Desert Island Authors Draft

[kennadog]

Great pic, Captain. I have Les Miserables in stack of books to read. Of course, that's a very large pile. *sigh* So many books, so little time.

I took my son to the dramatic musical when it was in Sacramento. It was great. Great music.

 

[jalfa]

somehow, I feel I'm being too reactive in this draft, but whatever.

Alan Moore
wiki

"We gaze continually at the world and it grows dull in our perceptions. Yet seen from the another's vantage point, as if new, it may still take our breath away." (Watchmen)

Notables:
V For Vendetta
Watchmen
A Small Killing
From Hell
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Batman: The Killing Joke

Personal Favourites:

V For Vendetta
Watchmen
From Hell

since the can of worms that is picture books has already been opened, too early for my liking, tbh, it's time to get mine. as a general rule, I'm not all that big on comics/graphic novels, but Alan Moore is simply brilliant. sinister, biting, suspenseful and challenging, all his subject matter is very clearly located on the darker side of things and I just love it.

 

[NoBonus]

For my next pick I will take:

Paul the Apostle
Wiki Here

Paul is traditionally credited with writing 14 of the 27 books of the New Testament of the Holy Bible. If I am stranded on a desert island, I will need something for my soul, hence this pick. Paul's writings are focused more on "how to live" than depicting a story. Paul was an interesting dude... originally set out to persecute Christians, but then became a leader of the Christians... and got beheaded for his trouble.

Here are the "books" he wrote... most of these were actually letters to churches in these towns.
Romans, 1st Corinthians, 2nd Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, 1st Thessalonians, Philemon, 1st Timothy, 2nd Timothy, Titus, Hebrews, Ephesians, Colossians and 2nd Thessalonians

 

[NoBonus]

For my next pick, I will take one of my favorite childhood authors:

C.S. Lewis
Wiki Here

As a kid, I loved the Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia) fantasy series (I will never forget when a buddy of mine borrowed "The Silver Chair" then moved with my book...), but also really liked his "Space Trilogy" sci-fi series. As an adult, I still like these books, but like some of his other works like the Screwtape Letters and The Great Divide as well.

Check out this list-o-titles:

Spoiler

Nonfiction

The Allegory of Love: A Study in Medieval Tradition (1936)
Rehabilitations and other essays (1939; two essays not included in Essay Collection [2000])
The Personal Heresy: A Controversy (with E. M. W. Tillyard, 1939)
The Problem of Pain (1940)
The Case for Christianity (1942)
Christian Behaviour (1942)
A Preface to Paradise Lost (1942)
The Abolition of Man (1943)
Beyond Personality (1944)
Miracles: A Preliminary Study (1947, revised 1960)
Arthurian Torso (1948; on Charles Williams's poetry)
Mere Christianity : a revised and amplified edition, with a new introduction, of the three books, Broadcast talks, Christian behaviour, and Beyond personality (1952; based on radio talks of 1941–1944)
English Literature in the Sixteenth Century Excluding Drama, Oxford history of English literature; Clark lectures, 3 (paperback ed.), Oxford University Press, 1975 [1944], ISBN 0-19-881298-1.
Major British Writers, Vol I (1954; contribution on Edmund Spenser)
Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life (1955; autobiography)
Reflections on the Psalms (1958)
The Four Loves (1960)
Studies in Words (1960)
The World's Last Night and Other Essays (1960)
An Experiment in Criticism (1961)
A Grief Observed (1961; first published under the pseudonym «N. W. Clerk»)
They Asked for a Paper: Papers and Addresses (1962; all essays found in Essay Collection [2000])
Selections from Layamon's Brut (ed. G L Brook, 1963 Oxford University Press; introduction)
Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer (1963)
Beyond The Bright Blur (1963) — a limited run 30-page excerpt taken from Letters to Malcolm and "published as a New Year's greeting to friends of the author" according to the opening page.
The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature (1964)
Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature (1966; not included in Essay Collection [2000])
Spenser's Images of Life (ed. Alastair Fowler, 1967)
Letters to an American Lady (1967)
Christian Reflections (1967; essays and papers; all essays found in Essay Collection [2000])
Selected Literary Essays (1969; not included in Essay Collection [2000])
God in the Dock: Essays on Theology and Ethics (1970)
Undeceptions (1971; essays; one essay not included in Essay Collection [2000])
The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses (1980)
Of Other Worlds (1982; essays; one essay not included in Essay Collection [2000])
The Business Of Heaven: Daily Readings From C. S. Lewis (Walter Hooper, ed.; 1984)
Present Concerns (1986; essays; all essays found in Essay Collection [2000])
All My Road Before Me: The Diary of C. S. Lewis 1922–27 (1993)
Compelling Reason: Essays on Ethics and Theology (1998)
The Latin Letters of C.S. Lewis (1999)
Essay Collection: Literature, Philosophy and Short Stories (2000)
Essay Collection: Faith, Christianity and the Church (2000)
Collected Letters, Vol. I: Family Letters 1905–1931 (2000)
Collected Letters, Vol. II: Books, Broadcasts and War 1931–1949 (2004)
Collected Letters, Vol. III: Narnia, Cambridge and Joy 1950–1963 (2007)

Fiction

The Pilgrim's Regress (1933)
Space Trilogy
Out of the Silent Planet (1938)
Perelandra (aka Voyage to Venus) (1943)
That Hideous Strength (1945)
The Screwtape Letters (1942)
The Great Divorce (1945)
The Chronicles of Narnia
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950)
Prince Caspian (1951)
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952)
The Silver Chair (1953)
The Horse and His Boy (1954)
The Magician's Nephew (1955)
The Last Battle (1956)
Till We Have Faces (1956)
Screwtape Proposes a Toast (1961) (an addition to The Screwtape Letters)
The Dark Tower (1977)
Boxen: The Imaginary World of the Young C. S. Lewis (ed. Walter Hooper, 1985)

Poetry

Spirits in Bondage (1919; published under pseudonym Clive Hamilton)
Dymer (1926; published under pseudonym Clive Hamilton)
Narrative Poems (ed. Walter Hooper, 1969; includes Dymer, Launcelot, The Nameless Isle, and The Queen of Drum.
The Collected Poems of C. S. Lewis (ed. Walter Hooper, 1994; includes Spirits in Bondage)

 

[Jespher]

And the great picks keep rolling in. The Far Side, Les Miserable, Watchmen, Narnia, and the Bible (the (very) short version). Nice choices all!

