Heavy, Interesting Books
Submitted by mja on Tue, 02/20/2001 - 09:58
Tags:
- VALIS, Philip K. Dick
- Zod Wallop, William Browning Spencer
- More Than Human, William Sturgeon
- Naked Lunch, William Burroughs
- Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace
- Vineland, Thomas Pyncheon
- The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand
- The Trial, Franz Kafka
- Crime and Punishment, Fyoder Dosteovsky
- The Stranger, Albert Camus
- The Plague, Albert Camus
- Stranger In A Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlien (Grok?)
- Timequake, Kurt Vonnegut
- Catch-22, Joseph Heller
- A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess
Author Comments:
Heavy is a subjective word (especially in this context), so YMMV. I make no promise these are fast or easy reads, in fact, I'll almost bet most aren't fast or easy (Some are, some aren't). That's not what's attempted. What is attempted here is to provide a list of novels with complex styles and themes which can provide some profound insights.
Correction: MORE THAN HUMAN, Theodore Sturgeon