Your Magnum Opus

[Kyriakos]

Of eveything you have read, which story would you have wanted to have written and be remembered for?
You can choose one, or make a list, and it doesnt matter if it is a short story or a novel

As for me there are a few. The penal colony by Kafka, the sleeping machine by De Maupassant, the White powder by Machen.

 

[Earthling]

Many good choices...I'm unsure about the idea of "stealing" from a famous author though. But undoubtedly, because some of his stories felt like stealing from me anyway, it would be Asimov's short story The Last Question. Cheekier responses available depending on other posters' inclinations.

 

[warpus]

The Bible, cause then people would worship me? *shrug*

Actually, on second thought I'll go with Frank Herbert's Dune.

 

[Quackers]

Varwnos your threads are too cultural for me. Make a thread about X-Factor or something

 

[Bartleby]

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

 

[Earthling]

Actually, on second thought I'll go with Frank Herbert's Dune.

Ooh, before it's too late, I'll also call the third book in the H2G2 trilogy. That is, I'd want to be the person solely reknowned and credited for Life, the Universe, and Everything but the rest of the series would still be by Douglas Adams.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Many good choices...I'm unsure about the idea of "stealing" from a famous author though. But undoubtedly, because some of his stories felt like stealing from me anyway, it would be Asimov's short story The Last Question. Cheekier responses available depending on other posters' inclinations.

Damn you!

 

[Earthling]

You can still have The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, you know. If I were you I'd change the name to Julius Shakespearicles for kicks though.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Eh, I think I'll take Brave New World instead.

 

[Kyriakos]

You could also mention why you would have liked to have written those works

The three i mentioned are all close to my writing style. Stylistically De Maupassant and Kafka were my major influences, two authors very different to each other, but with acute psychological glances into the phenomena they wrote about. Machen, on the other hand, is a unique writer in my view, perhaps the best horror writer of the 20th century. He was influenced a lot by De Maupassant as well

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Having profound ideas may have something to do with it. Such as exploring the false happiness of ignorance felt by the citizens of the World State.

 

[nonconformist]

Mein Kampf.

 

[Munch]

The Elements

 

[sophie]

I'd love to have written a Chronicles of Narnia or Lord of the Rings, back when Fantasy wasn't as overcrowded as it is today.