Topic: Favorite short essays/short stories

Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU started this discussion 15 years ago #14,858

On the Sufferings of the World - Arthur Schopenhauer
This is a really depressing look at life, and in my opinion an exceptionally well written one. I disagree with the direction he takes later on in the essay, but the first half of this essay is easily my favorite bit of essay writing ever.

The Relativity of Wrong - Isaac Asimov
This is an interesting look at the different degrees of being wrong. Some neat ideas are presented here.

What about you Minichan?

cccuuunnttt !CaTLdYmooc joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later[^] [v] #261,781

Poe's "Hop-Frog": http://poestories.com/read/hop-frog

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The Cuban Missile Crisis: Second Holocaust by Robert L. O'Connell
Found this in a Cracked article. It's basically a what if of the Cuban missile crisis where things escelate into full-on nuclear warfare.

Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #261,810

@261,781 (cccuuunnttt !CaTLdYmooc)
That was pretty good!

Journalism in Tennessee - Mark Twain
The Facts In The Case Of The Great Beef Contract - Mark Twain
I always thought these were really funny, so I'm sharing them with you.

(Edited 5 minutes later.)

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"The Goose Girl" and "The Undesirable Table" by Joyce Carol Oates
"The Beast in the Jungle" and "The Story in It" by Henry James
"The Ambitious Guest" by Hawthorne
"The Darling" by Chekhov