Desert Island Authors Draft
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Peter Abrahams (aka Spencer Quinn)
First discovered him in the Chet and Bernie Series, and absolutely loved it. If you are a dog lover - this is a must read. Story is told from the perspective of a detective's dog. Absolutely hilarious - and surprisingly suspenseful. Abrahams is great at writing suspenseful mysteries and IMO, this series is his best. His other works are good as well and I look forward to having his library.
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Martin Gardner
For this selection, I'm picking an author whose most famous work I'm pretty sure I'm not allowed to take. Martin Gardner was a popular science writer who dealt mostly with recreational mathematics, but he may be best known for "The Annotated Alice", which is just what it sounds like - a heavily annotated version of Lewis Carroll's "Alice In Wonderland". Of course, Prophetess already "owns" that book and since it's a major component of Annotated, I'm assuming that's lost to me. Not a problem, because I really want Gardner for his science and math writing. He wrote about pretty much anything and everything on top of that a well, essays on literature, history, you name it, so he's got a very long (and diverse) bibliography linked below. But at the top of my list are his writings on recreational math problems, particularly the Scientific American column from "Mathematical Games", which he wrote monthly from 1956-1981, and which is collected into a monstrous 15 volumes. The quote below is not from a "Mathematical Games" column (at least not directly), but it gives the flavor of the kinds of problems and paradoxes Gardner was interested in. There's enough material here overall to spend a lifetime on, really.
Lived: 1941-2010
Major Works: The Ambidextrous Universe; The Colossal Book of Mathematics; The Night is Large; "Mathematical Games"; Bibliography here (link)
Quote: (From Mr. Apollinax Visits New York)
For this selection, I'm picking an author whose most famous work I'm pretty sure I'm not allowed to take. Martin Gardner was a popular science writer who dealt mostly with recreational mathematics, but he may be best known for "The Annotated Alice", which is just what it sounds like - a heavily annotated version of Lewis Carroll's "Alice In Wonderland". Of course, Prophetess already "owns" that book and since it's a major component of Annotated, I'm assuming that's lost to me. Not a problem, because I really want Gardner for his science and math writing. He wrote about pretty much anything and everything on top of that a well, essays on literature, history, you name it, so he's got a very long (and diverse) bibliography linked below. But at the top of my list are his writings on recreational math problems, particularly the Scientific American column from "Mathematical Games", which he wrote monthly from 1956-1981, and which is collected into a monstrous 15 volumes. The quote below is not from a "Mathematical Games" column (at least not directly), but it gives the flavor of the kinds of problems and paradoxes Gardner was interested in. There's enough material here overall to spend a lifetime on, really.
Lived: 1941-2010
Major Works: The Ambidextrous Universe; The Colossal Book of Mathematics; The Night is Large; "Mathematical Games"; Bibliography here (link)
Quote: (From Mr. Apollinax Visits New York)
Some incredible picks so far, guys. There are a few authors I've never heard of, but I was somewhat surprised to see that almost all of my personal favorites have already been selected. This is one of those drafts that is actually fun to follow. Keep up the good work.
it's time.
Virginia Woolf
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"Books are the mirrors of the soul." (Between the Acts)
Notables:
Mrs. Dalloway
To the Lighthouse
Orlando
A Room of One's Own
Favourites:
Mrs. Dalloway
To the Lighthouse
I've been somewhat hesitant to draft Mrs. Woolf, the reason for which is that I haven't touched any of her works in years. but as the pile of literature aren't dwindling and I can't seem to find any time to reread one of her works, I'll trust my earlier self with this decision.
Virginia Woolf is the preeminent (female) writer of literary Modernism, the period most dearest to my heart. she was also a great emancipator and a great writer, whose experimentation with stream-of-consciousness narration, for whole books at a time (looking at you Mrs. Dalloway), is pretty tough to adjust to, but once you immerse yourself in it, it is captivating.
Virginia Woolf
wiki
"Books are the mirrors of the soul." (Between the Acts)
Notables:
Mrs. Dalloway
To the Lighthouse
Orlando
A Room of One's Own
Favourites:
Mrs. Dalloway
To the Lighthouse
I've been somewhat hesitant to draft Mrs. Woolf, the reason for which is that I haven't touched any of her works in years. but as the pile of literature aren't dwindling and I can't seem to find any time to reread one of her works, I'll trust my earlier self with this decision.
Virginia Woolf is the preeminent (female) writer of literary Modernism, the period most dearest to my heart. she was also a great emancipator and a great writer, whose experimentation with stream-of-consciousness narration, for whole books at a time (looking at you Mrs. Dalloway), is pretty tough to adjust to, but once you immerse yourself in it, it is captivating.
I will start with my make-up pick... I am still going with a co-author tandem. I select:
Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht
They are the co-authors of the Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook Series of books... I find these books informative and funny... and they probably would be quite helpful on a desert island...
Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht
They are the co-authors of the Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook Series of books... I find these books informative and funny... and they probably would be quite helpful on a desert island...
My next pick, I select:
Rudyard Kipling
Wiki Here
Stories like Riki Tiki Tavi from the Jungle Book and How the Camel Got his Hump from Just So Stories resonate with me... wild, fun, imaginative. Great stuff.
Here his list-o-works...
Rudyard Kipling
Wiki Here
Stories like Riki Tiki Tavi from the Jungle Book and How the Camel Got his Hump from Just So Stories resonate with me... wild, fun, imaginative. Great stuff.
Here his list-o-works...
Books(These are all collections of short stories except as noted.)
