Desert Island Authors Draft
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John Grisham
Funny I've never enjoyed any of the films made from Grisham's novels outside of "A Time to Kill," but his novels are some of the best. Known for suspense-filled legal dramas, some of my favorite books of his are The Pelican Brief, The Rainmaker and A Time to Kill. But some of the others you might recognize are of course The Firm and Runaway Jury. Outside of being an accomplished author, Grisham is an actual lawyer and has had a career in politics as well. I haven't read his whole library but I'm excited to add him to my island so I have the time to.
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Oh, I'm having a harder and harder time. Especially since some writers I love haven't written in large volume. What they have produced is so beautiful to me, though. I want Khaled Hosseini. I've read both the Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns. Both beautiful books. I suspect he will write more, but, alas, not in time for my banishment to the island. Oh well, quality over quantity does matter sometimes.
http://www.khaledhosseini.com/hosseini-bio.html
Quotes:
http://www.khaledhosseini.com/hosseini-bio.html
Quotes:
"But better to be hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”
“It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime...”
Children aren't coloring books. You don't get to fill them with your favorite colors.”
Like a compass needle that points north, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman. Always.”
“I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded; not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night.”
"A society has no chance of success if its women are uneducated...”
“It was only a smile, nothing more. It didn't make everything all right. It didn't make ANYTHING all right. Only a smile. A tiny thing. A leaf in the woods, shaking in the wake of a startled bird's flight. But I'll take it. With open arms. Because when spring comes, it melts the snow one flake at a time, and maybe I just witnessed the first flake melting. - Amir”
“When you kill a man, you steal a life. You steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness.”
"There are a lot of children in Afghanistan, but little childhood.”
“Men are easy,' he said, fingers tapping on his mahogany desk. 'A man's plumbing is like his mind: simple, very few surprises. You ladies, on the other hand...well, God put a lot of thought into making you.”
“War doesn't negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace." - Baba”
“It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime...”
Children aren't coloring books. You don't get to fill them with your favorite colors.”
Like a compass needle that points north, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman. Always.”
“I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded; not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night.”
"A society has no chance of success if its women are uneducated...”
“It was only a smile, nothing more. It didn't make everything all right. It didn't make ANYTHING all right. Only a smile. A tiny thing. A leaf in the woods, shaking in the wake of a startled bird's flight. But I'll take it. With open arms. Because when spring comes, it melts the snow one flake at a time, and maybe I just witnessed the first flake melting. - Amir”
“When you kill a man, you steal a life. You steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness.”
"There are a lot of children in Afghanistan, but little childhood.”
“Men are easy,' he said, fingers tapping on his mahogany desk. 'A man's plumbing is like his mind: simple, very few surprises. You ladies, on the other hand...well, God put a lot of thought into making you.”
“War doesn't negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace." - Baba”
I want to go back in time a little and pick up a series I read a while back and am still impressed with it. I read King Rat in school for an assignment and then picked up all the books in the series. I didn't care for Whirlwind as much as the others, but hey, the others are very good.
I am speaking, of course, about James Clavell.
From wiki:
Novels
The Asian Saga consisting of six novels:
King Rat (1962): Set in a Japanese POW camp in Singapore, 1945
Tai-Pan (1966): Set in Hong Kong, 1841
Shōgun (1975): Set in feudal Japan, 1600
Noble House (1981): Set in Hong Kong, 1963
Whirlwind (1986): Set in Iran, 1979
Gai-Jin (1993): Set in Japan, 1862
Several of Clavell's books have been adapted as films or miniseries; Shōgun was also adapted into interactive fiction.
Other books include:
The Children's Story (1980)
The Art of War, a translation of Sun Tzu's famous book (1983) - Don't get to keep this one apparently due to it being a translation of an earlier work
Thrump-O-Moto Illustrated by George Sharp (1986)
Escape (1994) – shorter novel adapted from Whirlwind
Love Story - from Whirlwind
I also get his film writing (in case I want to take up acting all the parts in a film at once, by myself, on my island).
Films
The Fly (1958) (writer)
Watusi (1959) (writer)
Five Gates to Hell (1959) (writer and director)
Walk Like a Dragon (1960) (writer and director)
The Great Escape (1963) (co-writer)
633 Squadron (1964) (co-writer)
The Satan Bug (1965) (co-writer)
King Rat (1965) author of the novel (only)
To Sir, with Love (1966) (writer and director)
The Sweet and the Bitter (1967) (writer and director)
Where's Jack? (1968) (director)
The Last Valley (1970) (writer and director)
Shōgun—miniseries (1980)
Tai-Pan (1986) author of the novel (only)
Noble House—miniseries (1988)
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I didn't care for Whirlwind as much as the others, but hey, the others are very good. I am speaking, of course, about James Clavell.
From wiki:
Novels
The Asian Saga consisting of six novels:
King Rat (1962): Set in a Japanese POW camp in Singapore, 1945
Tai-Pan (1966): Set in Hong Kong, 1841
Shōgun (1975): Set in feudal Japan, 1600
Noble House (1981): Set in Hong Kong, 1963
Whirlwind (1986): Set in Iran, 1979
Gai-Jin (1993): Set in Japan, 1862
Several of Clavell's books have been adapted as films or miniseries; Shōgun was also adapted into interactive fiction.
Other books include:
The Children's Story (1980)
The Art of War, a translation of Sun Tzu's famous book (1983) - Don't get to keep this one apparently due to it being a translation of an earlier work
Thrump-O-Moto Illustrated by George Sharp (1986)
Escape (1994) – shorter novel adapted from Whirlwind
Love Story - from Whirlwind
I also get his film writing (in case I want to take up acting all the parts in a film at once, by myself, on my island).