Kenna - I'm not familiar with Ken Follett, but that genre is good to get early in this draft!

 

[jalfa]

the Eurocup is about to kick of for the German team and we're about to start a bbq, therefore I'll keep this short and add more tomorrow. I'm picking Hunter S. Thompson.

alright. didn't feel fit to write anything with my post-footy hangover (although that's probably the perfect frame of mind for Thompson), so here goes now:

Hunter S. Thompson
wiki

"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming 'Wow! What a Ride!'"

Notables:

Hell's Angels
The Rum Diary
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The Gonzo Papers

Favourites:

The Rum Diary
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

of course, there first was the film. Terry Gilliam has made a film with my two favourite actors and it's about a trip (quite literally) to Las Vegas, eh? tell me more. I loved it for its weirdness and didn't realise until much later that it was actually based on a book. it actually took me until last year to read the book itself, but it naturally didn't disappoint. there is a reason Thompson is the patron saint of weirdos and has been proud of that distinction when he lived. here is a man that has lived life to its fullest and will tell you about it. his cynicism in telling is much appreciated as well and, although his political beliefs are quite radical, I can't help but agree with quite a few of them

 

[kingsnation]

For my next pick, I will take one of my favorite childhood authors:

C.S. Lewis
Wiki Here

He was one of my next few picks. Great choice!

 

[Capt. Factorial]

George Orwell

George Orwell is best known today for his dystopian novel 1984 and his allegory of early Soviet Communism, Animal Farm. You probably had to read them in school, and you might not have actually minded. Fewer know that he was an incredibly prolific essayist with over 500 short-form works to his name, including a large number of book reviews, political treatises, and 80 "As I Please" columns for the Tribune covering whatever topics he desired, ranging from American fashion magazines to venereal disease. So there's some classic lit here, and a lot to discover. Perfect!

Lived: 1903-1950
Major Works: 1984; Animal Farm; Down and Out in Paris and London; over 500 articles and essays
Quote: (From Animal Farm)

The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.

 

[kingsnation]

I have a couple different ways to go here but in order to keep my island from being repetitive, I need to switch gears once again.

Jane Austen

I have to admit, I'd never read any of Austen's Novels until after I saw the newest film adaption of Pride and Prejudice. The movie was so well done, it almost forced my hand to read the novel. I read it and loved it. I now own Austen's Northanger Abbey, Persuasion and Mansfield Park. Love them all, and hoping to add to the collection soon!

More..

 

[Prophetess]

nice picks!

 

[Warhawk]

kingsnation, I assume you sent the pm?

 

[kingsnation]

kingsnation, I assume you sent the pm?

Yes

I don't think Kenna's been on today.

 

[Warhawk]

Yes

I don't think Kenna's been on today.

I figured you had, just checking. Thanks.

 

[NoBonus]

Let's see, beautiful spring weekend here in Nor Cal... if kenna is away from the computer, I am guessing it is perfectly natural and healthy. Should have pre-listed, but what are you gonna do?

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Looks like we're coming up on Kenna's 24-hour deadline at about noon Pacific.

I'm going to be in a car most of the day, so I'll just decide now that if we don't hear from her by, say, 1 PM that Warhawk is free to move forward. I'll send a personal email in case the PM doesn't go to her inbox.

 

[kennadog]

Hi, I was out all day yesterday, until late and at the vet part of the morning. Sorry. I didn't think I'd be away so long. I want some variety, So I am going to pick a writer who almost always elicits out-loud laughter from me (a rareity). I'm sure its at least partly because we're so close in age and we've gone through some of the same stages of life. So I can relate to what he's talking about on a personal level sometimes.

I'm going to post this and then add more afterwards, so things can get moving again in here.

Dave Barry.

Yes it's juvenile humor, which normally isn't my cup of tea, but underneath that is some real commentary on the times we live in and what it's like to be just another human being trying to get by. I've read couple of his books and I used to read his column, before he retired from that.

Also, I realized I tend to always pick serious, dramatic or even horrifying stuff to read. Often the same for TV and movies, too. So this selection is to save me from my normally heavy, serous self. Laughter is healing to the body and soul.

A little info from his own webpage:

Dave Barry is a humor columnist. For 25 years he was a syndicated columnist whose work appeared in more than 500 newspapers in the United States and abroad. In 1988 he won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. Many people are still trying to figure out how this happened.

Dave has also written a total of 30 books, although virtually none of them contain useful information.

Dave plays lead guitar in a literary rock band called the Rock Bottom Remainders, whose other members include Stephen King, Amy Tan, Ridley Pearson and Mitch Albom. They are not musically skilled, but they are extremely loud.

http://www.davebarry.com/

Works under spoiler

Spoiler

Non-fiction

The Taming of the Screw (1983)
Babies and Other Hazards of Sex: How to Make a Tiny Person in Only 9 Months With Tools You Probably Have Around the Home (1984)
Stay Fit and Healthy Until You're Dead (1985)
Claw Your Way to the Top: How to Become the Head of a Major Corporation in Roughly a Week (1986)
Dave Barry's Guide to Marriage and/or Sex (1987)
Homes and Other Black Holes (1988)
Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States (1989)
Dave Barry Turns 40 (1990)
Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need (1991)
Dave Barry's Guide to Life (1991) (includes Dave Barry's Guide to Marriage and/or Sex, Babies and Other Hazards of Sex, The Taming of the Screw and Claw Your Way to the Top)
Dave Barry Does Japan (1992)
Dave Barry's Gift Guide to End All Gift Guides (1994)
Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys (1996)
Dave Barry in Cyberspace (1996)
Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs (1997)
Dave Barry Turns 50 (1998)
Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway: A Vicious and Unprovoked Attack on Our Most Cherished Political Institutions (2001)
"My Teenage Son's Goal in Life is to Make Me Feel 3,500 Years Old" and Other Thoughts On Parenting From Dave Barry (2001)
"The Greatest Invention In The History Of Mankind Is Beer" And Other Manly Insights From Dave Barry (2001)
Dave Barry's Money Secrets (2006)
Dave Barry on Dads (2007)
Dave Barry's History of the Millennium (So Far) (2007)
I'll Mature When I'm Dead (2010)