The City of Dreadful Night (1885, short story) [1]
Departmental Ditties (1886, poetry)
Plain Tales from the Hills (1888)
Soldiers Three (1888)
The Story of the Gadsbys (1888)
In Black and White (1888)
Under the Deodars (1888)
The Phantom 'Rickshaw and other Eerie Tales (1888)
This collection contained the short story The Man Who Would Be King
Wee Willie Winkie and Other Child Stories (1888)
This collection contained the short story Baa Baa, Black Sheep
Life's Handicap (1891)
American Notes (1891, non-fiction)
Barrack-Room Ballads (1892, poetry)
Many Inventions (1893)
The Jungle Book (1894)
"Mowgli's Brothers" (M) (short story)
"Hunting-Song of the Seeonee Pack" (poem)
"Kaa's Hunting" (M) (short story)
"Road-Song of the Bandar-Log" (poem)
"Tiger! Tiger!" (M) (short story)
"Mowgli's Song That He Sang at the Council Rock When He Danced on Shere Khan's Hide" (poem)
"The White Seal" (short story)
"Lukannon" (poem)
"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" (short story)
"Darzee's Chaunt (Sung in Honour of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi)" (poem)
"Toomai of the Elephants" (short story)
"Shiv and the Grasshopper (The Song That Toomai's Mother Sang to the Baby)" (poem)
"Her Majesty's Servants" (originally titled "Servants of the Queen") (short story)
"Parade-Song of the Camp Animals" (poem)
(M) = Mowgli story
The Second Jungle Book (1895)
"How Fear Came" (M) (short story)
"The Law of the Jungle" (poem)
"The Miracle of Purun Bhagat" (short story)
"A Song of Kabir" (poem)
"Letting In the Jungle" (M) (short story)
"Mowgli's Song Against People" (poem)
"The Undertakers" (short story)
"A Ripple Song" (poem)
"The King's Ankus" (M) (short story)
"The Song of the Little Hunter" (poem)
"Quiquern" (short story)
"'Angutivaun Taina'" (poem)
"Red Dog" (M) (short story)
"Chil's Song" (poem)
"The Spring Running" (M) (short story)
"The Outsong" (poem)
(M) = Mowgli story
The Naulahka - A story of West and East (1892)
The Seven Seas (1896, poetry)
The Day's Work (1898)
A Fleet in Being (1898)
Stalky & Co. (1899)
From Sea to Sea - Letters of Travel (1899, non-fiction)
The Five Nations (1903, poetry)
Just So Stories for Little Children (1902)
"How the Whale Got His Throat"
"How the Camel Got His Hump"
"How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin"
"How the Leopard Got His Spots"
"The Elephant's Child"
"The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo"
"The Beginning of the Armadillos"
"How the First Letter Was Written"
"How the Alphabet Was Made"
"The Crab That Played With the Sea"
"The Cat That Walked by Himself"
"The Butterfly That Stamped"
Traffics and Discoveries (1904)
With the Night Mail (1905, Science-fiction short story)
Puck of Pook's Hill (1906)
The Brushwood Boy (1907)
Actions and Reactions (1909)
A Song of the English (1909) with W. Heath Robinson (illustrator)
Rewards and Fairies (1910)
A History of England (1911, non-fiction) with Charles Robert Leslie Fletcher
Songs from Books (1912)
As Easy as A.B.C. (1912, Science-fiction short story)
The Fringes of the Fleet (1915, non-fiction)
Sea Warfare (1916, non-fiction)
A Diversity of Creatures (1917)
The Years Between (1919, poetry)
Land and Sea Tales for Scouts and Guides (1923)
The Irish Guards in the Great War (1923, non-fiction)
Debits and Credits (1926)
A Book of Words (1928, non-fiction)
Thy Servant a Dog (1930)
Limits and Renewals (1932)
Tales of India: the Windermere Series (1935)
Something of Myself (1937, autobiography)
The Muse among the Motors (poetry)
[edit] NovelsThe Light that Failed (1891)
Captains Courageous (1896)
Kim (1901)
[edit] Fiction Collections by Kipling Unless identified as a novel, they are collections of short stories.
Quartette (1885) – with his father, mother and sister.
Plain Tales from the Hills (1888)
Soldiers Three, The Story of the Gadsbys, In Black and White (1888)
Under the Deodars, The Phantom Rickshaw, Wee Willie Winkie (1888)
Life's Handicap (1891)
The Light that Failed (1891) – novel
The Naulahka: A story of West and East (1892) – novel with Wolcott Balestier
Many Inventions (1893)
The Jungle Book (1894)
The Second Jungle Book (1895)
Captains Courageous (1896) – novel
The Day's Work (1898)
Stalky & Co. (1899)
Kim (1901) – novel
Just So Stories (1902)
Traffics and Discoveries (1904)
Puck of Pook's Hill (1906)
Actions and Reactions (1909)
Abaft the Funnel (1909)
Rewards and Fairies (1910)
The Eyes of Asia (1917)
A Diversity of Creatures (1917)
Land and Sea Tales for Scouts and Guides (1923)
Debits and Credits (1926)
Thy Servant a Dog (1930)
Limits and Renewals (1932)
[edit] Travel Collections by KiplingFrom Sea to Sea – Letters of Travel: 1887-1889 (1899)
Letters of Travel: 1892-1913 (1920)
Souvenirs of France (1933)
Brazilian Sketches: 1927 (1940)
[edit] Military Collections by KiplingA Fleet in Being (1898)
France at War (1915)
The New Army in Training (1915)
Sea Warfare (1916)
The War in the Mountains (1917)
The Graves of the Fallen (1919)
The Irish Guards in the Great War (1923)
[edit] Autobiography and Speeches by KiplingA Book of Words (1928)
Something of Myself (1937)
Rudyard Kipling's Uncollected Speeches: A Second Book of Words (2008) ed. Thomas Pinney, ELT Press
[edit] Poetry Collections by KiplingSchoolboy Lyrics (1881)
Echoes (1884) – with his sister, Alice (‘Trix’)
Departmental Ditties (1886)
Barrack-Room Ballads (1890)
The Seven Seas (1896)
An Almanac of Twelve Sports (1898, with illustrations by William Nicholson)
The Five Nations (1903)
Collected Verse (1907)
Songs from Books (1912)
The Years Between (1919)
Rudyard Kipling’s Verse: Definitive edition (1940)
[edit] A Selection of the most complete Collected SetsThe Outward Bound Edition (New York), 1897-1937 – 36 volumes
The Edition de Luxe (London), 1897-1937 – 38 volumes
The Bombay Edition (London), 1913-38 – 31 volumes
The Sussex Edition (London), 1937-39 – 35 volumes
The Burwash Edition (New York), 1941 - 28 volumes
The last two of these editions include volume(s) of "Uncollected Prose".[2],[3]
[edit] Poems[edit] His own collectionsCollections issued during his lifetime by the poet himself include:
Departmental Ditties and Other Verses, 1886.
Barrack Room Ballads, 1889, republished with additions at various times.
The Seven Seas and Further Barrack-Room Ballads, in various editions 1891-96.
The Five Nations, with some new and some reprinted (often revised) poems, 1903.
Twenty-two original 'Historical Poems' contributed to C.R.L. Fletcher's A History of England (a cheaper edition was sold as A School History of England), 1911.