Films
The Fly (1958) (writer)
Watusi (1959) (writer)
Five Gates to Hell (1959) (writer and director)
Walk Like a Dragon (1960) (writer and director)
The Great Escape (1963) (co-writer)
633 Squadron (1964) (co-writer)
The Satan Bug (1965) (co-writer)
King Rat (1965) author of the novel (only)
To Sir, with Love (1966) (writer and director)
The Sweet and the Bitter (1967) (writer and director)
Where's Jack? (1968) (director)
The Last Valley (1970) (writer and director)
Shōgun—miniseries (1980)
Tai-Pan (1986) author of the novel (only)
Noble House—miniseries (1988)
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I'm at a crossroads with this draft as there are plenty of classic and modern fiction authors available to choose from, and many may not make it back to me. But, staying true to my reading habits I must admit I tend to favor much more non-fiction at this point of my life. Fiction is far more nostalgic than daily for me. This next choice brings a bit of both, with entertaining, colorful, and perhaps slightly hyperbolical accounts of varying neurological and psychological disorders via essay type case studies. With my 11th selection, I choose:
Oliver Sacks
1933-Present
My favorite and first account of his work was the laughable title "The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat". In this novel, Sacks follows 24 individuals of varying neurological conditions and chronicles the effects of their pathology. The results are page turning, intimate, comical, and fascinating. I also deeply enjoyed "Awakenings", made into an academy award nominated film in 1990. Welcome to my island library!
Bibliography:
Notable Quotes:
More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Sacks
Oliver Sacks
1933-Present
My favorite and first account of his work was the laughable title "The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat". In this novel, Sacks follows 24 individuals of varying neurological conditions and chronicles the effects of their pathology. The results are page turning, intimate, comical, and fascinating. I also deeply enjoyed "Awakenings", made into an academy award nominated film in 1990. Welcome to my island library!
Bibliography:
Migraine (1970)
Awakenings (1973)
A Leg to Stand On (1984) (Sacks's own experience, after an accident, of losing the awareness of one of his legs)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (1985)
Seeing Voices: A Journey Into the World of the Deaf (1989)
An Anthropologist on Mars (1995)
The Island of the Colorblind (1997) (total congenital color blindness in an island society, Guam disease)
Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood (2001)
Oaxaca Journal (2002)
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain (2007)
The Mind's Eye (2010)
Awakenings (1973)
A Leg to Stand On (1984) (Sacks's own experience, after an accident, of losing the awareness of one of his legs)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (1985)
Seeing Voices: A Journey Into the World of the Deaf (1989)
An Anthropologist on Mars (1995)
The Island of the Colorblind (1997) (total congenital color blindness in an island society, Guam disease)
Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood (2001)
Oaxaca Journal (2002)
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain (2007)
The Mind's Eye (2010)
“Music can lift us out of depression or move us to tears - it is a remedy, a tonic, orange juice for the ear. But for many of my neurological patients, music is even more - it can provide access, even when no medication can, to movement, to speech, to life. For them, music is not a luxury, but a necessity.”
“Every act of perception, is to some degree an act of creation, and every act of memory is to some degree an act of imagination.”
“If we wish to know about a man, we ask 'what is his story--his real, inmost story?'--for each of us is a biography, a story. Each of us is a singular narrative, which is constructed, continually, unconsciously, by, through, and in us--through our perceptions, our feelings, our thoughts, our actions; and, not least, our discourse, our spoken narrations. Biologically, physiologically, we are not so different from each other; historically, as narratives--we are each of us unique.”
“We speak not only to tell other people what we think, but to tell ourselves what we think. Speech is a part of thought.”
“judgment is the most important faculty we have. An animal, or a man, may get on very well without ‘abstract attitude’ but will speedily perish if deprived of judgment. Judgment must be the first faculty of higher life or mind—yet it is ignored, or misinterpreted, by classical (computational) neurology. And if we wonder how such an absurdity can arise, we find it in the assumptions, or the evolution, of neurology itself.”
“Every act of perception, is to some degree an act of creation, and every act of memory is to some degree an act of imagination.”
“If we wish to know about a man, we ask 'what is his story--his real, inmost story?'--for each of us is a biography, a story. Each of us is a singular narrative, which is constructed, continually, unconsciously, by, through, and in us--through our perceptions, our feelings, our thoughts, our actions; and, not least, our discourse, our spoken narrations. Biologically, physiologically, we are not so different from each other; historically, as narratives--we are each of us unique.”
“We speak not only to tell other people what we think, but to tell ourselves what we think. Speech is a part of thought.”
“judgment is the most important faculty we have. An animal, or a man, may get on very well without ‘abstract attitude’ but will speedily perish if deprived of judgment. Judgment must be the first faculty of higher life or mind—yet it is ignored, or misinterpreted, by classical (computational) neurology. And if we wonder how such an absurdity can arise, we find it in the assumptions, or the evolution, of neurology itself.”
More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Sacks
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Well, I'm actually surprised after King was taken that this author wasn't. I kept expecting to lose him and I'm glad I didn't. Dean Ray Koontz (born July 9, 1945) is an American author best known for his novels, which can broadly be described as suspense thrillers, but also frequently incorporate elements of horror, science fiction, mystery, and satire. Several of his books have appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List, 14 hardcovers and 14 paperbacks reached the number one position.
Pen names:
Aaron Wolfe, Brian Coffey, David Axton, Deanna Dwyer, John Hill, K.R. Dwyer, Leigh Nichols, Anthony North, Owen West, Richard Paige.
