Many of these were on my "have to read them" lists but I read very few of them in high school (they weren't necessary, it turns out, for the GED test I finally took). I actually somewhat enjoyed "Of Mice and Men" but the one I really didn't get was "The Old Man and The Sea." WTF was that supposed to be about? (Of course I was an "emotional retard" in high school and there were a lot of things I didn't get - maybe if I read it now...)
I actually enjoyed Animal Farm on my first reading as an adult. I sought it out after reading 1984 for the second time. It has some interesting quotable sections and "slogans" and such ("Four legs good, two legs bad"), and someone here on AW uses a quote from it in their sig.I hate a lot of classics. My compy died, so I'll have to relist them
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*Animal Farm by Orwell was so horrible after an awesome 1984.
I've always been a big SF fan but I never enjoyed Asimov's novel-length fiction either.*Nemsis, Foundation series, etc. by Asimov. I don't know why I don't like him.