Songs from Books, 1912.
The Years Between, 1919.
[edit] Posthumous CollectionsPosthumous collections of Rudyard Kipling's poems include:
Rudyard Kipling’s Verse: Definitive edition.
A Choice of Kipling's Verse, edited by T.S.Eliot.
Early verse by Rudyard Kipling, 1879-1889 : unpublished, uncollected, and rarely collected poems, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1986.
The City of Dreadful Night (1885, short story) [1]
Departmental Ditties (1886, poetry)
Plain Tales from the Hills (1888)
Soldiers Three (1888)
The Story of the Gadsbys (1888)
In Black and White (1888)
Under the Deodars (1888)
The Phantom 'Rickshaw and other Eerie Tales (1888)
This collection contained the short story The Man Who Would Be King
Wee Willie Winkie and Other Child Stories (1888)
This collection contained the short story Baa Baa, Black Sheep
Life's Handicap (1891)
American Notes (1891, non-fiction)
Barrack-Room Ballads (1892, poetry)
Many Inventions (1893)
The Jungle Book (1894)
"Mowgli's Brothers" (M) (short story)
"Hunting-Song of the Seeonee Pack" (poem)
"Kaa's Hunting" (M) (short story)
"Road-Song of the Bandar-Log" (poem)
"Tiger! Tiger!" (M) (short story)
"Mowgli's Song That He Sang at the Council Rock When He Danced on Shere Khan's Hide" (poem)
"The White Seal" (short story)
"Lukannon" (poem)
"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" (short story)
"Darzee's Chaunt (Sung in Honour of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi)" (poem)
"Toomai of the Elephants" (short story)
"Shiv and the Grasshopper (The Song That Toomai's Mother Sang to the Baby)" (poem)
"Her Majesty's Servants" (originally titled "Servants of the Queen") (short story)
"Parade-Song of the Camp Animals" (poem)
(M) = Mowgli story
The Second Jungle Book (1895)
"How Fear Came" (M) (short story)
"The Law of the Jungle" (poem)
"The Miracle of Purun Bhagat" (short story)
"A Song of Kabir" (poem)
"Letting In the Jungle" (M) (short story)
"Mowgli's Song Against People" (poem)
"The Undertakers" (short story)
"A Ripple Song" (poem)
"The King's Ankus" (M) (short story)
"The Song of the Little Hunter" (poem)
"Quiquern" (short story)
"'Angutivaun Taina'" (poem)
"Red Dog" (M) (short story)
"Chil's Song" (poem)
"The Spring Running" (M) (short story)
"The Outsong" (poem)
(M) = Mowgli story
The Naulahka - A story of West and East (1892)
The Seven Seas (1896, poetry)
The Day's Work (1898)
A Fleet in Being (1898)
Stalky & Co. (1899)
From Sea to Sea - Letters of Travel (1899, non-fiction)
The Five Nations (1903, poetry)
Just So Stories for Little Children (1902)
"How the Whale Got His Throat"
"How the Camel Got His Hump"
"How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin"
"How the Leopard Got His Spots"
"The Elephant's Child"
"The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo"
"The Beginning of the Armadillos"
"How the First Letter Was Written"
"How the Alphabet Was Made"
"The Crab That Played With the Sea"
"The Cat That Walked by Himself"
"The Butterfly That Stamped"
Traffics and Discoveries (1904)
With the Night Mail (1905, Science-fiction short story)
Puck of Pook's Hill (1906)
The Brushwood Boy (1907)
Actions and Reactions (1909)
A Song of the English (1909) with W. Heath Robinson (illustrator)
Rewards and Fairies (1910)
A History of England (1911, non-fiction) with Charles Robert Leslie Fletcher
Songs from Books (1912)
As Easy as A.B.C. (1912, Science-fiction short story)
The Fringes of the Fleet (1915, non-fiction)
Sea Warfare (1916, non-fiction)
A Diversity of Creatures (1917)
The Years Between (1919, poetry)
Land and Sea Tales for Scouts and Guides (1923)
The Irish Guards in the Great War (1923, non-fiction)
Debits and Credits (1926)
A Book of Words (1928, non-fiction)
Thy Servant a Dog (1930)
Limits and Renewals (1932)
Tales of India: the Windermere Series (1935)
Something of Myself (1937, autobiography)
The Muse among the Motors (poetry)
[edit] NovelsThe Light that Failed (1891)
Captains Courageous (1896)
Kim (1901)
[edit] Fiction Collections by Kipling Unless identified as a novel, they are collections of short stories.
Quartette (1885) – with his father, mother and sister.
Plain Tales from the Hills (1888)
Soldiers Three, The Story of the Gadsbys, In Black and White (1888)
Under the Deodars, The Phantom Rickshaw, Wee Willie Winkie (1888)
Life's Handicap (1891)
The Light that Failed (1891) – novel
The Naulahka: A story of West and East (1892) – novel with Wolcott Balestier
Many Inventions (1893)
The Jungle Book (1894)
The Second Jungle Book (1895)
Captains Courageous (1896) – novel
The Day's Work (1898)
Stalky & Co. (1899)
Kim (1901) – novel
Just So Stories (1902)
Traffics and Discoveries (1904)
Puck of Pook's Hill (1906)
Actions and Reactions (1909)
Abaft the Funnel (1909)
Rewards and Fairies (1910)
The Eyes of Asia (1917)
A Diversity of Creatures (1917)
Land and Sea Tales for Scouts and Guides (1923)
Debits and Credits (1926)
Thy Servant a Dog (1930)
Limits and Renewals (1932)
[edit] Travel Collections by KiplingFrom Sea to Sea – Letters of Travel: 1887-1889 (1899)
Letters of Travel: 1892-1913 (1920)
Souvenirs of France (1933)
Brazilian Sketches: 1927 (1940)
[edit] Military Collections by KiplingA Fleet in Being (1898)
France at War (1915)
The New Army in Training (1915)
Sea Warfare (1916)
The War in the Mountains (1917)
The Graves of the Fallen (1919)
The Irish Guards in the Great War (1923)
[edit] Autobiography and Speeches by KiplingA Book of Words (1928)
Something of Myself (1937)
Rudyard Kipling's Uncollected Speeches: A Second Book of Words (2008) ed. Thomas Pinney, ELT Press
[edit] Poetry Collections by KiplingSchoolboy Lyrics (1881)
Echoes (1884) – with his sister, Alice (‘Trix’)
Departmental Ditties (1886)
Barrack-Room Ballads (1890)
The Seven Seas (1896)
An Almanac of Twelve Sports (1898, with illustrations by William Nicholson)
The Five Nations (1903)
Collected Verse (1907)
Songs from Books (1912)
The Years Between (1919)
Rudyard Kipling’s Verse: Definitive edition (1940)
[edit] A Selection of the most complete Collected SetsThe Outward Bound Edition (New York), 1897-1937 – 36 volumes
The Edition de Luxe (London), 1897-1937 – 38 volumes
The Bombay Edition (London), 1913-38 – 31 volumes
The Sussex Edition (London), 1937-39 – 35 volumes
The Burwash Edition (New York), 1941 - 28 volumes
The last two of these editions include volume(s) of "Uncollected Prose".[2],[3]
[edit] Poems[edit] His own collectionsCollections issued during his lifetime by the poet himself include:
Departmental Ditties and Other Verses, 1886.
