The short happy life of Francis Macomber
and other stories
by Ernest Hemingway · first published 1963
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…Things Chekhov, Anton - "The Bet" Dick, Philip K - "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" Gibson, William - Dogfight ("...he had nobody to tell it to. Nobody at all.") Hemingway, Ernest - The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber Hemingway, Ernest - Hills Like White Elephants Makkai, Rebecca - "The Briefcase" Bradbury, Ray - "The Veldt" Saroyan, William - "Seventy Thousand Assyrians"
on “Ask HN: 2018 Summer Reading List?” ↗Tons of good stuff already here. I love lists like this. Two short b-sides: - The Short, Happy Life of Francis Macomber by Ernest Hemingway - The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy
on “Ask HN: What are your favorite books or essays written at least 100 years ago?” ↗Yes. I don't understand why short fiction isn't more popular these days when many of us have shortened attention spans. I think "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" by Hemingway should be mandatory reading in high school.
on “Ask HN: Favorite Short Fiction?” ↗…I don't want them. Or rather, I don't want them as much as I want other things I can spend my time on. And you're right, I don't read much fiction. The only piece I remember reading all year was The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber, a short story by Hemmingway. It was fine.
on “novelWriter – open-source plain text editor designed for writing novels” ↗It sounds like you're saying that their decision was a mistake, simply because one of them died as a result. The story sounds sort of like "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber." But you're guaranteed to die no matter what you do, so by that measure, any possible decision is a mistake. The relevant measure is what else you manage to do under that constraint. Getting kidnapped…
on “People's lives are more like soap operas than anyone realizes” ↗