta.

        :deeper-sadness:

        • Florn [they/them]
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          2 years ago

          The lead-up is so much funnier. Wells opens by asking Stalin how thrilled he is that a socialist is in power in the US, referring to Roosevelt, and you can just hear Stalin's depressed sigh that he's having this conversation with a western leftist again.

        • mazdak
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          1 year ago

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    • TornadoThompson [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      Yeah, if i'm stuck for something to read WoTW is one of my go-to's - I rattle through it a couple of times a year and never becomes stale.