Occupation:
novelist, short story writer, screenwriter
Introduced to his horror/suspense writings around 1996, I found they didn't disturb me as much as some of King's writings did. I could read them, get a good scare, and still sleep at night.
his works
Black Cat Mysteries / Mike Tucker Series
1.Blood Risk (1973)
2.Surrounded (1974)
3.The Wall of Masks (1975)
Moonlight Bay Series
1.Fear Nothing (1998)
2.Seize the Night (1999)
3.Ride the Storm (not published yet)
Odd Thomas Series
1.Odd Thomas (2003)
2.Forever Odd (2005)
3.Brother Odd (2006)
4.Odd Hours (2008)
5.In Odd We Trust (2008) (graphic novel prequel)
6.Odd Is On Our Side (2010) (graphic novel prequel)
7.House of Odd (2012) (graphic novel prequel)
8.Odd Interlude (novella) (2012) (a three part ebook)
9.Odd Apocalypse (2012)
10.Deeply Odd (2013)
Frankenstein Series
1.Prodigal Son (2005)
2.City of Night (2005)
3.Dead and Alive (2009)
4.Lost Souls (2010)
5.The Dead Town (2011)
Standalones
1.Star Quest (1968)
2.Fear That Man (1969)
3.The Fall of the Dream Machine (1969)
4.The Dark Symphony (1969)
5.Hell's Gate (1970)
6.Soft Come the Dragons (1970)
7.Dark of the Woods (1970)
8.Beastchild (1970)
9.Anti-Man (1970)
10.Demon Child (1971)
11.The Crimson Witch (1971)
12.Legacy of Terror (1971)
13.Warlock (1972)
14.Time Thieves (1972)
15.Starblood (1972)
16.The Flesh in the Furnace (1972)
17.A Darkness in My Soul (1972)
18.Chase (1972)
19.Children of the Storm (1972)
20.Dance with the Devil (1972)
21.The Dark of Summer (1972)
22.The Haunted Earth (1973)
23.Demon Seed (1973)
24.A Werewolf Among Us (1973)
25.Shattered (1973)
26.Hanging On (1973)
27.Strike Deep (1974)
28.After the Last Race (1974)
29.Nightmare Journey (1975)
30.The Long Sleep (1975)
31.Dragonfly (1975)
32.Invasion (1975)
33.Prison of Ice (1976)
34.Night Chills (1976)
35.The Face of Fear (1977)
36.The Vision (1977)
37.The Key to Midnight (1979)
38.The Funhouse (1980)
39.Whispers (1980)
40.The Voice of the Night (1980)
41.The Eyes of Darkness (1981)
42.The Mask (1981)
43.The House of Thunder (1982)
44.Phantoms (1983)
45.Darkfall (1984)
46.The Servants of Twilight (1984)
47.Twilight Eyes (1985)
48.The Door to December (1985)
49.Strangers (1986)
50.Watchers (1987)
51.Shadow Fires (1987)
52.Lightning (1988)
53.Oddkins: A Fable for All Ages (1988)
54.Midnight (1989)
55.The Bad Place (1990)
56.Cold Fire (1991)
57.Hideaway (1992)
58.Dragon Tears (1993)
59.Mr. Murder (1993)
60.Winter Moon (1994)
61.Dark Rivers of the Heart (1994)
62.Icebound (1995)
63.Strange Highways (1995) - short stories
64.Intensity (1995)
65.Ticktock (1996)
66.Sole Survivor (1997)
67.False Memory (1999)
68.From the Corner of His Eye (2000)
69.One Door Away from Heaven (2001)
70.By the Light of the Moon (2002)
71.The Face (2003)
72.The Taking (2004)
73.Life Expectancy (2004)
74.Velocity (2005)
75.The Husband (2006)
76.The Good Guy (2007)
77.The Darkest Evening of the Year (2007)
78.Your Heart Belongs to Me (2008)
79.Relentless (2009)
80.Breathless (2009)
81.Darkness Under the Sun (novella) (2010)
82.What the Night Knows (2010)
83.The Moonlit Mind (novella) (2011)
84.77 Shadow Street (2011)
[edit] Essays and introductions
1."Of Childhood" (Reflector, 1966)
2."Ibsen's Dream" (Reflector, 1966)
3.Introduction to Great Escapes: New Designs for Home Theaters by Theo Kalomirakis (October 15, 2003)
4.Foreword to Love Heels: Tales from Canine Companions for Independence (October 1, 2003)
5.Foreword to A Rat Is a Pig Is a Dog Is a Boy: The Human Cost of the Animal Rights Movement by Wesley J. Smith (April, 2009)
[edit] Short fiction
1."The Kittens" (1965)
2."This Fence" (1965)
3."Some Disputed Barricade" (1966)
4."A Miracle is Anything" (1966)
5."Soft Come the Dragons" (1967)
6."Love 2005" (1967)
7."To Behold the Sun" (1967)
8."The Psychedelic Children" (1968)
9."The Twelfth Bed" (1968)
10."Dreambird" (1968)
11."In the Shield" (1969)
12."Temple of Sorrow" (1969)
13."Killerbot" (1969) {revised and re-issued in 1977 as "A Season for Freedom"}
14."Where the Beast Runs" (1969)
15."The Face in His Belly" Part One (1969)
16."Dragon In the Land" (1969)
17."The Face in His Belly" Part Two (1969)
18."Muse" (1969)
19."A Third Hand" (1970)
20."Nightmare Gang" (1970)
21."The Good Ship Lookoutworld" (1970)
22."The Mystery of His Flesh" (1970)
23."Emanations" (1970)
24."Beastchild" (1970)
25."The Crimson Witch" (1970)
26."Shambolain" (1970)
27."Unseen Warriors" (1970)
28."Bruno" (1971)
29."The Terrible Weapon" (1972)
30."Cosmic Sin" (1972)
31."Altarboy" (1972)
32."Ollie's Hands" (1972) {revised and re-issued in 1987}
33."A Mouse in the Walls of the Global Village" (1972)
34."Grayworld" (1973)
35."The Sinless Child" (1973)
36."Wake Up To Thunder" (1973)
37."Terra Phobia" (1973)
38."The Undercity" (1973)
39."We Three" (1974)
40."Night of the Storm" (1974) {re-issued as a graphic novel in 1976}
41."Down in the Darkness" (1986)
42."Weird World" (1986)
43."Snatcher" (1986)
44."The Monitors of Providence {collaboration}" (1986)
45."The Black Pumpkin" (1986)
46."The Interrogation" (1987)
47."Hardshell" (1987)
48."Miss Atilla the Hun" (1987)
49."Twilight of the Dawn" (1987)
50."Graveyard Highway" (1987)
51."Trapped" (1989) {re-issued as a graphic novel in 1992}
52."Santa's Twin" (1996)
53."Pinkie" (1998)
54."Black River" (1999)
55."Qual Con" (2001)
Screenplays
1979 – CHiPs episode 306: Counterfeit (as Brian Coffey), screenplay
1998 – Phantoms, screenplay
2005 – Dean Koontz's Frankenstein, screenplay
[edit] Film adaptations
Odd Thomas (2012) – starring Anton Yelchin
Frankenstein[25]
The Husband (TBA) – Focus Features[26]
Frankenstein (2004) – USA Network – starring Adam Goldberg, Parker Posey, Michael Madsen, Vincent Perez, and Thomas Kretschmann (Koontz pulled out of the project midway through production because he did not like the direction the film was headed. He ended up writing his own books with the storyline he had originally created. The project continued without him.)[27]
Black River (2001) – Fox – starring Jay Mohr, and Stephen Tobolowsky
Sole Survivor (2000) – Fox – starring Billy Zane, John C. McGinley, and Gloria Reuben
Watchers Reborn (1998) – Concorde Pictures – starring Mark Hamill
Phantoms (1998) – Miramax/Dimension Films – starring Peter O'Toole, Ben Affleck, Rose McGowan, and Joanna Going.
