{"id":15,"date":"2008-03-14T16:15:10","date_gmt":"2008-03-15T00:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etchemendy.com\/rmmblog\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2008-03-14T16:15:10","modified_gmt":"2008-03-15T00:15:10","slug":"the-mariners-book-list","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/etchemendy.com\/rblog\/?page_id=15","title":{"rendered":"Mariner’s Bookshelf"},"content":{"rendered":"

A list of works and authors mentioned in this blog. Many thanks to Kim Stanley Robinson<\/a> for his suggestions about Antarctic reading.<\/p>\n

Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales & Poems<\/a>
\n\tby Edgar Allan Poe
\n\tA definitive compilation of Poe’s works. Every library should have one!<\/p>\n

The Complete Saki<\/a>
\n by H. H. Munro (Saki)
\n Includes all of Saki’s stories, novels, and plays. Truly complete.<\/p>\n

The Vintage Bradbury<\/a>
\n by Ray Bradbury
\n 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,<\/i> 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.”<\/p>\n

H.P. Lovecraft: Tales<\/a>
\nby H.P. Lovecraft & Peter Straub
\n 22 (again; what’s with that number?) of Lovecraft’s definitive stories, selected by Peter Straub, one of horror’s modern masters.<\/p>\n

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner<\/a>
\n by Samuel Taylor Coleridge – Gustave Dore, Illustrator
\n Anyone who enjoys horror should own a copy.<\/p>\n

Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage<\/a>
\nby Alfred Lansing
\n The classic account of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ill-fated 1914 Antarctic voyage.<\/p>\n

Shackleton’s Boat Journey<\/a>
\n by Frank Arthur Worsley
\n Written by the captain of the Endurance<\/i>, a stunning account of the crew’s escape from the ice on small boats, and then on foot overland.<\/p>\n

The Worst Journey in the World<\/a>
\n by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
\n Written by a member of Robert Falcon Scott’s last Antarctic expedition. An unforgettable account of Scott’s doomed attempt to reach the pole.<\/p>\n

Dracula<\/a>
\n by Bram Stoker
\n The classic, definitive vampire novel.<\/p>\n

Interview with the Vampire<\/a>
\n by Ann Rice
\n The modern, definitive vampire novel (starring Lestat, mentioned in the “Cooking with Rodents” post).<\/p>\n

Antarctica<\/a>
\n by Kim Stanley Robinson
\n A thrilling way to learn a great deal about Antarctica and the people who spend time there.<\/p>\n

The Monkey Wrench Gang<\/a>
\n by Edward Abbey
\n Havoc in the desert. The seminal work of the environmental activist movement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/etchemendy.com\/rblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/etchemendy.com\/rblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/etchemendy.com\/rblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etchemendy.com\/rblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etchemendy.com\/rblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/etchemendy.com\/rblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/etchemendy.com\/rblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}