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Leiningen Versus The Ants

mag00
Droptop remembered the title when I asked about a story of ants over running people and the held them off with fire and flooding etc.

I read this back in the 70's and always remembered the basics of the story. You can read it if you want, shouldn't take you long. http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/lvta.html

Another old required read was Stranger From a Strange land. Might have to read that one again too.

Do you have any favorites that may have shaped your life as you got older and remembered the readings?
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  • varian
    i remember reading that in the 60s, i think. i read it several times, though it was a very interesting story.
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  • Ricci Wright
    I remember reading that somewhere. Maybe in school on Long Island in the late 1960's.
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  • pulsarnc
    Remember it from grade school about 55 years ago
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  • He Dog
    Catcher in the Rye, and Been down so long it looks like up to me come to mind. Valentine Michael Smith was not my favorite, but I read a lot of other Heinlein, Philip Jose Farmer, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clark, H.P. Lovecraft, Arthur Conan Doyle, Frank Herbert, and a pile of Nero Wolfe mysteries. Also Leonard Wibberly.
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  • droptop
    Ayn Rands book - ANTHEM was required reading in high school, approx 1962/3. This is what school kids read, not how great Karl Marx writings were for todays problems and NOT praising the virtues of Communism / Socialism.

    Ayn Rand wrote interesting stories about HOW BAD communism / socialism was and she should know, she grew up in Russia between 1905 and 1930 before moving to the U.S. in 1931. Never heard of Ayn Rand writing ONE GOOD THING about Communism / Socialism.

    Anthem (Ayn Rand)
    https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/a/anthem/critical-essays/the-meaning-and-importance-of-i-in-anthem
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  • 11b6r
    Read Starship Troopers while I was in Jump School. Now THAT is a hell of a combination!
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  • Sam06
    Good read.

    I think they made a movie around that story with Charleton Heston in it.

    The Naked Jungle


    Marabunta
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  • nononsense
    It's hard for me to pick one or two favorites as I read prodigiously as a youth. But Stranger in a Strange Land sticks out prominently since I read it several times over the early years of school. However, Ayn Rand is still one of my favorites as far as authors go. Fountainhead was required reading for at least one class. Her largest undertaking, Atlas Shrugged, is still fun to read when I have the time.

    Best.
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  • mag00
    nononsense wrote:
    It's hard for me to pick one or two favorites as I read prodigiously as a youth. But Stranger in a Strange Land sticks out prominently since I read it several times over the early years of school. However, Ayn Rand is still one of my favorites as far as authors go. Fountainhead was required reading for at least one class. Her largest undertaking, Atlas Shrugged, is still fun to read when I have the time.

    Best.

    I've heard alot about "Atlas Shrugged", and even attempted to read it, didn't get far and have no idea what it is supposed to be about. Might have to try again, but not optimistic.

    Ken Follet, is one of my favorites, and "Pillars of the Earth".

    What I find interesting is that I couldn't read very good when young. I found out that the nuns were calling my mom and saying I daydreamed alot. I remember reading drills, and they sucked, and I was one of the slowest. I liked to comprehend what I read and the stuff we read was soooo boring.

    I would read my brothers "Chopper" magazines, and that is where I learned to read I guess. That and the dictionary. Oh, and the big blue "Motors" manual. :D

    To break it down, if the subject matter is boring, I won't read or retain the info. That may be why I can't get into Daniel Steel or Ayn Rand. Very good writers, like Stephen King, just way different, like coffee and tea. :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

    Not that I don't drink or enjoy a good cup of tea, I NEED my coffee. :lol: :shock: :shock:
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  • nononsense
    mag00,
    I've heard alot about "Atlas Shrugged", and even attempted to read it, didn't get far and have no idea what it is supposed to be about. Might have to try again, but not optimistic.

    Ken Follet, is one of my favorites, and "Pillars of the Earth".

    Don't get me wrong, reading Atlas Shrugged is a huge undertaking lengthwise but also her writing style is tedious. I started and stopped several times... :oops:

    Pillars of the Earth is one my all-time favorite books especially when I travel. I really enjoy this book as it is superbly written and the story line is fascinating. The movie was a grave disappointment. :x

    Best.
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  • mrmike08075
    H. Beam Piper and his future history chronicles of the Terran empire - from uller uprising through the cosmic computer to the epic little fuzzy saga...

    E. E. Doc Smith and the lensman series...

    Philip Joseph Farmer and his definitive riverworld franchise (12 full length thick novels)

    The berserker books - the gateway / heechee novels - janisarries and hammers slammers...

    Final blackout by L. Ron Hubbard (he did some noteworthy science fiction following WWII

    Yes of course Heinlein and starship troopers - and reread starbeast if you have the time - farnhams freehold...

    Andre Norton's voorlooper and voortrekker tales...

    The talisman and the unabridged the stand by King.

    Mike
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  • Hawk Carse
    It's hard to find good reading these days. E-publishing makes it easy to put out what was once known as Pulp, if not slush.
    How often have I seen: "First book of a trilogy by an exciting new author." Who thought he was worth the advance for three books with no track record?

    I anxiously wait for a reliable author to put out another book, then gobble it up and wait for another.

    Hard for me to imagine Stranger in a Strange Land as school reading. It seemed pretty wild when I found it in 1963.

    I was there when Dune was serialized as Dune World in Analog magazine. Talk about cliffhangers. The rest of the franchise was not so hot, I expected to see Abbot and Costello meet the Sandworm any day.
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