Authors Anonymous discussion

So I just started reading "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," and I'm completely involved in this wonderful underwater world. I feel sort of silly when I begin reading a classic that I should have gotten to years ago, and it's only now that I announce to everyone, "Hey, that Jules Verne sure can write." I did the same thing a few years ago with "Middlemarch." (Not a bad way with words there, either.)

Is anyone just now reading a classic that's been calling your name for years?

Not reading right now but my favorite is The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins. Considered the first legal thriller ever. I've read it 3 times.

I just read War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells.

...and now I've just added another one to my list.

Rebecca wrote: "...and now I've just added another one to my list."

You tease. What is it?

I meant "War of the Worlds," but I can come up with another one. :) How about "The Time Machine"?

Oh. That's good, too. There's a Netflix series called "Prophets of Science Fiction" and one episode features H.G. Wells. Give it a look-see. As usual, he was way too far ahead of his time and a hard sell for publishers.

Sounds good. Will look into it when I come up for air (hilarious underwater Jules Verne joke).

Rebecca wrote: "Sounds good. Will look into it when I come up for air (hilarious underwater Jules Verne joke)."

Not if you're a former scuba diver who had a near death experience like me. Watch out for the blow hole on Oahu.