Collected columns

Dave Barry's Bad Habits: A 100% Fact-Free Book (1987)
Dave Barry's Greatest Hits (1988)
Dave Barry Talks Back (1991)
The World According to Dave Barry (1994) includes Dave Barry Talks Back and Dave Barry's Greatest Hits
Dave Barry is NOT Making This Up (1995)
Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus (1997)
Dave Barry Is Not Taking This Sitting Down (2000)
Boogers Are My Beat (2003)

Fiction

Big Trouble (1999)
Tricky Business (2002)
Peter and the Starcatchers (2004, with Ridley Pearson) ISBN 0-7868-3790-X
Peter and the Shadow Thieves (2006, with Ridley Pearson) ISBN 0-7868-3787-X
Peter and the Secret of Rundoon (2007, with Ridley Pearson) ISBN 0-7868-3788-8
Escape From the Carnivale (2006, with Ridley Pearson) ISBN 0-7868-3789-6
The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog (2006)
Cave of the Dark Wind (2007, with Ridley Pearson) ISBN 0-7868-3790-X
Science Fair (2008, with Ridley Pearson)
Peter and the Sword of Mercy (2009, with Ridley Pearson)
Blood Tide (2008, with Ridley Pearson)
The Bridge To Never Land (2011, with Ridley Pearson)
Lunatics (2012, with Alan Zweibel)

Film adaptations

Big Trouble (2002)
Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys (2005)

Collaborations

Mid-Life Confidential: The Rock Bottom Remainders Tour America With Three Chords and an Attitude (1994) with Stephen King, Kathi Kamen Goldmark, Al Kooper, Ridley Pearson, Roy Blount, Jr., Joel Selvin, Amy Tan, Dave Marsh, Tad Bartimus, Matt Groening, Greil Marcus, Tabitha King, Barbara Kingsolver, Michael Dorris
Naked Came the Manatee (1998) with Carl Hiaasen, Elmore Leonard, James W. Hall, Edna Buchanan, Les Standiford, Paul Levine, Brian Antoni, Tananarive Due, John Dufresne, Vicki Hendricks, Carolina Hospital, Evelyn Mayerson

 

[Jespher]

Nice choice Kennadog. I did an American author's report on Dave Berry for my Junior English thesis in high school. Sooooooooooooooooo funny!.

I am absolutely not making this incident up; in fact I have it all on videotape. The tape is from a local TV news show in Oregon, which sent a reporter out to cover the removal of a 45-foot, eight-ton dead whale that washed up on the beach. The responsibility for getting rid of the carcass was placed upon the Oregon State Highway Division, apparently on the theory that highways and whales are very similar in the sense of being large objects.

So anyway, the highway engineers hit upon the plan — remember, I am not making this up — of blowing up the whale with dynamite. The thinking here was that the whale would be blown into small pieces, which would be eaten by sea gulls, and that would be that. A textbook whale removal.

So they moved the spectators back up the beach, put a half-ton of dynamite next to the whale and set it off. I am probably not guilty of understatement when I say that what follows, on the videotape, is the most wonderful event in the history of the universe. First you see the whale carcass disappear in a huge blast of smoke and flame. Then you hear the happy spectators shouting “Yayy!” and “Whee!” Then, suddenly, the crowd’s tone changes. You hear a new sound like “splud.” You hear a woman’s voice shouting “Here come pieces of… MY GOD!” Something smears the camera lens.

Later, the reporter explains: “The humor of the entire situation suddenly gave way to a run for survival as huge chunks of whale blubber fell everywhere.” One piece caved in the roof of a car parked more than a quarter of a mile away. Remaining on the beach were several rotting whale sectors the size of condominium units. There was no sign of the sea gulls, who had no doubt permanently relocated in Brazil. This is a very sobering videotape. Here at the institute we watch it often, especially at parties. But this is no time for gaiety. This is a time to get hold of the folks at the Oregon State Highway division and ask them, when they get done cleaning up the beaches, to give us an estimate on the US Capitol.

 

[Warhawk]

Good pick, kd! I read Big Trouble (I think that was the one) and while it wasn't the best book, it was fun to read because of his writing style and wit. I also liked all his columns I ran across over the years.

My next pick? There are several to go with here (as I think some should still be safe for a few more rounds), and I am really, really hoping they fall just a bit more. So please, leave them alone.

Gonna go with:

Michael Crichton, as well as pen names "John Lange" and "Jeffrey Hudson"

From wiki:

an American best-selling author, producer, director, and screenwriter, best known for his work in the science fiction, medical fiction, and thriller genres. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and many have been adapted into films. In 1994, Crichton became the only creative artist ever to have works simultaneously charting at #1 in television, film, and book sales (with ER, Jurassic Park, and Disclosure, respectively).

His literary works are usually based on the action genre and heavily feature technology. His novels epitomize the techno-thriller genre of literature, often exploring technology and failures of human interaction with it, especially resulting in catastrophes with biotechnology. Many of his future history novels have medical or scientific underpinnings, reflecting his medical training and science background.

His works? How about this list:

Fiction
Odds On
Scratch One
Easy Go
A Case of Need
Zero Cool
The Andromeda Strain
The Venom Business
Grave Descend
Binary
The Terminal Man
The Great Train Robbery
Eaters of the Dead
Congo
Sphere
Jurassic Park
Rising Sun
Disclosure
The Lost World
Airframe
Timeline
Prey
State of Fear
Next
Pirate Latitudes
Micro

Non-fiction
Five Patients
Jasper Johns
Electronic Life
Travels

I have read most of his Fiction books (didn't know about some of his earler works under pseudonyms) and while all are good, the bolded ones are particular favorites.

