Better Author: Eric Schlosser or Jon Krakauer? (A poll no one will vote on)

[LostInAnomie]

Two journalistic authors with similar styles but different subject matter.

Eric Schlosser:
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Jon Krakauer:
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[CrownPrinceBandar]

1. Krakauer, no question....

Into Thin Air is still one of my favorite books of all-time.

[LostInAnomie]

2. Have you read "Into the Wild"?

I finally read it the other day and it really was one of the better books I've ever read. It's especially poignant if you had a troubled relationship with your father.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

3. Not yet.............

I read Under the Banner of Heaven last year and plan to get to ITW soon.

[XemaSab]

4. ITW

was a depressing book.

Be warned.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

5. I know the general story......

I figure its one of those books you have to mentally prepare for the depressing minutiae of events before reading. UTBofH was no picnic either.

Thanks for the warning.

[XemaSab]

6. The really depressing part about ITW

was the chapter about other people who did Very Dumb Things.

Like the guy who had a bush pilot drop him off at a remote lake for the summer... but forgot to tell the guy to come pick him up. x(

[LostInAnomie]

7. I thought the most depressing part was (spoiler)...

... the old man that wanted to adopt Alex/Chris because his wife and only child had died and he had no one left.