Mr. Murder (1998) – ABC–starring Stephen Baldwin, Thomas Haden Church, and James Coburn
Intensity (1997) – Fox–starring John C. McGinley, Molly Parker, and Piper Laurie
Hideaway (1995) – Tristar Pictures–starring Jeff Goldblum, Christine Lahti, Jeremy Sisto, and Alicia Silverstone
Watchers 3 (1994) – Concorde Pictures – starring Wings Hauser
The Servants of Twilight (1991) – Trimark–starring Bruce Greenwood
The Face of Fear (1990) – CBS–starring Pam Dawber and Lee Horsley. Also includes Kevin Conroy.
Watchers II (1990) – Concorde Pictures – starring Marc Singer and Tracy Scoggins
Whispers (1990) – Cinepix–starring Victoria Tennant, Chris Sarandon, and Jean LeClere
Watchers (1988) – Universal Pictures – starring Corey Haim, Barbara Williams, and Michael Ironside
The Intruder (1977) – MGM – starring Jean-Louis Trintignant (French film adaptation of Koontz's novel Shattered)
Demon Seed (1977) – MGM – starring Julie Christie, Fritz Weaver, and Robert Vaughn as the voice of Proteus
1.Blood Risk (1973)
2.Surrounded (1974)
3.The Wall of Masks (1975)
Moonlight Bay Series
1.Fear Nothing (1998)
2.Seize the Night (1999)
3.Ride the Storm (not published yet)
Odd Thomas Series
1.Odd Thomas (2003)
2.Forever Odd (2005)
3.Brother Odd (2006)
4.Odd Hours (2008)
5.In Odd We Trust (2008) (graphic novel prequel)
6.Odd Is On Our Side (2010) (graphic novel prequel)
7.House of Odd (2012) (graphic novel prequel)
8.Odd Interlude (novella) (2012) (a three part ebook)
9.Odd Apocalypse (2012)
10.Deeply Odd (2013)
Frankenstein Series
1.Prodigal Son (2005)
2.City of Night (2005)
3.Dead and Alive (2009)
4.Lost Souls (2010)
5.The Dead Town (2011)
Standalones
1.Star Quest (1968)
2.Fear That Man (1969)
3.The Fall of the Dream Machine (1969)
4.The Dark Symphony (1969)
5.Hell's Gate (1970)
6.Soft Come the Dragons (1970)
7.Dark of the Woods (1970)
8.Beastchild (1970)
9.Anti-Man (1970)
10.Demon Child (1971)
11.The Crimson Witch (1971)
12.Legacy of Terror (1971)
13.Warlock (1972)
14.Time Thieves (1972)
15.Starblood (1972)
16.The Flesh in the Furnace (1972)
17.A Darkness in My Soul (1972)
18.Chase (1972)
19.Children of the Storm (1972)
20.Dance with the Devil (1972)
21.The Dark of Summer (1972)
22.The Haunted Earth (1973)
23.Demon Seed (1973)
24.A Werewolf Among Us (1973)
25.Shattered (1973)
26.Hanging On (1973)
27.Strike Deep (1974)
28.After the Last Race (1974)
29.Nightmare Journey (1975)
30.The Long Sleep (1975)
31.Dragonfly (1975)
32.Invasion (1975)
33.Prison of Ice (1976)
34.Night Chills (1976)
35.The Face of Fear (1977)
36.The Vision (1977)
37.The Key to Midnight (1979)
38.The Funhouse (1980)
39.Whispers (1980)
40.The Voice of the Night (1980)
41.The Eyes of Darkness (1981)
42.The Mask (1981)
43.The House of Thunder (1982)
44.Phantoms (1983)
45.Darkfall (1984)
46.The Servants of Twilight (1984)
47.Twilight Eyes (1985)
48.The Door to December (1985)
49.Strangers (1986)
50.Watchers (1987)
51.Shadow Fires (1987)
52.Lightning (1988)
53.Oddkins: A Fable for All Ages (1988)
54.Midnight (1989)
55.The Bad Place (1990)
56.Cold Fire (1991)
57.Hideaway (1992)
58.Dragon Tears (1993)
59.Mr. Murder (1993)
60.Winter Moon (1994)
61.Dark Rivers of the Heart (1994)
62.Icebound (1995)
63.Strange Highways (1995) - short stories
64.Intensity (1995)
65.Ticktock (1996)
66.Sole Survivor (1997)
67.False Memory (1999)
68.From the Corner of His Eye (2000)
69.One Door Away from Heaven (2001)
70.By the Light of the Moon (2002)
71.The Face (2003)
72.The Taking (2004)
73.Life Expectancy (2004)
74.Velocity (2005)
75.The Husband (2006)
76.The Good Guy (2007)
77.The Darkest Evening of the Year (2007)
78.Your Heart Belongs to Me (2008)
79.Relentless (2009)
80.Breathless (2009)
81.Darkness Under the Sun (novella) (2010)
82.What the Night Knows (2010)
83.The Moonlit Mind (novella) (2011)
84.77 Shadow Street (2011)
[edit] Essays and introductions
1."Of Childhood" (Reflector, 1966)
2."Ibsen's Dream" (Reflector, 1966)
3.Introduction to Great Escapes: New Designs for Home Theaters by Theo Kalomirakis (October 15, 2003)
4.Foreword to Love Heels: Tales from Canine Companions for Independence (October 1, 2003)
5.Foreword to A Rat Is a Pig Is a Dog Is a Boy: The Human Cost of the Animal Rights Movement by Wesley J. Smith (April, 2009)
[edit] Short fiction
1."The Kittens" (1965)
2."This Fence" (1965)
3."Some Disputed Barricade" (1966)
