The open boat
by Stephen Crane · first published 1898
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…that stuck with me, they all had a heck of a lot more going on than just being a random slice of mundane unhappiness. A few that really stuck with me: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (James Thurber), The Open Boat (Stephen Crane), The Long Sheet (William Sansom). If PG couldn't find anything funny, gripping, or worthwhile in stories like these, well, his loss. It wouldn't even be worth making this comment, except…
on “Copy What You Like (2006)” ↗The Open Boat, by Stephen Crane. Ecclesiastes. Siddhartha, by Herman Hesse. All would be considered "classics", all have much to recommend them, and none is so long that you'd lose interest.
on “Ask HN: classic literature recommendations?” ↗The open boat by Stephen Crane is amazingly well written
on “Ask HN: What's the most thought provoking short story you've read?” ↗…their own opinions onto everything. I still remember being extremely frustrated when our teacher kept telling us it was "ironic" that the most physically fit character drowned in Stephen Crane's The Open Boat (sorry for the spoiler). It wasn't ironic at all because he was foolish, and foolish people get themselves killed all the time!
on “Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away” ↗