Black Council/The Circle/Nemesis

[morriswalters]

After looking around I suspect you are right.  I missed most of the classics, which I considered a feature not a bug.

[Bad Alias]

I have a hard time accepting something written in the same century as I read it as a classic. For a book to be a classic featured in the standard education of the masses, I think it should have at least endured longer than someone I know. If it's any newer than that, it is probably just political indoctrination.

[wardenferry419]

"Suck" just didn't seem very "Steinbeck" to me. It also seemed like a modern expression to me. It's been around longer than I have, so who am I to say?

I tried tracking down the source, but I only got of bunch of gun culture stuff that lead me to believe he definitely didn't say it.

You should consider yourself lucky. I ended up having to read one of his books twice.

Let me guess, "Of Mice and Men?"

[Bad Alias]

While I did read that one, it was The Pearl that I ended up reading twice.

Don't get me wrong, Steinbeck was a good writer. I just don't like the way every story ends in a tragedy with a small silver lining.

It always annoyed me when I was assigned a book I had already read, but just long enough ago that I had to read it again. I ended up reading Lord of the Flies three times. I was furious with the middle school librarian who recommended it when it was part of the freshmen curriculum.

[wardenferry419]

I had to do Heart of Darkness 3 times for 3 different college classes. Boring.