And this little bit to round it off:

All the Crichton books depend to a certain extent on a little frisson of fear and suspense: that's what kept you turning the pages. But a deeper source of their appeal was the author's extravagant care in working out the clockwork mechanics of his experiments — the DNA replication in Jurassic Park, the time travel in Timeline, the submarine technology in Sphere. The novels have embedded in them little lectures or mini-seminars on, say, the Bernoulli principle, voice-recognition software or medieval jousting etiquette ... The best of the Crichton novels have about them a boys' adventure quality. They owe something to the Saturday-afternoon movie serials that Mr. Crichton watched as a boy and to the adventure novels of Arthur Conan Doyle (from whom Mr. Crichton borrowed the title The Lost World and whose example showed that a novel could never have too many dinosaurs). These books thrive on yarn spinning, but they also take immense delight in the inner workings of things (as opposed to people, women especially), and they make the world — or the made-up world, anyway — seem boundlessly interesting. Readers come away entertained and also with the belief, not entirely illusory, that they have actually learned something"

— The New York Times on the works of Michael Crichton

pm sent

 

[Prophetess]

If I'm not on the computer when my turn comes up, I've sent my choices to VF21. I'm still celebrating my son coming home and I have homework to do.

 

[Jespher]

With my 5th pick, I select:

Ursula LeGuin
1929-Present

My list is wanting for some fantasy and some science fiction. Ms. LeGuin has ample amounts of each. Her Earthsea trilogy, and side stories are remarkable, vivid, dark, and foreboding; while creating a wonderful world of wizards and the seas they sail upon. I haven't delved deep into her science fiction works, but for starters, check out The Left Hand of Darkness, and the Dispossessed if you're looking for a perfect science fiction novel!

Bibliography:

Spoiler

Fiction Series

Catwings:
Tales of the Catwings
More Tales of the Catwings
Catwings
Catwings Return
Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings
Jane on Her Own

Earthsea Cycle:
The Word of Unbinding
The Rule of Names
Earthsea
The Earthsea Quartet
Dragonfly
Darkrose and Diamond
Aardzee Omnibus Deel 1
Tales from Earthsea
The Bones of the Earth
The Finder
On the High Marsh
A Description of Earthsea
Tales from Earthsea & The Other Wind
Aardzee Omnibus Deel 2: Koning van Aardzee / Tehanu
1 A Wizard of Earthsea
2 The Tombs of Atuan
3 The Farthest Shore
4 Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea
5 The Other Wind

Hainish:
Rocannon's World
Planet of Exile
City of Illusions
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Word for World Is Forest
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
The Day Before the Revolution
Three Hainish Novels
Five Complete Novels
The Shobies' Story
Another Story
Coming of Age in KarhideRer, in Karhide, on Gethen
Worlds of Exile and Illusion
Old Music and the Slave Women
The Telling
Yeowe and Werel
Four Ways to Forgiveness
1 Betrayals
2 Forgiveness Day
3 A Man of the People
4 A Woman's Liberation

Orsinia:
The Diary of the Rose
Two Delays on the Northern Line
Unlocking the Air
1 Orsinian Tales
2 Malafrena

The Annals of the Western Shore:
1 Gifts
2 Voices
3 Powers

Novels:

The Lathe of Heaven
The Eye of the Heron
The Beginning Place
Always Coming Home
Lavinia

Collections:

The Wind's Twelve Quarters
Wild Angels
Het Woord voor Wereld Is Woud
Il mondo della foresta
Le Livre d'Or de la Science-Fiction: Ursula Le Guin
Hard Words and Other Poems
The Compass Rose
Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences
Wild Oats and Fireweed
The Eye of the Heron & The Word for World Is Forest
Searoad: Chronicles of Klatsand
Blue Moon Over Thurman Street
Going Out with Peacocks and Other Poems
A Fisherman of the Inland Sea
Unlocking the Air and Other Stories
Sixty Odd: New Poems
The Birthday of the World and Other Stories
Science Fiction Stories
Changing Planes
The Wild Girls

Omnibus:

Planet of Exile / Mankind Under the Leash
Rocannon's World / The Kar-Chee Reign
The Lathe of Heaven / The Dispossessed / The Wind's Twelve Quarters
The Earthsea Quarte

Anthology Series:

Nebula Awards
11 Nebula Award Stories 11

Anthologies:

Interfaces
Edges
The Blind Geometer / The New Atlantis
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990

Chapterbooks:

From Elfland to Poughkeepsie
Dreams Must Explain Themselves
The Word for World Is Forest
The Water Is Wide
Leese Webster
In the Red Zone
A Visit from Dr. Katz
Catwings
Solomon Leviathan's Nine Hundred and Thirty-First Trip Around the World
Fire and Stone
Catwings Return
Findings
Nine Lives
A Ride on the Red Mare's Back
Fish Soup
Earthsea Revisioned
Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings
Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight
Dünyaya Orman Denir
Jane on Her Own
Tom Mouse
King Dog: A Movie for the Mind's Eye

Nonfiction:

The Language of the Night
Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
Way of the Water's Going: Images of the Northern California Coastal Range
Steering the Craft
The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination
Cheek by Jowl

Nongenre:

Very Far Away From Anywhere Else

Shortfiction:

