Mariner’s Bookshelf
A list of works and authors mentioned in this blog. Many thanks to Kim Stanley Robinson for his suggestions about Antarctic reading.
Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales & Poems
by Edgar Allan Poe
A definitive compilation of Poe’s works. Every library should have one!
The Complete Saki
by H. H. Munro (Saki)
Includes all of Saki’s stories, novels, and plays. Truly complete.
The Vintage Bradbury
by Ray Bradbury
The much-loved author of the weird chooses 22 of his own favorites from a lifetime of work. By and large, they’re my favorites, too, plus a little taste of his immortal novel Dandelion Wine, which makes my list of Books to Rescue When the End of the World as We Know It Arrives. Absolutely do not miss “The Fog Horn.”
H.P. Lovecraft: Tales
by H.P. Lovecraft & Peter Straub
22 (again; what’s with that number?) of Lovecraft’s definitive stories, selected by Peter Straub, one of horror’s modern masters.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
by Samuel Taylor Coleridge – Gustave Dore, Illustrator
Anyone who enjoys horror should own a copy.
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage
by Alfred Lansing
The classic account of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ill-fated 1914 Antarctic voyage.
Shackleton’s Boat Journey
by Frank Arthur Worsley
Written by the captain of the Endurance, a stunning account of the crew’s escape from the ice on small boats, and then on foot overland.
The Worst Journey in the World
by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Written by a member of Robert Falcon Scott’s last Antarctic expedition. An unforgettable account of Scott’s doomed attempt to reach the pole.
Dracula
by Bram Stoker
The classic, definitive vampire novel.
Interview with the Vampire
by Ann Rice
The modern, definitive vampire novel (starring Lestat, mentioned in the “Cooking with Rodents” post).
Antarctica
by Kim Stanley Robinson
A thrilling way to learn a great deal about Antarctica and the people who spend time there.
The Monkey Wrench Gang
by Edward Abbey
Havoc in the desert. The seminal work of the environmental activist movement.