4."A Miracle is Anything" (1966)
5."Soft Come the Dragons" (1967)
6."Love 2005" (1967)
7."To Behold the Sun" (1967)
8."The Psychedelic Children" (1968)
9."The Twelfth Bed" (1968)
10."Dreambird" (1968)
11."In the Shield" (1969)
12."Temple of Sorrow" (1969)
13."Killerbot" (1969) {revised and re-issued in 1977 as "A Season for Freedom"}
14."Where the Beast Runs" (1969)
15."The Face in His Belly" Part One (1969)
16."Dragon In the Land" (1969)
17."The Face in His Belly" Part Two (1969)
18."Muse" (1969)
19."A Third Hand" (1970)
20."Nightmare Gang" (1970)
21."The Good Ship Lookoutworld" (1970)
22."The Mystery of His Flesh" (1970)
23."Emanations" (1970)
24."Beastchild" (1970)
25."The Crimson Witch" (1970)
26."Shambolain" (1970)
27."Unseen Warriors" (1970)
28."Bruno" (1971)
29."The Terrible Weapon" (1972)
30."Cosmic Sin" (1972)
31."Altarboy" (1972)
32."Ollie's Hands" (1972) {revised and re-issued in 1987}
33."A Mouse in the Walls of the Global Village" (1972)
34."Grayworld" (1973)
35."The Sinless Child" (1973)
36."Wake Up To Thunder" (1973)
37."Terra Phobia" (1973)
38."The Undercity" (1973)
39."We Three" (1974)
40."Night of the Storm" (1974) {re-issued as a graphic novel in 1976}
41."Down in the Darkness" (1986)
42."Weird World" (1986)
43."Snatcher" (1986)
44."The Monitors of Providence {collaboration}" (1986)
45."The Black Pumpkin" (1986)
46."The Interrogation" (1987)
47."Hardshell" (1987)
48."Miss Atilla the Hun" (1987)
49."Twilight of the Dawn" (1987)
50."Graveyard Highway" (1987)
51."Trapped" (1989) {re-issued as a graphic novel in 1992}
52."Santa's Twin" (1996)
53."Pinkie" (1998)
54."Black River" (1999)
55."Qual Con" (2001)
Screenplays
1979 – CHiPs episode 306: Counterfeit (as Brian Coffey), screenplay
1998 – Phantoms, screenplay
2005 – Dean Koontz's Frankenstein, screenplay
[edit] Film adaptations
Odd Thomas (2012) – starring Anton Yelchin
Frankenstein[25]
The Husband (TBA) – Focus Features[26]
Frankenstein (2004) – USA Network – starring Adam Goldberg, Parker Posey, Michael Madsen, Vincent Perez, and Thomas Kretschmann (Koontz pulled out of the project midway through production because he did not like the direction the film was headed. He ended up writing his own books with the storyline he had originally created. The project continued without him.)[27]
Black River (2001) – Fox – starring Jay Mohr, and Stephen Tobolowsky
Sole Survivor (2000) – Fox – starring Billy Zane, John C. McGinley, and Gloria Reuben
Watchers Reborn (1998) – Concorde Pictures – starring Mark Hamill
Phantoms (1998) – Miramax/Dimension Films – starring Peter O'Toole, Ben Affleck, Rose McGowan, and Joanna Going.
Mr. Murder (1998) – ABC–starring Stephen Baldwin, Thomas Haden Church, and James Coburn
Intensity (1997) – Fox–starring John C. McGinley, Molly Parker, and Piper Laurie
Hideaway (1995) – Tristar Pictures–starring Jeff Goldblum, Christine Lahti, Jeremy Sisto, and Alicia Silverstone
Watchers 3 (1994) – Concorde Pictures – starring Wings Hauser
The Servants of Twilight (1991) – Trimark–starring Bruce Greenwood
The Face of Fear (1990) – CBS–starring Pam Dawber and Lee Horsley. Also includes Kevin Conroy.
Watchers II (1990) – Concorde Pictures – starring Marc Singer and Tracy Scoggins
Whispers (1990) – Cinepix–starring Victoria Tennant, Chris Sarandon, and Jean LeClere
Watchers (1988) – Universal Pictures – starring Corey Haim, Barbara Williams, and Michael Ironside
The Intruder (1977) – MGM – starring Jean-Louis Trintignant (French film adaptation of Koontz's novel Shattered)
Demon Seed (1977) – MGM – starring Julie Christie, Fritz Weaver, and Robert Vaughn as the voice of Proteus
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and I'll take a little more mystery to go with my horror
Lilian Jackson Braun
Lilian Jackson Braun (June 20, 1913 – June 4, 2011[1]) was an American writer, well known for her light-hearted series of "The Cat Who..." mystery novels. The "Cat Who" books center around the life of former newspaper reporter, James Qwilleran, and his two Siamese cats, KoKo and Yum Yum, in the fictitious small town of Pickax located in Moose County "400 miles north of everywhere." Although never formally stated in her books, the towns, counties and lifestyles described in the series are generally accepted to be modeled after Bad Axe, Michigan, where Braun resided with her husband until the mid-1980s.