Barrack Room Ballads, 1889, republished with additions at various times.
The Seven Seas and Further Barrack-Room Ballads, in various editions 1891-96.
The Five Nations, with some new and some reprinted (often revised) poems, 1903.
Twenty-two original 'Historical Poems' contributed to C.R.L. Fletcher's A History of England (a cheaper edition was sold as A School History of England), 1911.
Songs from Books, 1912.
The Years Between, 1919.
[edit] Posthumous CollectionsPosthumous collections of Rudyard Kipling's poems include:
Rudyard Kipling’s Verse: Definitive edition.
A Choice of Kipling's Verse, edited by T.S.Eliot.
Early verse by Rudyard Kipling, 1879-1889 : unpublished, uncollected, and rarely collected poems, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1986.
My next selection is:
Scott O'Dell
Wiki Here
Scott O'Dell wrote a lot about early California and Mexico, places near and dear to me. My favorite work of his is easily Island of the Blue Dolphins, but he has many, other great works like The Black Pearl and the Seven Serpents trilogy.
Here is the list:
Scott O'Dell
Wiki Here
Scott O'Dell wrote a lot about early California and Mexico, places near and dear to me. My favorite work of his is easily Island of the Blue Dolphins, but he has many, other great works like The Black Pearl and the Seven Serpents trilogy.
Here is the list:
Bibliography[edit] SeriesKarana
1.Island of the Blue Dolphins, Houghton Mifflin 1/1960, ISBN 0-605-21314-3
2.Zia, Houghton Mifflin 3/1976, ISBN 0-395-24393-0
Seven Serpents
1.The Captive, Houghton Mifflin 1/1979, ISBN 0-395-27811-6
2.Feathered Serpent, Houghton Mifflin 10/1981, ISBN 0-395-30851-6
3.The Amethyst Ring, Houghton Mifflin 4/1983, ISBN 0-395-33886-5
omnibus Seven Serpents Trilogy, Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 3/2009, ISBN 1-4022-1836-1
[edit] NovelsWoman of Spain (a Story of Old California), Houghton Mifflin 1934
Hill of the Hawk (Novel of Early California), Houghton Mifflin 1/1947
latest edition: Kessinger Publishing 9/2010, ISBN 1-163-37182-4
The Sea is Red, Henry Holt and Company 1958
Journey to Jericho, Houghton Mifflin 8/1964, ISBN 0-395-19839-1
The King's Fifth, Houghton Mifflin 9/1966, ISBN 0-395-06963-9
The Black Pearl, Houghton Mifflin 1/1967, ISBN 0-395-06961-5
Dark Canoe, illustrated by Milton Johnson, Houghton Mifflin 1/1968
latest edition: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 9/2008, ISBN 1-4022-1334-2
Sing Down the Moon, Houghton Mifflin 9/1970, ISBN 0-395-10919-9
Treasure of Topo-El-Bampo, Houghton Mifflin 2/1972, ISBN 0-395-12576-2
Cruise of the Arctic Star, Houghton Mifflin 3/1973, ISBN 0-395-16034-3
The Child of Fire, Houghton Mifflin 9/1974, ISBN 0-395-19496-6
Hawk That Dare Not Hunt by Day, Houghton Mifflin 9/1975, ISBN 0-395-21892-1
The 290, Houghton Mifflin 10/1976, ISBN 0-395-24737-2
Carlota, Houghton Mifflin 10/1977, ISBN 0-395-25487-5
Kathleen Please Come Home, Houghton Mifflin 5/1978, ISBN 0-395-26453-9
Daughter of Don Saturnino, Oxford University Press 3/1979, ISBN 0-19-271429-9
Sarah Bishop (They Took Away Her Home and Her Family), Houghton Mifflin 1/1980
latest edition: San Val 10/1999, ISBN 0-8085-5778-4
The Spanish Smile, Houghton Mifflin 10/1982, ISBN 0-395-32867-5
Castle in the Sea, Houghton Mifflin 10/1983, ISBN 0-395-34831-4
Alexandra, Houghton Mifflin 4/1984, ISBN 0-395-35571-8
The Road to Damietta, Houghton Mifflin 10/1985, ISBN 0-395-38923-2
Streams to River, River to the Sea (a Novel of Sacagawea), Houghton Mifflin 4/1986, ISBN 0-395-40430-0
Serpent Never Sleeps (a Novel of Jamestown and Pocahontas), Houghton Mifflin 9/1987, ISBN 0-395-44242-5
Black Star, Bright Dawn, Houghton Mifflin 1/1988
latest edition: Graphia 3/2008, ISBN 0-547-00515-7
My Name Is Not Angelica, Houghton Mifflin 10/1989, ISBN 0-395-51061-2
Thunder Rolling in the Mountains, with Elizabeth Hall, Houghton Mifflin 4/1992, ISBN 0-395-59966-2
Venus Among the Fishes, with Elizabeth Hall, Houghton Mifflin 4/1995, ISBN 0-395-70561-2
Zira
[edit] Non FictionCountry of the Sun (Southern California, an Informal Guide), Thomas Y. Crowell Co. 1/1957
1.Island of the Blue Dolphins, Houghton Mifflin 1/1960, ISBN 0-605-21314-3
2.Zia, Houghton Mifflin 3/1976, ISBN 0-395-24393-0
Seven Serpents
1.The Captive, Houghton Mifflin 1/1979, ISBN 0-395-27811-6
2.Feathered Serpent, Houghton Mifflin 10/1981, ISBN 0-395-30851-6
3.The Amethyst Ring, Houghton Mifflin 4/1983, ISBN 0-395-33886-5
omnibus Seven Serpents Trilogy, Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 3/2009, ISBN 1-4022-1836-1
[edit] NovelsWoman of Spain (a Story of Old California), Houghton Mifflin 1934
Hill of the Hawk (Novel of Early California), Houghton Mifflin 1/1947
latest edition: Kessinger Publishing 9/2010, ISBN 1-163-37182-4
The Sea is Red, Henry Holt and Company 1958
Journey to Jericho, Houghton Mifflin 8/1964, ISBN 0-395-19839-1
The King's Fifth, Houghton Mifflin 9/1966, ISBN 0-395-06963-9
The Black Pearl, Houghton Mifflin 1/1967, ISBN 0-395-06961-5
Dark Canoe, illustrated by Milton Johnson, Houghton Mifflin 1/1968
latest edition: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 9/2008, ISBN 1-4022-1334-2
Sing Down the Moon, Houghton Mifflin 9/1970, ISBN 0-395-10919-9
Treasure of Topo-El-Bampo, Houghton Mifflin 2/1972, ISBN 0-395-12576-2
