Sriram Karra [08/03/09 21:36 +0000]:
At 3.1m characters, some 560,000 words and 1,400 pages, it's tempting to lie
about having read War and Peace. After all, what are the chances the target
of your fib has ploughed through the Russian masterpiece themselves
I *have* read war and peace. And I probably wouldnt touch some of the more
highbrow recommendations on silk with a bargepole. And I like my pulp.
Well, there have been a few highbrow threads here on reading
recommendations. But's now's the "time to fess up" and balance that :-)
* Pulp westerns (J.T.Edson and Longarm series, as opposed to Louis L'Amour)
by the dozen
* The Flashman novels of George McDonald Fraser - not terribly pulpy, well
written too
* Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe novels (almost all of them) - pure pulp, high
voltage action
* Quite a few of The Man From U.N.C.L.E series
suresh