Braun was awarded detective of the year from New York Times in 1966
I love cats, particulary Siamese. I love mysteries. The two together are just awesome. And apparently I like some of my lead "detectives" to have mustaches.
Lilian Jackson Braun
Lilian Jackson Braun (June 20, 1913 – June 4, 2011[1]) was an American writer, well known for her light-hearted series of "The Cat Who..." mystery novels. The "Cat Who" books center around the life of former newspaper reporter, James Qwilleran, and his two Siamese cats, KoKo and Yum Yum, in the fictitious small town of Pickax located in Moose County "400 miles north of everywhere." Although never formally stated in her books, the towns, counties and lifestyles described in the series are generally accepted to be modeled after Bad Axe, Michigan, where Braun resided with her husband until the mid-1980s.
Braun was awarded detective of the year from New York Times in 1966
I love cats, particulary Siamese. I love mysteries. The two together are just awesome. And apparently I like some of my lead "detectives" to have mustaches.
1.The Cat Who Could Read Backwards (1966)
2.The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern (1967)
3.The Cat Who Turned On and Off (1968)
4.The Cat Who Saw Red (1986) (Nominated for the 1987 Anthony Award and Edgar Award, Best Paperback Original)[3][4]
5.The Cat Who Played Brahms (1987) (Nominated for the 1988 Anthony Award, Best Paperback Original)[3]
6.The Cat Who Played Post Office (1987)
7.The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare (1988)
8.The Cat Who Sniffed Glue (1988)
9.The Cat Who Went Underground (1989)
10.The Cat Who Talked to Ghosts (1990)
11.The Cat Who Lived High (1990)
12.The Cat Who Knew a Cardinal (1991)
13.The Cat Who Moved a Mountain (1992)
14.The Cat Who Wasn't There (1992)
15.The Cat Who Went into the Closet (1993)
16.The Cat Who Came to Breakfast (1994)
17.The Cat Who Blew the Whistle (1995)
18.The Cat Who Said Cheese (1996)
19.The Cat Who Tailed a Thief (1997)
20.The Cat Who Sang for the Birds (1999)
21.The Cat Who Saw Stars (copyright, 1998; published, 1999)
22.The Cat Who Robbed a Bank (2000)
23.The Cat Who Smelled a Rat (2001)
24.The Cat Who Went up the Creek (2002)
25.The Cat Who Brought Down the House (2003)
26.The Cat Who Talked Turkey (2004)
27.The Cat Who Went Bananas (2005)
28.The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell (2006)
29.The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers (2007)
30.The Cat Who Smelled Smoke (cancelled by publisher, Putnam)[5]
[edit] Short stories
1.The Cat Who Had 14 Tales (1988)
2.The Private Life of the Cat Who... (2003)
3.Short and Tall Tales (2003)
2.The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern (1967)
3.The Cat Who Turned On and Off (1968)
4.The Cat Who Saw Red (1986) (Nominated for the 1987 Anthony Award and Edgar Award, Best Paperback Original)[3][4]
5.The Cat Who Played Brahms (1987) (Nominated for the 1988 Anthony Award, Best Paperback Original)[3]
6.The Cat Who Played Post Office (1987)
7.The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare (1988)
8.The Cat Who Sniffed Glue (1988)
9.The Cat Who Went Underground (1989)
10.The Cat Who Talked to Ghosts (1990)
11.The Cat Who Lived High (1990)
12.The Cat Who Knew a Cardinal (1991)
13.The Cat Who Moved a Mountain (1992)
14.The Cat Who Wasn't There (1992)
15.The Cat Who Went into the Closet (1993)
16.The Cat Who Came to Breakfast (1994)
17.The Cat Who Blew the Whistle (1995)
18.The Cat Who Said Cheese (1996)
19.The Cat Who Tailed a Thief (1997)
20.The Cat Who Sang for the Birds (1999)
21.The Cat Who Saw Stars (copyright, 1998; published, 1999)
22.The Cat Who Robbed a Bank (2000)
23.The Cat Who Smelled a Rat (2001)
24.The Cat Who Went up the Creek (2002)
25.The Cat Who Brought Down the House (2003)
26.The Cat Who Talked Turkey (2004)
27.The Cat Who Went Bananas (2005)
28.The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell (2006)
29.The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers (2007)
30.The Cat Who Smelled Smoke (cancelled by publisher, Putnam)[5]
[edit] Short stories
1.The Cat Who Had 14 Tales (1988)
2.The Private Life of the Cat Who... (2003)
3.Short and Tall Tales (2003)
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Adding more nonfiction to my island with a man who can rationalize and explain deeply complex phenomena with straight forward and lucid language for the common man to understand. His works vary from scientific journals, to compounded texts, and literary fiction. He brings a scientific philosophy that is engrossing, profound, and optimistic, while both recognizing the capacity for humanity to affect the universe and the relative cosmic insignificance of our species simultaneously. With my 12th choice, I select:
Carl Sagan
1934-1996
Bibliography
Notable Quotes:
More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan
Carl Sagan
1934-1996
Bibliography
Planets (LIFE Science Library), Sagan, Carl, Jonathan Norton Leonard and editors of Life, Time, Inc., 1966
Intelligent Life in the Universe, I.S. Shklovskii coauthor, 1966
UFOs: A Scientific Debate, Thornton Page coauthor 1972
Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence. 1973
Mars and the Mind of Man, Sagan, Carl 1973
The Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective, Jerome Agel coauthor, 1973
Other Worlds. 1975
Murmurs of Earth: The Voyager Interstellar Record, Sagan, Carl, et al., 1978
The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence. 1978
Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science. 1979
Cosmos. Random House, 1980
The Cold and the Dark: The World after Nuclear War, Sagan, Carl et al., Sidgwick & Jackson, 1985
Comet, Ann Druyan coauthor, 1985
A Path Where No Man Thought: Nuclear Winter and the End of the Arms Race, Richard Turco coauthor 1990
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors: A Search for Who We Are, Ann Druyan coauthor, 1993
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space. 1994
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark. Ballantine Books,
Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium, Ann Druyan coauthor
The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God, Carl Sagan (writer) & Ann Druyan (editor), 1985
Intelligent Life in the Universe, I.S. Shklovskii coauthor, 1966