Cruise of the Arctic Star, Houghton Mifflin 3/1973, ISBN 0-395-16034-3
The Child of Fire, Houghton Mifflin 9/1974, ISBN 0-395-19496-6
Hawk That Dare Not Hunt by Day, Houghton Mifflin 9/1975, ISBN 0-395-21892-1
The 290, Houghton Mifflin 10/1976, ISBN 0-395-24737-2
Carlota, Houghton Mifflin 10/1977, ISBN 0-395-25487-5
Kathleen Please Come Home, Houghton Mifflin 5/1978, ISBN 0-395-26453-9
Daughter of Don Saturnino, Oxford University Press 3/1979, ISBN 0-19-271429-9
Sarah Bishop (They Took Away Her Home and Her Family), Houghton Mifflin 1/1980
latest edition: San Val 10/1999, ISBN 0-8085-5778-4
The Spanish Smile, Houghton Mifflin 10/1982, ISBN 0-395-32867-5
Castle in the Sea, Houghton Mifflin 10/1983, ISBN 0-395-34831-4
Alexandra, Houghton Mifflin 4/1984, ISBN 0-395-35571-8
The Road to Damietta, Houghton Mifflin 10/1985, ISBN 0-395-38923-2
Streams to River, River to the Sea (a Novel of Sacagawea), Houghton Mifflin 4/1986, ISBN 0-395-40430-0
Serpent Never Sleeps (a Novel of Jamestown and Pocahontas), Houghton Mifflin 9/1987, ISBN 0-395-44242-5
Black Star, Bright Dawn, Houghton Mifflin 1/1988
latest edition: Graphia 3/2008, ISBN 0-547-00515-7
My Name Is Not Angelica, Houghton Mifflin 10/1989, ISBN 0-395-51061-2
Thunder Rolling in the Mountains, with Elizabeth Hall, Houghton Mifflin 4/1992, ISBN 0-395-59966-2
Venus Among the Fishes, with Elizabeth Hall, Houghton Mifflin 4/1995, ISBN 0-395-70561-2
Zira
[edit] Non FictionCountry of the Sun (Southern California, an Informal Guide), Thomas Y. Crowell Co. 1/1957
thanks, concerning our earlier conversation about dead authors: I have to admit that my list has turned out a bit less heavy on classical stuff than I had anticipated. so you clearly win that one
Matt Ruff
wiki
"George sat on his porch, and drank his Coke and made daydreams out of the rain. He wondered about the book he would write this year, and he wondered - not too desperately - whether love would find him at last and let him rest for a time. But he smiled all the while he was thinking about it, because at the core he was happy enough just to be alive and watching the storm, and this one thing made him special." (Fool on the Hill)
Works:
Fool on the Hill
Sewer, Gas & Electric: The Public Works Trilogy
Set This House in Order: A Romance of Souls
Bad Monkeys
Mirage
Favorites:
Fool on the Hill
Set This House in Order
I'll just continue my current trend of picking light and heavy reading material alternatively. the first book of Mr. Ruff's I had ever run across was Fool on the Hill. when I learned that the main character of the book was also known as the Patron Saint of Daydreams, I was already sold (dreams being another recurring theme in my selections). Ruff manages to construct highly creative worlds and characters and manages to construct very thrilling plots, too. especially that first book of his and Set This House in Order, a story about two people with multiple personality disorder and their quest for the reasons behind their fractures, are brilliant examples of this.
Matt Ruff
wiki
"George sat on his porch, and drank his Coke and made daydreams out of the rain. He wondered about the book he would write this year, and he wondered - not too desperately - whether love would find him at last and let him rest for a time. But he smiled all the while he was thinking about it, because at the core he was happy enough just to be alive and watching the storm, and this one thing made him special." (Fool on the Hill)
Works:
Fool on the Hill
Sewer, Gas & Electric: The Public Works Trilogy
Set This House in Order: A Romance of Souls
Bad Monkeys
Mirage
Favorites:
Fool on the Hill
Set This House in Order
I'll just continue my current trend of picking light and heavy reading material alternatively. the first book of Mr. Ruff's I had ever run across was Fool on the Hill. when I learned that the main character of the book was also known as the Patron Saint of Daydreams, I was already sold (dreams being another recurring theme in my selections). Ruff manages to construct highly creative worlds and characters and manages to construct very thrilling plots, too. especially that first book of his and Set This House in Order, a story about two people with multiple personality disorder and their quest for the reasons behind their fractures, are brilliant examples of this.
thanks, concerning our earlier conversation about dead authors: I have to admit that my list has turned out a bit less heavy on classical stuff than I had anticipated. so you clearly win that one
Actually, most of my reading after college has trended to lighter fare, so my list is not really "great, classic" literature heavy. I'm thinking Capt. Factorial may get that award. I really have focussed on what I would want to read and even re-read on my island all alone. I've tried to mix it up enough to keep it varied and interesting. Mostly, I've selected authors whose work either really made me think, had a great emotional impact on me and/or really entertained me.
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Well, I'm old. Actually, most of my past college reading has trended to lighter fare, so my list is not really "great, classic" literature heavy. I'm thinking Capt. Factorial may get that award.
