Books Circa 1950 or Before

[C-Mag]

Anything Robert E Howard, the Master of Pulp.

[Hastur]

I just finished Kim last week. Great novel.

Also The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers. It was published in 1903. One of the first spy novels. A couple of English yachtsmen discover a German plot. I will say no more but reading it and realizing it was written before WWI is fascinating. Erskine Childers was a great writer and clearly knows his nautical stuff. He was an Irish nationalist and was executed by the Irish Free State during the Irish Civil War.

I would add H. P. Lovecraft to the list, naturally.

[heydaralon]

I am very interested in reading The Ancient City (1864) by Coulanges. This book looks incredible.

[DBTrek]

Anything Robert E Howard, the Master of Pulp.

Correct.
In fact, if you want to hit some of his lesser known works I'd strongly suggest:



You also won't go wrong checking these titles out:

[heydaralon]

Dashiel Hammet wrote some good detective fiction. The Maltese Falcon is a Noir Classic in both film and print.

[MilSpecs]

The Grapes of Wrath
The Good Earth
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
A Christmas Carol

[Fife]

Muh Old Books thread. OK, I'll play along.


Rather entertaining, coming from the "history began in 2002" crowd. Muh weapons of the mass destruction.

With Wings as Eagles, losers.

[MilSpecs]

Edgar Allan Poe wrote his anthology in the mid 1800s , so if anthologies count then The Tell-Tale Heart anthology is amazing.

[Fife]

Poe wrote an anthology??

Hook a nigga up with Poe's agent.

[MilSpecs]

Poe wrote an anthology??

Hook a nigga up with Poe's agent.

Not that I know of, but that particular anthology is amazing. I don’t care if someone put together a selection of someone else’s great works. I thought this was done before 1950, though.