Happy Birthday Jack London!

[EstimatedProphet]

130 years young!

Shame we're all illiterate and can't read your works anymore...

[Strong Atheist]

1. I read his stuff when I was younger.

Lots of dogs, snow, and adventure. I would probably find it pretty boring today ...

[EstimatedProphet]

2. He was one of us too

Very leftist

[Strong Atheist]

3. Ah. nt.

[Spider Jerusalem]

4. You should try reading "The Iron Heel".

No adventuring across the frozen Alaskan wastes with a pack of trusty sled-dogs there; it's a story of the emergence of fascism thanks to unbridled corporate power (of course London doesn't call it 'fascism', as that word didn't exist when the book was written); it was one of George Orwell's favourite novels.

[Strong Atheist]

5. I will try to sometime ... nt.

[Zomby Woof]

7. That's a pioneering work

Also "The People of the Abyss", and "The Road" (he was Kerouac before Kerouac was).

"Martin Eden" is bleakly autobiographical. You get a real sense of the restlessness and despair of his ambition.

[seemunkee]

9. I loved Martin Eden.

I should re-read it and the Iron Heel too.

[Zomby Woof]

6. One of my very favorites

I recommend for our fellow DUers: "People Of The Abyss". An epic essay highlighting his socialist philosophy.

[Sequoia]

8. Here's something you might want to check out:

http://www.jacklondons.net/directions.html

[seemunkee]

10. His works are on line

http://london.thefreelibrary.com/