taking sides: Homage to Catalonia vs. The Sun Also Rises

i came in here to be all negative but now that i think about it i like both these books maybe more than i should

I've actually only read one of 'em.

The Sun Also Rises is possibly my favorite novel.

Voting for the Orwell, for a billion reasons, including general feelings about the two authors...

"I've actually only read one of 'em."

As proven by a trip to wikipedia. Turns out I must've meant "For Whom the Bell Tolls"

Dork.

i voted for orwell, but im weirdly protective toward hemingway for reasons that i dont really understand myself

i need to read more Orwell. The Sun Also Rises is just okay--I hate the corny ending

actually revise that--his sentences in that book are amazing, i have nothing against his sentences, really

This is a total knee-jerk / I'm-a-jerk reaction, but any time I hear praise of Hemingway's sentences, my head gets stuck in a loop that goes Hemingway - "sentences" - "sentences" - Hemingway - blah - Hemingway - blah blah - "sentences" - blah blah blah

you could also do the same thing with Ray Carver

and you don't sound jerky--i get what you mean. i think this book is the only book i really like that i've read by him (In Our Time and A Farewell to Arms are the other two, plus stories)

Eric Blair rules.

Wouldn't A Farewell to Arms be a more appropriate Hem novel for this comparison?

i love hemingway no apologies

i cant read too much hemingway in a row, but he can be so good to read if you havent picked up anything by him in a while

except for the extremely problematic attitude towards women obv

Definitely yeah, re: Carver! Actually with him I might say the sentence is an even narrower/worse prism for talking about the stuff than with Hemingway.

i should probably read homage to catalonia, huh

i have a great deal of irrational dislike for orwell due to 'politics and the english language' which is a pretty dumb essay

in my world high schoolers would all read homage to catalonia instead of animal farm and pol and eng lang

i read no orwell in high school!

Max is onto something there -- there's this incredible on-the-ground clarity to Homage that I'd bet could really, really turn young people on to wanting to understand both politics and history in better ways.

Homage to Catalonia is amazing, I never read any Hemingway.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

kind of a quick poll dontchathink

I never got around to voting. Would have voted for George.