UFOs: A Scientific Debate, Thornton Page coauthor 1972
Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence. 1973
Mars and the Mind of Man, Sagan, Carl 1973
The Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective, Jerome Agel coauthor, 1973
Other Worlds. 1975
Murmurs of Earth: The Voyager Interstellar Record, Sagan, Carl, et al., 1978
The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence. 1978
Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science. 1979
Cosmos. Random House, 1980
The Cold and the Dark: The World after Nuclear War, Sagan, Carl et al., Sidgwick & Jackson, 1985
Comet, Ann Druyan coauthor, 1985
A Path Where No Man Thought: Nuclear Winter and the End of the Arms Race, Richard Turco coauthor 1990
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors: A Search for Who We Are, Ann Druyan coauthor, 1993
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space. 1994
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark. Ballantine Books,
Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium, Ann Druyan coauthor
The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God, Carl Sagan (writer) & Ann Druyan (editor), 1985
"And our small planet, at this moment, here we face a critical branch-point in the history. What we do with our world, right now, will propagate down through the centuries and powerfully affect the destiny of our descendants. It is well within our power to destroy our civilization, and perhaps our species as well. If we capitulate to superstition, or greed, or stupidity we can plunge our world into a darkness deeper than time between the collapse of classical civilization and the Italian Renaissance. But, we are also capable of using our compassion and our intelligence, our technology and our wealth, to make an abundant and meaningful life for every inhabitant of this planet. To enhance enormously our understanding of the Universe, and to carry us to the stars."
"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence"
"My deeply held belief is that if a god of anything like the traditional sort exists, our curiosity and intelligence were provided by such a god...on the other hand if such a god does not exist then our curiosity and intelligence are the essential tools for survival. In either case the enterprise of knowledge is essential for the welfare of the human species."
"The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous."
"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe."
"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence"
"My deeply held belief is that if a god of anything like the traditional sort exists, our curiosity and intelligence were provided by such a god...on the other hand if such a god does not exist then our curiosity and intelligence are the essential tools for survival. In either case the enterprise of knowledge is essential for the welfare of the human species."
"The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous."
"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe."
OK, dipping into a guilty pleasure here and picking a local writer who writes good action yarns.
James Rollins
From wiki:
He is one of those authors I can never put the book down. Just keep turning the page to find out what happens next. And I wasn't even aware of his books under another name, so I get to bring more than I thought!
Please see the wiki page for some details on his books if you are interested. I have read all his books under "Rollins" except the Indy book and the kids and adults stuff listed below. Picked up Sandstorm at an airport because I was short of reading material and just kept buying them!
As James Rollins
Stand-alone adventure novels
Subterranean (1999)
Excavation (2000)
Deep Fathom (2001)
Amazonia (2002)
Ice Hunt (2003)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
Altar of Eden (2010)
SIGMA Force series
1.Sandstorm (2004)
2.Map of Bones (2005)
3.Black Order (2006)
4.The Judas Strain (2007)
5.The Last Oracle (2008)
6.The Doomsday Key (2009)
7.The Devil Colony (2011)
8.Bloodline (coming in 2012)
Kids & Adult series
1.Jake Ransom and the Skull King's Shadow (2009)
2.Jake Ransom and the Howling Sphinx (2011)
As James Clemens
The Banned and the Banished series
1.Wit'ch Fire (1998)
2.Wit'ch Storm (1999)
3.Wit'ch War (2000)
4.Wit'ch Gate (2001)
5.Wit'ch Star (2002)
Godslayer series
1.Shadowfall
2.Hinterland
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James Rollins
From wiki:
He is one of those authors I can never put the book down. Just keep turning the page to find out what happens next. And I wasn't even aware of his books under another name, so I get to bring more than I thought!
Please see the wiki page for some details on his books if you are interested. I have read all his books under "Rollins" except the Indy book and the kids and adults stuff listed below. Picked up Sandstorm at an airport because I was short of reading material and just kept buying them!
As James Rollins
Stand-alone adventure novels
Subterranean (1999)
Excavation (2000)
Deep Fathom (2001)
Amazonia (2002)
Ice Hunt (2003)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
Altar of Eden (2010)
SIGMA Force series
1.Sandstorm (2004)
2.Map of Bones (2005)
3.Black Order (2006)
4.The Judas Strain (2007)
5.The Last Oracle (2008)
6.The Doomsday Key (2009)
7.The Devil Colony (2011)
8.Bloodline (coming in 2012)
Kids & Adult series
1.Jake Ransom and the Skull King's Shadow (2009)
2.Jake Ransom and the Howling Sphinx (2011)
As James Clemens
The Banned and the Banished series
1.Wit'ch Fire (1998)
2.Wit'ch Storm (1999)
3.Wit'ch War (2000)
4.Wit'ch Gate (2001)
5.Wit'ch Star (2002)
Godslayer series
1.Shadowfall
2.Hinterland
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Wow, it got back to me pretty quick.
Marilynne Robinson
Another author of few books in fiction, although she also writes non-fiction. I picked up Gilead, and fell in love with this author. Its actually about a minister reflecting on his life and his religion. Some people might think it odd for me to have loved this book, since I claim no particular religion. Let’s just say that what I found in the main character is a deep, profound and humane spirituality. This minister is not perfect, no, but he is someone I would very much like to know in real life.