An die Musik
April in Paris
The Masters
Darkness Box
Selection
The Dowry of Angya
Winter's King
Nine Lives
Things
The Good Trip
A Trip to the Head
Vaster Than Empires and More Slow
Imaginary Countries
Direction of the Road
The Field of Vision
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
The Ursula Major Construct: or, A Far Greater Horror Loomed
The Eye Altering
The Author of the Acacia Seeds and Other Extracts from the Journal of the Association of Therolinguistics
Journal of the Association of Therolinguistics
The Stars Below
Intracom
Schrödinger's Cat
The New Atlantis
Mazes
Desperadoes of the Galactic Union
The Fountains
Ile Forest
Conversations at Night
The Road East
Brothers and Sisters
A Week in the Country
The House
The Lady of Moge
No Use to Talk to Me
The Water Is Wide
The Barrow
Gwilan's Harp
The Eye Altering
The First Report of the Shipwrecked Foreigner to the Kadanh of Derb
SQ
Malheur County
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Pathways of Desire
Leese Webster
Some Approaches to the Problem of the Shortage of Time
The White Donkey
Small Change
The Phoenix
The Wife's Story
Sur
Antarctic, 1909-1910
The Spoons in the Basement
The Professor's Houses
May's Lion
Solomon Leviathan's Nine Hundred and Thirty-First Trip Around the World
Warriors in the Mist
The Ascent of the North Face
The Trouble With the Cotton People
The Visionary
She Unnames Them
King Dog
Horse Camp
The Ship Ahoy
Daddy's Big Girl
Half Past Four
Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight
A Visit from Dr. Katz
Kore 87
Hand, Cup, Shell
In and Out
Limberlost
The Second Report of the Shipwrecked Foreigner to the Kadanh of Derb
Fire and Stone
Always Coming Home
Bill Weisler
Crosswords
Texts
The Kerastion
The Creatures on My Mind
Foam Women, Rain Women
Geezers
True Love
Sleepwalkers
Quoits
Hernes
One of Eight Life Stories: The Dog at the Door
Pandora Worries About What She is Doing: The Pattern
Newton's Sleep
Climbing to the Moon
Findings
The First Contact With the Gorgonids
Standing Ground
A Ride on the Red Mare's Back
Fish Soup
The Rock That Changed Things
Along the River
The Poacher
Dancing to Ganam
The Matter of Seggri
Unchosen Love
In the Drought
Solitude
Sunday in Summer in Seatown
Notes on Werel and Yeowe
Ether OR
Olders
Ruby on the 67
The Wise Woman
The Lost Children
Mountain Way
The Island of the Immortals
The Silence of the Asonu
A Matter of Seggri
The Royals of Hegn
The Birthday of the World
The Flyers of Gy: An Interplanetary Tale
The Building
The Wild Girls
Paradises Lost
Tom Mouse
The Seasons of the Ansarac
Social Dreaming of the Frin
Sita Dulip's Method
Porridge on Islac
Feeling at Home With the Hennebet
The Ire of the Veksi
Woeful Tales from Mahigul
Great Joy
Wake Island
The Nna Mmoy Language
Confusions of Uñi

Plus Many Poems and Essays...

Notable Quotes:

Spoiler

It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end.

Love does not just sit there, like a stone; it had to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new.

My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world and exiles me from it.

More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin

 

[VF21]

Prophetess left me her picks so here goes.

With the last pick of the 5th round, Prophetess selects:

Shel Silverstein

Sheldon Allan "Shel" Silverstein (September 25, 1930 – May 8/9, 1999), was an American poet, singer-songwriter, musician, composer, cartoonist, screenwriter and author of children's books. He styled himself as Uncle Shelby in his children's books. Translated into more than 30 languages, his books have sold over 20 million copies. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shel_Silverstein

Bibliography

Spoiler

Take Ten (Pacific Stars and Stripes, 1955)
Grab Your Socks! (Ballantine Books, 1956)
Now Here's My Plan (Simon & Schuster, 1960) (First collection of American magazine cartoons)
Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book (Simon & Schuster, 1961) (First book of original material for adults)
Playboy's Teevee Jeebies (Playboy Press, 1963)
Uncle Shelby's Story of Lafcadio: The Lion Who Shot Back (Harper & Row, 1963) (First children's book)
A Giraffe and a Half (HarperCollins, 1964)
The Giving Tree (HarperCollins, 1964)
Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros? (Macmillan, 1964)
Uncle Shelby's Zoo: Don't Bump the Glump! and Other Fantasies (Simon and Schuster, 1964)
More Playboy's Teevee Jeebies (Playboy Press, 1965)
Where the Sidewalk Ends (HarperCollins, 1974) (First collection of poems)
The Missing Piece (HarperCollins, 1976)
Different Dances (HarperCollins, 1979)
A Light in the Attic (HarperCollins, 1981)
The Missing Piece Meets the Big O (HarperCollins, 1981)
Falling Up (HarperCollins, 1996)
Draw a Skinny Elephant (HarperCollins, 1998)
Runny Babbit (HarperCollins, 2005) (Published posthumously)
Don't Bump the Glump! and Other Fantasies (HarperCollins, 2008 reissue)
Every Thing On It (HarperCollins, 2011) (Published posthumously)

Silverstein believed that written works needed to be read on paper—the correct paper for the particular work. He usually would not allow his poems and stories to be published unless he could choose the type, size, shape, color and quality of the paper. Being a book collector, he took seriously the feel of the paper, the look of the book, the fonts and the binding. Most of his books did not have paperback editions because he did not want his work to be diminished in any way.

 

[VF21]

And, to start off the 6th round, Prophetess is adding one of my personal favorites to her island:

Piers Anthony

Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob (born August 6, 1934 in Oxford, England) [1] is an English American writer in the science fiction and fantasy genres, publishing under the name Piers Anthony. He is most famous for his long-running novel series set in the fictional realm of Xanth.

Many of his books have appeared on the New York Times Best Seller list. He has claimed that one of his greatest achievements has been to publish a book for every letter of the alphabet, from Anthonology to Zombie Lover. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piers_Anthony

Bibliography

Spoiler

1 Fiction
1.1 Novels
1.1.1 Aton/Worlds of Chthon series
1.1.2 Battle Circle series
1.1.3 Of Man and Manta series
1.1.4 Jason Striker series
1.1.5 Xanth series
1.1.6 Cluster series
1.1.7 Tarot series
1.1.8 Apprentice Adept series
1.1.9 Incarnations of Immortality series
1.1.10 Bio of a Space Tyrant series
1.1.11 The Adventures of Kelvin of Rud series
1.1.12 Pornucopia series
1.1.13 Mode series
1.1.14 Geodyssey series
1.1.15 ChroMagic series
1.1.16 Other
1.2 Short story collections
1.2.1 Relationships series
2 Nonfiction
3 Related works
4 References

 

[Jespher]

With my 6th choice, I select:

George Carlin
1937-2008

Gotta have more comedy, and who better to take with me than the king of stand up and word play himself. He is most famous for his stand-up comedy, including the 7 words you can't say on television, but is also a renowned author, activist, and social skeptic. Not sure if writing his stand-up counts for the draft, but you can definitely find transcribed forms. That plus the books is good enough for me!