I really have focussed on what I would want to read and even re-read on my island all alone. I've tried to mix it up enough to keep it varied and interesting. Mostly, I've selected authors whose work either really made me think, had a great emotional impact on me and/or really entertained me.
Actually, most of my past college reading has trended to lighter fare, so my list is not really "great, classic" literature heavy. I'm thinking Capt. Factorial may get that award. I really have focussed on what I would want to read and even re-read on my island all alone. I've tried to mix it up enough to keep it varied and interesting. Mostly, I've selected authors whose work either really made me think, had a great emotional impact on me and/or really entertained me.
Haruki Murakami
Well, to steer a bit away from the Antiquity Award, I'm going to choose my fourth living writer (and to be fair, two others died recently). Murakami is, to my recollection, the first Japanese writer taken thus far. I started reading him only recently and have read only one book (1Q84). Despite the fact that it has gotten some tepid reviews compared to his previous work I quite enjoyed it - it's inventive (characters getting pulled into alternate realities and such) and even though there are long stretches where not much happens the writing was compelling enough that I had a hard time putting it down. If his other novels are better, I'll be glad I made this choice.
Lived: 1949-
Major Works: Norwegian Wood; The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle; Kafka on the Shore; 1Q84; 12 total novels and a good number of short stories and nonfiction.
Quote: (From 1Q84)
Well, to steer a bit away from the Antiquity Award, I'm going to choose my fourth living writer (and to be fair, two others died recently). Murakami is, to my recollection, the first Japanese writer taken thus far. I started reading him only recently and have read only one book (1Q84). Despite the fact that it has gotten some tepid reviews compared to his previous work I quite enjoyed it - it's inventive (characters getting pulled into alternate realities and such) and even though there are long stretches where not much happens the writing was compelling enough that I had a hard time putting it down. If his other novels are better, I'll be glad I made this choice.
Lived: 1949-
Major Works: Norwegian Wood; The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle; Kafka on the Shore; 1Q84; 12 total novels and a good number of short stories and nonfiction.
Quote: (From 1Q84)
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Charles Schulz
Well I've come to realize that being on a deserted island alone for eternity pretty much means I'm not going to laugh all that much and while I already have The Far Side in it's entirety, it's definitely time to add one more childhood favorite to my list
Charlie Brown or Peanuts has always been a favorite of mine growing up and even now, reading the comic just takes me back and makes me smile. Yep - need that on my island for sure.
More..
Okay, me again. Well I'm a sucker for animal stories, but this writer's books were that, but so much more.
James Herriot
From Wiki:
All I know is he seemed such an incredibly kind, compassionate and warm person. He was also very funny. He wrote so beautifully about the Yorkshire area he loved so much. His original practice is now a museum in Thirsk, Yorkshire called "The World of James Herriot."
As an aside, while my father's family was mainly from Scotland, my mother's family came mostly from Yorkshire.
Its been years since I read his books, so I'll happily read them again and again.
Partial Bibliography:
Quotes:
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James Herriot
From Wiki:
All I know is he seemed such an incredibly kind, compassionate and warm person. He was also very funny. He wrote so beautifully about the Yorkshire area he loved so much. His original practice is now a museum in Thirsk, Yorkshire called "The World of James Herriot."
As an aside, while my father's family was mainly from Scotland, my mother's family came mostly from Yorkshire.
Its been years since I read his books, so I'll happily read them again and again.
Partial Bibliography:
Books for adults
If Only They Could Talk (1970)
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1972)
All Creatures Great and Small (1972)
Let Sleeping Vets Lie (1973)
Vet in Harness (1974)
All Things Bright and Beautiful (1974)
Vets Might Fly (1976)
Vet in a Spin (1977)
All Things Wise and Wonderful (1977)
James Herriot's Yorkshire (1979)
The Lord God Made Them All (1981)
Every Living Thing (1992)
James Herriot's Cat Stories (1994)
James Herriot's Favourite Dog Stories (1995)
Omnibus editions
In the United States, Herriot's novels were considered too short to publish independently, and so several pairs of novels were collected into omnibus volumes. The title All Creatures Great and Small was taken from the second line of the hymn All Things Bright and Beautiful, and inspired by a punning suggestion from Herriot's daughter, who thought the book should be called Ill Creatures Great and Small.
All Creatures Great and Small (1972) (incorporating If Only They Could Talk and It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet)
All Things Bright and Beautiful (1974) (incorporating Let Sleeping Vets Lie and Vet in Harness)
All Things Wise and Wonderful (1977) (incorporating Vets Might Fly and Vet in a Spin)
James Herriot’s Dog Stories
James Herriot’s Cat Stories
Books for children
Blossom Comes Home (1969)
Moses the Kitten (1984)
Only One Woof (1985)
The Christmas Day Kitten (1986)
Bonny's Big Day (1987)
The Market Square Dog (1989)
Oscar, Cat-About-Town (1990)
Smudge, the Little Lost Lamb (1991)
James Herriot's Treasury for Children (1992)
If Only They Could Talk (1970)
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1972)
All Creatures Great and Small (1972)
Let Sleeping Vets Lie (1973)
Vet in Harness (1974)
All Things Bright and Beautiful (1974)
Vets Might Fly (1976)
Vet in a Spin (1977)
All Things Wise and Wonderful (1977)
James Herriot's Yorkshire (1979)
The Lord God Made Them All (1981)
Every Living Thing (1992)
James Herriot's Cat Stories (1994)
James Herriot's Favourite Dog Stories (1995)
Omnibus editions
In the United States, Herriot's novels were considered too short to publish independently, and so several pairs of novels were collected into omnibus volumes. The title All Creatures Great and Small was taken from the second line of the hymn All Things Bright and Beautiful, and inspired by a punning suggestion from Herriot's daughter, who thought the book should be called Ill Creatures Great and Small.
All Creatures Great and Small (1972) (incorporating If Only They Could Talk and It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet)
All Things Bright and Beautiful (1974) (incorporating Let Sleeping Vets Lie and Vet in Harness)
All Things Wise and Wonderful (1977) (incorporating Vets Might Fly and Vet in a Spin)
James Herriot’s Dog Stories
James Herriot’s Cat Stories
Books for children
Blossom Comes Home (1969)
Moses the Kitten (1984)
Only One Woof (1985)
The Christmas Day Kitten (1986)
Bonny's Big Day (1987)
The Market Square Dog (1989)
Oscar, Cat-About-Town (1990)
Smudge, the Little Lost Lamb (1991)
James Herriot's Treasury for Children (1992)
Quotes:
"I could do terrible things to people who dump unwanted animals by the roadside."