I can’t adequately express the beauty of the writing. Let’s just say, that for the first time ever, as soon as I finished the last page, I immediately wanted to start at page one and read it all again. I will read more by this author.
More: http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/5863/the-art-of-fiction-no-198-marilynne-robinson
Bibliography:
Awards:
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Marilynne Robinson
Another author of few books in fiction, although she also writes non-fiction. I picked up Gilead, and fell in love with this author. Its actually about a minister reflecting on his life and his religion. Some people might think it odd for me to have loved this book, since I claim no particular religion. Let’s just say that what I found in the main character is a deep, profound and humane spirituality. This minister is not perfect, no, but he is someone I would very much like to know in real life.
I can’t adequately express the beauty of the writing. Let’s just say, that for the first time ever, as soon as I finished the last page, I immediately wanted to start at page one and read it all again. I will read more by this author.
More: http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/5863/the-art-of-fiction-no-198-marilynne-robinson
Bibliography:
Novels
Housekeeping (1980)
Gilead (2004)
Home (2008)
Nonfiction
Mother Country: Britain, the Welfare State, and Nuclear Pollution (1989)
The Death of Adam: Essays on Modern Thought (1998)
Absence of Mind: The Dispelling of Inwardness from the Modern Myth of the Self (2010)
When I Was a Child I Read Books: Essays (2012)
Housekeeping (1980)
Gilead (2004)
Home (2008)
Nonfiction
Mother Country: Britain, the Welfare State, and Nuclear Pollution (1989)
The Death of Adam: Essays on Modern Thought (1998)
Absence of Mind: The Dispelling of Inwardness from the Modern Myth of the Self (2010)
When I Was a Child I Read Books: Essays (2012)
1980: Housekeeping - Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for best first novel; nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
1999: The Death of Adam - PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay
2004: Gilead - 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction; 2005 Ambassador Book Award
2006: The recipient of the 2006 Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion.
2008: Home - 2009 Orange Prize for Fiction; finalist for the 2008 National Book Award.
1999: The Death of Adam - PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay
2004: Gilead - 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction; 2005 Ambassador Book Award
2006: The recipient of the 2006 Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion.
2008: Home - 2009 Orange Prize for Fiction; finalist for the 2008 National Book Award.
Wilbur Smith
I've been debating when to take Smith in this draft as he could be safe until the last round but you just never know. If you're not familiar, just note the words Africa and Adventure.
Smith has three main series that he usually contributes his writing to but has written outside of them as well. One of my passions is traveling, so when I read Smith's novels that is one of the main attractions for me. However, you throw in the historical perspective as well as the action and I'm hooked If you do happen to pick up any of his books, I'd suggest starting with The Courtney Series. More..
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Dostoevsky is of course one of the greats of Russian literature, and is also considered one of the masters at exploring the human psyche in his works. Crime and Punishment (which is probably by itself worth a selection), for instance, focuses intently on the main character's belief that those who are among the great, including of course himself, possess the fundamental right to commit murder. Dostoevsky is dense and heavy stuff as a rule, but it will be important to retain some insight into human psychology when I'm stranded alone on my island.
Lived: 1821-1881
Major Works: Crime and Punishment; The Brothers Karamazov; Demons; The Idiot; Notes From the Underground; 15 total novels; 17 short stories; 2 volumes of essays; 5 volumes of letters
Quote: (From Crime And Punishment)
Dostoevsky is of course one of the greats of Russian literature, and is also considered one of the masters at exploring the human psyche in his works. Crime and Punishment (which is probably by itself worth a selection), for instance, focuses intently on the main character's belief that those who are among the great, including of course himself, possess the fundamental right to commit murder. Dostoevsky is dense and heavy stuff as a rule, but it will be important to retain some insight into human psychology when I'm stranded alone on my island.
Lived: 1821-1881
Major Works: Crime and Punishment; The Brothers Karamazov; Demons; The Idiot; Notes From the Underground; 15 total novels; 17 short stories; 2 volumes of essays; 5 volumes of letters
Quote: (From Crime And Punishment)
well, crap. would've been mine, sooner or later.
Michel Foucault
wiki
"People know what they do; frequently they know why they do what they do; but what they don't know is what what they do does." (Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason)
Notables:
Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason
The Birth of the Clinic: An Archaeology of Medical Perception
Death and the Labyrinth: the World of Raymond Roussel
The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences
Archaeology of Knowledge
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
The History of Sexuality:
Favourites:
The Order of Discourse (ctd. in Untying the Text, by Robert Young)
now, for a bit of a challenge. Foucault is one of the most celebrated (and, according to wiki, the most quoted) social theorists there is. his work has had massive influence on cultural theory, post structuralism and is the founder of discourse analysis.
admittedly, I have not yet read a single book of his completely. all my reading thus far has consisted of excerpts taken from Cultural Studies Readers. I do however consider him the most interesting and challenging author in that field and, given time, something our scenario here supplies me with amply, I really would like to wrap my head around his concepts.
Michel Foucault
wiki
"People know what they do; frequently they know why they do what they do; but what they don't know is what what they do does." (Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason)
Notables:
Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason
The Birth of the Clinic: An Archaeology of Medical Perception
Death and the Labyrinth: the World of Raymond Roussel
The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences
Archaeology of Knowledge
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
The History of Sexuality:
Vol I: The Will to Knowledge
Vol II: The Use of Pleasure
Vol III: The Care of the Self
Favourites:
The Order of Discourse (ctd. in Untying the Text, by Robert Young)
now, for a bit of a challenge. Foucault is one of the most celebrated (and, according to wiki, the most quoted) social theorists there is. his work has had massive influence on cultural theory, post structuralism and is the founder of discourse analysis.
admittedly, I have not yet read a single book of his completely. all my reading thus far has consisted of excerpts taken from Cultural Studies Readers. I do however consider him the most interesting and challenging author in that field and, given time, something our scenario here supplies me with amply, I really would like to wrap my head around his concepts.