Bibliography:

Spoiler

Discography:
1963: Burns and Carlin at the Playboy Club Tonight
1967: Take-Offs and Put-Ons
1972: FM & AM
1972: Class Clown
1973: Occupation: Foole
1974: Toledo Window Box
1975: An Evening with Wally Londo Featuring Bill Slaszo
1977: On the Road
1981: A Place for My Stuff
1984: Carlin on Campus
1986: Playin' with Your Head
1988: What Am I Doing in New Jersey?
1990: Doin' It Again / Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics
1992: Jammin' in New York
1996: Back in Town
1999: You Are All Diseased
2001: Complaints and Grievances
2006: Life Is Worth Losing
2008: It's Bad for Ya

HBO Specials:
On Location: George Carlin at USC - 1977
George Carlin: Again! - 1978
Carlin at Carnegie - 1982
Carlin on Campus 1984
Playin' with Your Head - 1986
What Am I Doing in New Jersey? -1988
Doin' It Again - 1990
Jammin' in New York - 1992
Back in Town - 1996
George Carlin: 40 Years of Comedy - 1997
You Are All Diseased - 1999
Complaints and Grievances - 2001
Life Is Worth Losing - 2005
All My Stuff - 2007
It's Bad for Ya - 2008

Compilations:
1978: Indecent Exposure: Some of the Best of George Carlin
1984: The George Carlin Collection
1992: Classic Gold
1999: The Little David Years (1971-1977)
2002: George Carlin on Comedy

Books:
Sometimes a Little Brain Damage Can Help (1984)
Brain Droppings (1997)
Napalm and Silly Putty (2001)
When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? (2004)
Three Times Carlin: An Orgy of George (2006)
Watch My Language (2009)
Last Words (2009)

Notable Quotes:

Spoiler

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

If the Cincinnati Reds were really the first major league baseball team, who did they play?

Religion has convinced people that there’s an invisible man…living in the sky, who watches everything you do every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a list of ten specific things he doesn’t want you to do. And if you do any of these things, he will send you to a special place, of burning and fire and smoke and torture and anguish for you to live forever, and suffer and burn and scream until the end of time. But he loves you. He loves you and he needs money.

Weather forecast for tonight: Dark. Continued dark overnight, with widely scattered light by morning.

Ever notice that anyone going slower than you is an idiot, but anyone going faster is a maniac?

Here’s a bumper sticker I’d like to see: “We are the proud parents of a child who’s self-esteem is sufficient that he doesn’t need us promoting his minor scholastic achievements on the back of our car.”

More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Carlin

 

[Warhawk]

Good picks, all.

Next, the author of one of the best books I have ever read.

Orson Scott Card, also writing under several pseudonyms for short stories and articles over the years.

If you haven't read Ender's Game, do so. Now. GREAT book. From wiki:

an American author, critic, public speaker, essayist, columnist, and political activist. He writes in several genres, but is primarily known for his science fiction.

Ender's Game and its sequel Speaker for the Dead were both awarded the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award, making Card the only author (as of 2011) to win both of science fiction's top prizes in consecutive years. Card continued the series with Xenocide, Children of the Mind, Ender's Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets, "First Meetings in the Enderverse", Shadow of the Giant, the 2007 release of A War of Gifts, and the 2008 release of Ender in Exile, a book that takes place after Ender's Game and before Speaker for the Dead.

His works:

Spoiler

The Ender saga

Main article: Ender's Game series
Ender's Game (1985) – Hugo winner, Locus SF Award nominee, 1986; Nebula winner, 1985
Speaker for the Dead (1986) – Hugo, and Locus SF Award winner, Campell nominee, 1987; Nebula Award winner, 1986
Ender's War – Omnibus of Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead
Xenocide (1991) – Hugo and Locus SF Awards nominee, 1992
Children of the Mind (1996)
First Meetings (2002) – short story collection
"Mazer in Prison" (2005) – short story published online
"Pretty Boy" (2006) – short story published online
"Cheater" (2006) – short story published online
"A Young Man with Prospects" (2007) – short story published online
"The Gold Bug" (2007) – short story published online
"Ender's Stocking" (2007) – short story published online
"Ender's Homecoming" (2008) – short story published online
"Ender in Flight" (2008) – short story published online
A War of Gifts: An Ender Story (2007)
Ender in Exile (2008)
Earth Unaware (2012)

[edit] The Shadow saga

Main article: Ender's Game series
Ender's Shadow (1999) – "parallel" novel to Ender's Game – Locus SF Award nominee, 2000
Shadow of the Hegemon (2001) – Locus SF nominee, 2002
Shadow Puppets (2002)
Shadow of the Giant (2005)
Shadows in Flight (January 2012)
Shadows Alive (forthcoming)

[edit] The Tales of Alvin Maker

Main article: The Tales of Alvin Maker
"Prentice Alvin and the No-Good Plow" (1989) – poem
Seventh Son (1987) – Locus Fantasy Winner, Hugo and World Fantasy Awards nominee, 1988
Red Prophet (1988) – Locus Fantasy Award winner, Hugo Award nominee, 1989; Nebula Award nominee, 1988
Prentice Alvin (1989) – Locus Fantasy Award winner, Hugo Award nominee, 1990; Nebula Award nominee, 1989
Alvin Journeyman (1995) – Locus Fantasy Award winner, 1996
Heartfire (1998) – Locus Fantasy Award nominee, 1999
"Grinning Man" (1998) – short story
"The Yazoo Queen" (2003) – short story
The Crystal City (2003)

[edit] The Homecoming Saga

Main article: Homecoming Saga
The Memory of Earth (1992)
The Call of Earth (1992)
The Ships of Earth (1994)
Earthfall (1995)
Earthborn (1995)

[edit] Pastwatch series

Main article: Pastwatch series
Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus (1996)
"Atlantis" (2008), short story found in the collection Keeper of Dreams
Pastwatch: The Flood (proposed)
Pastwatch: The Garden of Eden (proposed)

[edit] Mithermages series
"Sandmagic" (1979) – short story
Stonefather (2008)

1 The Lost Gate (2011)

2 The Gate Thief (forthcoming)

[edit] The Mayflower trilogy

[edit] The Worthing series

Main article: The Worthing series
Capitol (1978)
Hot Sleep (1978)
The Worthing Chronicle (1983)
The Worthing Saga (1990)

[edit] The Empire series

Main article: The Empire duet
Empire (2006)
Shadow Complex (2009) – Video game, bridges the two novels
Hidden Empire (2009)

[edit] Pathfinder series

Main article: The Pathfinder series
Pathfinder (2010)
Ruins (October 2012)

