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Offline Marlelar

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Who is your favorite Catholic author?
« on: May 29, 2013, 11:51:04 PM »
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    • I'm compiling a summer reading list and would like to know who your favorite Catholic author is and which of his/her books is your favorite.  I'd like to be able to have a list of fiction and non-fiction authors to draw from in the next 3 months.  Summer can be a disorganized time for me so I like to challenge myself to read 1000 pages from June 1 to Sept 1.  Ten to twelve pages a day is certainly doable and won't get put off in chaos of summer.

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    « Reply #1 on: May 30, 2013, 12:13:26 AM »
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    « Reply #2 on: May 30, 2013, 02:10:22 PM »
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    • G K Chesterton, of course.

    And I'm currently reading A Canticle For Leibowitz by Walter Miller for the second time. It's Catholic sci-fi.
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    Who is your favorite Catholic author?
    « Reply #3 on: May 30, 2013, 02:49:07 PM »
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    • My favorite Catholic Author is Tolkien. I read The Lord of the Rings a lot.
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    Who is your favorite Catholic author?
    « Reply #4 on: May 30, 2013, 04:25:04 PM »
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    G K Chesterton, of course.

    And I'm currently reading A Canticle For Leibowitz by Walter Miller for the second time. It's Catholic sci-fi.


    Did you listen to the Swords and Space episode on this book?

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    « Reply #5 on: May 30, 2013, 04:58:05 PM »
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    And I'm currently reading A Canticle For Leibowitz by Walter Miller for the second time. It's Catholic sci-fi.

    Did you listen to the Swords and Space episode on this book?

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    No I didn't. Thanks for the link, Marsha. :)
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    « Reply #6 on: May 30, 2013, 08:26:10 PM »
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    • Another vote for J R R Tolkien, and also G K Chesterton both great Catholic authors!
    Also just one more favorite, Hilaire Belloc, his books are excellent as well.

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    « Reply #7 on: May 30, 2013, 09:25:15 PM »
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    G K Chesterton, of course.

    And I'm currently reading A Canticle For Leibowitz by Walter Miller for the second time. It's Catholic sci-fi.


    Tolkien gets my vote, but the Miller book is great.  Did you read "Saint Leibowitz and The White Horse Woman"?
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    « Reply #8 on: May 30, 2013, 10:11:26 PM »
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    • Dante.  And after him, William Shakespeare.  
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    « Reply #9 on: May 30, 2013, 10:42:02 PM »
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    G K Chesterton, of course.

    And I'm currently reading A Canticle For Leibowitz by Walter Miller for the second time. It's Catholic sci-fi.


    Tolkien gets my vote, but the Miller book is great.  Did you read "Saint Leibowitz and The White Horse Woman"?


    I've been meaning to read Canticle. Tolkien gets my vote, too. Of overtly Catholic fiction writers anyway.
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    « Reply #10 on: May 30, 2013, 11:52:36 PM »
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    • I like Manzoni and Sienkiewicz
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    « Reply #11 on: May 31, 2013, 12:13:11 AM »
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    • I like chesterton and manzoni too.  I like patrick j. buchanan, e. michael jones, brian patrick mitchell and many others.  
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    « Reply #12 on: May 31, 2013, 03:16:01 AM »
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    Did you read "Saint Leibowitz and The White Horse Woman"?

    No, I've not read that. Is it good too?
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    « Reply #13 on: May 31, 2013, 05:20:49 AM »
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    • Tolkien, no doubt
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    « Reply #14 on: May 31, 2013, 07:29:16 AM »
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    • You could check out RA Lafferty. I've only read one of his novels and a couple short stories, but they were good.
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