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<blockquote data-quote="Warrior Poet" data-source="post: 1903441" data-attributes="member: 1057">You might enjoy The Great Gatsby, actually.&nbsp; There's a lot going on in it, but &quot;flowery prose as all get out&quot; isn't one of them, I'd say.&nbsp; The language is a little dated (it was published in 1925), but flowery . . . nah, that's not how I'd describe it.&nbsp; It's actually got some interesting stuff going on:&nbsp; deception, betrayal, class conflict, sex (not terribly explicit by today's standards, you understand), boozing, cool cars, the decadence of excessive wealth, corruption, murder . . . . <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> On the other hand, it is a tragic story of love and loss, so if that's not your style either, then I'd stay away, definitely. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> All of which is odd, because I'm not a big fan of the book, myself.&nbsp; And it's partly because I don't like Fitzgerald's style of writing much.&nbsp; So, maybe I have no idea what I'm talking about.barsoomcore, I finally got caught up in through the text files you posted at the beginning.&nbsp; Excellent stuff!&nbsp; Can't wait to read more.Thanks,Warrior Poet</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Warrior Poet, post: 1903441, member: 1057"] You might enjoy [I]The Great Gatsby[/I], actually. There's a lot going on in it, but "flowery prose as all get out" isn't one of them, I'd say. The language is a little dated (it was published in 1925), but flowery . . . nah, that's not how I'd describe it. It's actually got some interesting stuff going on: deception, betrayal, class conflict, sex (not terribly explicit by today's standards, you understand), boozing, cool cars, the decadence of excessive wealth, corruption, murder . . . . ;) On the other hand, it is a tragic story of love and loss, so if that's not your style either, then I'd stay away, definitely. :D All of which is odd, because I'm not a big fan of the book, myself. And it's partly because I don't like Fitzgerald's style of writing much. So, maybe I have no idea what I'm talking about. barsoomcore, I finally got caught up in through the text files you posted at the beginning. Excellent stuff! Can't wait to read more. Thanks, Warrior Poet [/QUOTE]

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