"I hope to make people realize how totally helpless animals are, how dependent on us, trusting as a child must that we will be kind and take care of their needs. [They] are an obligation put on us, a responsibility we have no right to neglect, nor to violate by cruelty.”
"If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans. "
"I hope to make people realize how totally helpless animals are, how dependent on us, trusting as a child must that we will be kind and take care of their needs. [They] are an obligation put on us, a responsibility we have no right to neglect, nor to violate by cruelty.”
"If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans. "
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Next I am going to take:
Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson
The son of Frank Herbert teamed up with a co-writer to continue telling the Dune story with prequels and sequels and in-between-quels. The Dune universe is not complete without their books.
http://www.dunenovels.com/novels
Not quite the same writing style as Frank, but I think more accessible and easier to read. Still immensely enjoyable. Glad I got them.
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Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson
The son of Frank Herbert teamed up with a co-writer to continue telling the Dune story with prequels and sequels and in-between-quels. The Dune universe is not complete without their books.
http://www.dunenovels.com/novels
Not quite the same writing style as Frank, but I think more accessible and easier to read. Still immensely enjoyable. Glad I got them.
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So there are still a bunch of classical authors out there that can only be described as low hanging fruit in this part of the draft. Time to pluck one of them now. With my 15th selection, I choose:
William Faulkner
1897-1962
An author whose works correlate equally well with Mark Twain and Ernest Hemingway, Faulkner was a prolific writer; including plays, poems, short stories, and especially his novels. The Sound and the Fury is especially well known, as are A Rose for Emily, As I Lay Dying, Light in August, and The Big Sleep. This will add a bit more southern storytelling to my island library, and Faulkner could really weave a great yarn!
Bibliography
Notable Quotes
More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Faulkner
William Faulkner
1897-1962
An author whose works correlate equally well with Mark Twain and Ernest Hemingway, Faulkner was a prolific writer; including plays, poems, short stories, and especially his novels. The Sound and the Fury is especially well known, as are A Rose for Emily, As I Lay Dying, Light in August, and The Big Sleep. This will add a bit more southern storytelling to my island library, and Faulkner could really weave a great yarn!
Bibliography
Novels:
Soldiers' Pay. 1926.
Mosquitoes. 1927.
Sartoris. 1929.
The Sound and the Fury. 1929.
As I Lay Dying. 1930.
Sanctuary. 1931.
Light in August. 1932.
Pylon. 1935.
Absalom, Absalom! 1936.
The Unvanquished. 1938.
The Wild Palms. 1938
The Hamlet. 1940.
Go Down, Moses. 1942.
Intruder in the Dust. 1948.
Requiem for a Nun. 1951.
A Fable. 1954.
The Town. 1957.
The Mansion. 1959.
The Reivers. 1962.
Flags in the Dust. 1973.
Short Stories and Other Fiction:
Mayday. Written in 1926.
The Wishing Tree. Written in 1927.
Father Abraham. Written in 1927.
Sanctuary: The Original Text. Edited with an afterword and notes by Noel Polk. New York: Random House, 1981.
These 13. 1931.
Idyll in the Desert. 1931.
Miss Zilphia Gant. 1932.
Doctor Martino and Other Stories. 1934.
Country Lawyer and Other Stories for the Screen. Story outlines for prospective films written in the early 1940s. Published as a supplement to Faulkner: A Comprehensive Guide to the Brodsky Collection. Edited by Louis Daniel Brodsky and Robert W. Hamblin. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1987.
The Portable Faulkner. Selected and edited with an introduction by Malcolm Cowley. 1946.
Knight's Gambit. 1949.
Collected Stories. 1950.
Notes on a Horsethief. 1951.
The Faulkner Reader. Foreword by Faulkner. 1953.
Big Woods: The Hunting Stories. 1955.
Three Famous Short Novels. 1958.
Uncollected Stories. Edited by Joseph Blotner. 1979.
Nonfiction:
Thinking of Home: William Faulkner's Letters to His Mother and Father, 1918-1925. Edited by James G. Watson. 1992.
Faulkner at Nagano (speeches and interviews). Edited by Robert A. Jelliffe. 1956.
Faulkner in the University (interviews). Edited by Frederick L. Gwynn and Joseph L. Blotner. 1959.
Early Prose and Poetry. Edited by Carvel Collins. 1962.
Faulkner at West Point (interviews). Edited by Joseph L. Fant and Robert Ashley. 1964.
Essays, Speeches & Public Letters. Edited by James B. Meriwether. 1966.
The Faulkner-Cowley File: Letters and Memoirs, 1944-1962. By Malcolm Cowley. 1966.
Lion in the Garden: Interviews with William Faulkner 1926-1962. Edited by James B. Meriwether and Michael Millgate. 1968.
New Orleans Sketches. Edited by Carvel Collins. 1968.
Selected Letters of William Faulkner. Edited by Joseph Blotner. 1977.
Faulkner: A Comprehensive Guide to the Brodsky Collection, Volume II: The Letters. Edited by Louis D. Brodsky and Robert W. Hamblin. 1984.
Poetry:
Vision in Spring. Written in 1921. Edited by Judith Sensibar. 1984.
The Marble Faun. 1924.
Mississippi Poems. Written in 1924. In Helen: A Courtship and Mississippi Poems. Introductory essays by Carvel Collins and Joseph Blotner. 1981.
Helen: A Courtship. Written in 1925. In Helen: A Courtship and Mississippi Poems. Introductory essays by Carvel Collins and Joseph Blotner. 1981.
A Green Bough. 1933.
Plays:
The Marionettes. 1920.
Screenplays for which Faulkner received on-screen credit:
Today We Live. Screenplay by Edith Fitzgerald and Dwight Taylow; Story and Dialogue by Faulkner. 1933.
The Road to Glory. Screenplay by Joel Sayre and Faulkner. 1936.
Slave Ship. Screenplay by Sam Hellman, Lamar Trotti, and Gladys Lehman; Story by Faulkner. 1937.
To Have and Have Not. Screenplay by Jules Furthman and Faulkner. 1944.
The Big Sleep. Screenplay by William Faulkner, Leigh Brackette, and Jules Furthman. 1946.
Land of the Pharaohs. Screenplay by William Faulkner, Harry Kurnitz, and Harold Jack Bloom. 1955.