[edit] Laddertop series
Laddertop (2011)

[edit] Miscellaneous novels
A Planet Called Treason (1979)
Songmaster (1979)
Hart's Hope (1983)
Saints (1983) – aka: Woman of Destiny
Wyrms (1987)
Treason (1988) – revised edition of A Planet Called Treason
Lost Boys (1992)
Treasure Box (1996)
Stone Tables (1997)
Homebody (1998)
Enchantment (1999)
Magic Street (2005)
Invasive Procedures (2007) – with Aaron Johnston

[edit] Assorted short story collections
Unaccompanied Sonata and Other Stories (1980)
Cardography (1987)
The Folk of the Fringe (1989)
Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card (1990)
The Changed Man (1992)
Flux (1992)
Monkey Sonatas (1993)
Cruel Miracles (1992)
Waterbaby (2001) Published in Leading Edge
Doorways (2002)
Keeper of Dreams (2008)

[edit] Anthologies edited by Card
Dragons of Light (1980)
Dragons of Darkness (1981)
Future on Fire (1991)
Future on Ice (1998)
Masterpieces (2001)
The Phobos Science Fiction Anthology Volume 1 (2002)
The Phobos Science Fiction Anthology Volume 2 (2003)
Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show (2008)

[edit] Other works
Eye for Eye / Tunesmith (1990) – Tor double novel with Lloyd Biggle, Jr.
Magic Mirror (1999) – children's book
Robota (2003) – illustrated book
An Open Book (2004) – collection of poems
Ultimate Iron Man (2005) – comic book series
Red Prophet: The Tales Of Alvin Maker (2006) – comic book series
Wyrms (2006) – comic book series
The Space Boy (2007) – YA novel
Bully and the Beast (forthcoming) – YA novel
Hamlet's Father (2011) - novella

[edit] Plays
Posing as People (2004) – three one-act plays based on short stories by Card
Clap Hands and Sing – adapted by Scott Brick
Lifeloop – adapted by Aaron Johnston
Sepulchre of Songs – adapted by Emily Janice Card
Taming of the Shrew (2007) - translated and updated from Shakespeare
Merchant of Venice - adapted from Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet - adapted from Shakespeare
A Dixie Christmas Carol (2000) - adapted from the Charles Dickens' classic
Bubble Gum

[edit] Works Based on Other Media
The Abyss (1989) – novelization of the movie with James Cameron
Getting Lost (2006)
Shelter (Based on the I Am Legend movie chronology- 2007?)

[edit] Books on writing
Characters and Viewpoint (1988)
How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy (1990)
Complete Guide to Writing Science Fiction: Volume One First Contact (2007)

[edit] Columns
Civilization Watch (formerly known as War Watch or World Watch) for the Rhinoceros Times (an independent Greensboro, NC newspaper)
Uncle Orson Reviews Everything for the Rhinoceros Times (an independent Greensboro, NC newspaper)

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[Jespher]

Good picks, all.

Next, the author of one of the best books I have ever read.

Orson Scott Card, also writing under several pseudonyms for short stories and articles over the years.

If you haven't read Ender's Game, do so. Now. GREAT book. From wiki:



His works:

Spoiler

The Ender saga

Main article: Ender's Game series
Ender's Game (1985) – Hugo winner, Locus SF Award nominee, 1986; Nebula winner, 1985
Speaker for the Dead (1986) – Hugo, and Locus SF Award winner, Campell nominee, 1987; Nebula Award winner, 1986
Ender's War – Omnibus of Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead
Xenocide (1991) – Hugo and Locus SF Awards nominee, 1992
Children of the Mind (1996)
First Meetings (2002) – short story collection
"Mazer in Prison" (2005) – short story published online
"Pretty Boy" (2006) – short story published online
"Cheater" (2006) – short story published online
"A Young Man with Prospects" (2007) – short story published online
"The Gold Bug" (2007) – short story published online
"Ender's Stocking" (2007) – short story published online
"Ender's Homecoming" (2008) – short story published online
"Ender in Flight" (2008) – short story published online
A War of Gifts: An Ender Story (2007)
Ender in Exile (2008)
Earth Unaware (2012)

[edit] The Shadow saga

Main article: Ender's Game series
Ender's Shadow (1999) – "parallel" novel to Ender's Game – Locus SF Award nominee, 2000
Shadow of the Hegemon (2001) – Locus SF nominee, 2002
Shadow Puppets (2002)
Shadow of the Giant (2005)
Shadows in Flight (January 2012)
Shadows Alive (forthcoming)

[edit] The Tales of Alvin Maker

Main article: The Tales of Alvin Maker
"Prentice Alvin and the No-Good Plow" (1989) – poem
Seventh Son (1987) – Locus Fantasy Winner, Hugo and World Fantasy Awards nominee, 1988
Red Prophet (1988) – Locus Fantasy Award winner, Hugo Award nominee, 1989; Nebula Award nominee, 1988
Prentice Alvin (1989) – Locus Fantasy Award winner, Hugo Award nominee, 1990; Nebula Award nominee, 1989
Alvin Journeyman (1995) – Locus Fantasy Award winner, 1996
Heartfire (1998) – Locus Fantasy Award nominee, 1999
"Grinning Man" (1998) – short story
"The Yazoo Queen" (2003) – short story
The Crystal City (2003)

[edit] The Homecoming Saga

Main article: Homecoming Saga
The Memory of Earth (1992)
The Call of Earth (1992)
The Ships of Earth (1994)
Earthfall (1995)
Earthborn (1995)

[edit] Pastwatch series

Main article: Pastwatch series
Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus (1996)
"Atlantis" (2008), short story found in the collection Keeper of Dreams
Pastwatch: The Flood (proposed)
Pastwatch: The Garden of Eden (proposed)

[edit] Mithermages series
"Sandmagic" (1979) – short story
Stonefather (2008)

1 The Lost Gate (2011)

2 The Gate Thief (forthcoming)

[edit] The Mayflower trilogy

[edit] The Worthing series

Main article: The Worthing series
Capitol (1978)
Hot Sleep (1978)
The Worthing Chronicle (1983)
The Worthing Saga (1990)

[edit] The Empire series

Main article: The Empire duet
Empire (2006)
Shadow Complex (2009) – Video game, bridges the two novels
Hidden Empire (2009)

