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velouriumCAMPER
04/15/05, 02:31 PM
..., of all time bitches!

Mine:
-) 'A Telephone Call' - Dorothy Parker
-) 'Araby' - James Joyce
-) 'The Gift of the Magi' - O. Henry

Yours?

aolsux
04/15/05, 02:47 PM
Shirly Jackson "The Lottery"
William Faulkner "A Rose For Emily"
Jack London "To Build A Fire"

velouriumCAMPER
04/15/05, 03:25 PM
London was such a douche in real life (from what I read / hear), but yes 'To Build a Fire' was so rad. I loved how he never revealed the character's name either. Kind of like that can be anyone of us.
Ever read his 'Call of the Wild' novel? It's so rad.

YouMadeTheScene
04/15/05, 03:37 PM
Rodeo Drive by Me
Joe Ups by Me
I Swear Pigs Can Fly by Me

WakingTheMisery
04/16/05, 03:34 AM
stinky cheese man.

a typicalcliche
04/16/05, 04:17 AM
im so confued

aolsux
04/16/05, 10:49 AM
London was such a douche in real life (from what I read / hear), but yes 'To Build a Fire' was so rad. I loved how he never revealed the character's name either. Kind of like that can be anyone of us.
Ever read his 'Call of the Wild' novel? It's so rad.
call of the wild i read awhile ago, i need to re-read that

littlehope4us
04/16/05, 01:28 PM
'War With The Eskimos' (?) by J.D. Salinger

BetsyXcore
04/16/05, 02:38 PM
Shirly Jackson "The Lottery"
William Faulkner "A Rose For Emily"
Jack London "To Build A Fire"
yeah, The Lottery pretty much owns everything.