In addition, Faulkner contributed to numerous other screenplays for which he received no credit. For a complete list, see Bruce Kawin, Faulkner and Film (New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1977).
Soldiers' Pay. 1926.
Mosquitoes. 1927.
Sartoris. 1929.
The Sound and the Fury. 1929.
As I Lay Dying. 1930.
Sanctuary. 1931.
Light in August. 1932.
Pylon. 1935.
Absalom, Absalom! 1936.
The Unvanquished. 1938.
The Wild Palms. 1938
The Hamlet. 1940.
Go Down, Moses. 1942.
Intruder in the Dust. 1948.
Requiem for a Nun. 1951.
A Fable. 1954.
The Town. 1957.
The Mansion. 1959.
The Reivers. 1962.
Flags in the Dust. 1973.
Short Stories and Other Fiction:
Mayday. Written in 1926.
The Wishing Tree. Written in 1927.
Father Abraham. Written in 1927.
Sanctuary: The Original Text. Edited with an afterword and notes by Noel Polk. New York: Random House, 1981.
These 13. 1931.
Idyll in the Desert. 1931.
Miss Zilphia Gant. 1932.
Doctor Martino and Other Stories. 1934.
Country Lawyer and Other Stories for the Screen. Story outlines for prospective films written in the early 1940s. Published as a supplement to Faulkner: A Comprehensive Guide to the Brodsky Collection. Edited by Louis Daniel Brodsky and Robert W. Hamblin. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1987.
The Portable Faulkner. Selected and edited with an introduction by Malcolm Cowley. 1946.
Knight's Gambit. 1949.
Collected Stories. 1950.
Notes on a Horsethief. 1951.
The Faulkner Reader. Foreword by Faulkner. 1953.
Big Woods: The Hunting Stories. 1955.
Three Famous Short Novels. 1958.
Uncollected Stories. Edited by Joseph Blotner. 1979.
Nonfiction:
Thinking of Home: William Faulkner's Letters to His Mother and Father, 1918-1925. Edited by James G. Watson. 1992.
Faulkner at Nagano (speeches and interviews). Edited by Robert A. Jelliffe. 1956.
Faulkner in the University (interviews). Edited by Frederick L. Gwynn and Joseph L. Blotner. 1959.
Early Prose and Poetry. Edited by Carvel Collins. 1962.
Faulkner at West Point (interviews). Edited by Joseph L. Fant and Robert Ashley. 1964.
Essays, Speeches & Public Letters. Edited by James B. Meriwether. 1966.
The Faulkner-Cowley File: Letters and Memoirs, 1944-1962. By Malcolm Cowley. 1966.
Lion in the Garden: Interviews with William Faulkner 1926-1962. Edited by James B. Meriwether and Michael Millgate. 1968.
New Orleans Sketches. Edited by Carvel Collins. 1968.
Selected Letters of William Faulkner. Edited by Joseph Blotner. 1977.
Faulkner: A Comprehensive Guide to the Brodsky Collection, Volume II: The Letters. Edited by Louis D. Brodsky and Robert W. Hamblin. 1984.
Poetry:
Vision in Spring. Written in 1921. Edited by Judith Sensibar. 1984.
The Marble Faun. 1924.
Mississippi Poems. Written in 1924. In Helen: A Courtship and Mississippi Poems. Introductory essays by Carvel Collins and Joseph Blotner. 1981.
Helen: A Courtship. Written in 1925. In Helen: A Courtship and Mississippi Poems. Introductory essays by Carvel Collins and Joseph Blotner. 1981.
A Green Bough. 1933.
Plays:
The Marionettes. 1920.
Screenplays for which Faulkner received on-screen credit:
Today We Live. Screenplay by Edith Fitzgerald and Dwight Taylow; Story and Dialogue by Faulkner. 1933.
The Road to Glory. Screenplay by Joel Sayre and Faulkner. 1936.
Slave Ship. Screenplay by Sam Hellman, Lamar Trotti, and Gladys Lehman; Story by Faulkner. 1937.
To Have and Have Not. Screenplay by Jules Furthman and Faulkner. 1944.
The Big Sleep. Screenplay by William Faulkner, Leigh Brackette, and Jules Furthman. 1946.
Land of the Pharaohs. Screenplay by William Faulkner, Harry Kurnitz, and Harold Jack Bloom. 1955.
In addition, Faulkner contributed to numerous other screenplays for which he received no credit. For a complete list, see Bruce Kawin, Faulkner and Film (New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1977).
“Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.”
Given a choice between grief and nothing, I'd choose grief.
Pointless... like giving caviar to an elephant.
The last sound on the worthless earth will be two human beings trying to launch a homemade spaceship and already quarreling about where they are going next.
The past is never dead. It's not even past.
Given a choice between grief and nothing, I'd choose grief.
Pointless... like giving caviar to an elephant.
The last sound on the worthless earth will be two human beings trying to launch a homemade spaceship and already quarreling about where they are going next.
The past is never dead. It's not even past.
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because I really am an umitigated heathen: I choose Michael Moorcock
Michael John Moorcock (born 18 December 1939, in London) is an English writer, primarily of science fiction and fantasy, who has also published a number of literary novels
As editor of the controversial British science fiction magazine New Worlds, from May 1964 until March 1971 and then again from 1976 to 1996, Moorcock fostered the development of the science fiction "New Wave" in the UK and indirectly in the United States
Pen name
Bill Barclay
William Ewert Barclay
Michael Barrington (with Barrington J. Bayley)
Edward P. Bradbury
James Colvin
Warwick Colvin, Jr.
Philip James
Hank Janson
Desmond Reid
My cat that I had since she was two weeks old was named after the love interest of Elric. Entertaining books.
more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Moorcock
Michael John Moorcock (born 18 December 1939, in London) is an English writer, primarily of science fiction and fantasy, who has also published a number of literary novels
As editor of the controversial British science fiction magazine New Worlds, from May 1964 until March 1971 and then again from 1976 to 1996, Moorcock fostered the development of the science fiction "New Wave" in the UK and indirectly in the United States
Pen name
Bill Barclay
William Ewert Barclay
Michael Barrington (with Barrington J. Bayley)
Edward P. Bradbury
James Colvin
Warwick Colvin, Jr.
Philip James
Hank Janson
Desmond Reid
My cat that I had since she was two weeks old was named after the love interest of Elric. Entertaining books.
more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Moorcock