[edit] Pathfinder series

Main article: The Pathfinder series
Pathfinder (2010)
Ruins (October 2012)

[edit] Laddertop series
Laddertop (2011)

[edit] Miscellaneous novels
A Planet Called Treason (1979)
Songmaster (1979)
Hart's Hope (1983)
Saints (1983) – aka: Woman of Destiny
Wyrms (1987)
Treason (1988) – revised edition of A Planet Called Treason
Lost Boys (1992)
Treasure Box (1996)
Stone Tables (1997)
Homebody (1998)
Enchantment (1999)
Magic Street (2005)
Invasive Procedures (2007) – with Aaron Johnston

[edit] Assorted short story collections
Unaccompanied Sonata and Other Stories (1980)
Cardography (1987)
The Folk of the Fringe (1989)
Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card (1990)
The Changed Man (1992)
Flux (1992)
Monkey Sonatas (1993)
Cruel Miracles (1992)
Waterbaby (2001) Published in Leading Edge
Doorways (2002)
Keeper of Dreams (2008)

[edit] Anthologies edited by Card
Dragons of Light (1980)
Dragons of Darkness (1981)
Future on Fire (1991)
Future on Ice (1998)
Masterpieces (2001)
The Phobos Science Fiction Anthology Volume 1 (2002)
The Phobos Science Fiction Anthology Volume 2 (2003)
Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show (2008)

[edit] Other works
Eye for Eye / Tunesmith (1990) – Tor double novel with Lloyd Biggle, Jr.
Magic Mirror (1999) – children's book
Robota (2003) – illustrated book
An Open Book (2004) – collection of poems
Ultimate Iron Man (2005) – comic book series
Red Prophet: The Tales Of Alvin Maker (2006) – comic book series
Wyrms (2006) – comic book series
The Space Boy (2007) – YA novel
Bully and the Beast (forthcoming) – YA novel
Hamlet's Father (2011) - novella

[edit] Plays
Posing as People (2004) – three one-act plays based on short stories by Card
Clap Hands and Sing – adapted by Scott Brick
Lifeloop – adapted by Aaron Johnston
Sepulchre of Songs – adapted by Emily Janice Card
Taming of the Shrew (2007) - translated and updated from Shakespeare
Merchant of Venice - adapted from Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet - adapted from Shakespeare
A Dixie Christmas Carol (2000) - adapted from the Charles Dickens' classic
Bubble Gum

[edit] Works Based on Other Media
The Abyss (1989) – novelization of the movie with James Cameron
Getting Lost (2006)
Shelter (Based on the I Am Legend movie chronology- 2007?)

[edit] Books on writing
Characters and Viewpoint (1988)
How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy (1990)
Complete Guide to Writing Science Fiction: Volume One First Contact (2007)

[edit] Columns
Civilization Watch (formerly known as War Watch or World Watch) for the Rhinoceros Times (an independent Greensboro, NC newspaper)
Uncle Orson Reviews Everything for the Rhinoceros Times (an independent Greensboro, NC newspaper)

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Can't say I argue with you selecting my Avatar, but I do wish he would have fallen to me later on. Him and Crichton were both direct hits to my list in the upcoming rounds, well played!

 

[Warhawk]

Can't say I argue with you selecting my Avatar, but I do wish he would have fallen to me later on. Him and Crichton were both direct hits to my list in the upcoming rounds, well played!

Thanks! But that makes me worry that some of the others I put off to get them might not be there later......

 

[Capt. Factorial]

With my 6th choice, I select:

George Carlin

Not sure if writing his stand-up counts for the draft, but you can definitely find transcribed forms. That plus the books is good enough for me!

I think we're definitely going to have to go with just the published books here. It's an authors draft, not a stand-up comics draft.

 

[kennadog]

What an interesting group of readers here. The writer I am going to choose here is a writer of non-fiction. My brother never reads fiction and never has, as far as I know. I almost never read non-fiction. I noticed him on more than one occasion reading this author and decided to pick up a book by him, to see what he was all about. I've only read one book by him, but I certainly intend to read more. Not only is he an amazing writer/journalist, the breadth of his interests is amazing. I read his The Control of Nature (absolutely engrossing) and have his Annals of the Former World in the stack of books to read near my bed.

The sheer diversity of his topics is amazing to me.

From wikipedia:

John Angus McPhee (born March 8, 1931) is an American writer, widely considered one of the pioneers of creative nonfiction. He is a four-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in the category General Nonfiction and he won that award on the fourth occasion in 1999 for Annals of the Former World (a collection of five books including two of his previous Pulitzer finalists).

Unlike Tom Wolfe and Hunter Thompson, who helped kick-start the "new journalism" in the 1960s, McPhee produced a gentler, literary style of journalism by incorporating techniques from fiction. McPhee avoided the streams of consciousness of Wolfe and Thompson, but detailed description of characters and appetite for details make his writing lively and personal, even when it focuses on obscure or difficult topics. He is highly regarded by fellow writers for the quality, quantity and diversity of his literary output.

Since 1974, McPhee has been the Ferris Professor of Journalism at Princeton University.

McPhee has profiled a number of famous people, including conservationist David Brower and the young Bill Bradley, whom McPhee followed closely during Bradley's four-year basketball career at Princeton University. The resulting book, A Sense of Where You Are, is a classic of non-fiction writing – a literary craftsman's admiring profile of a basketball craftsman. But some of McPhee's most memorable work describes people who work out of the limelight: a builder of birch bark canoes (Henri Vaillancourt), a bush pilot, and a French-speaking wine maker in the Swiss army.

Awards/Honors

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• Pulitzer Prize (1999) for Annals of the Former World[1]
• Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1977)
• finalist, National Book Award ([[science) for The Curve of Binding Energy[11]
• nominated, National Book Award (science) for Encounters with the Archdruid
• Wallace Stegner Award (2011) for "sustained contribution to the cultural identity of the
  West through literature, art, history, lore, or an understanding of the West."

Works

Spoiler

• A Sense of Where You Are (1965)
• The Headmaster (1966)
• Oranges (1967)
• The Pine Barrens
• A Roomful of Hovings and Other Profiles (collection, 1969)
• Levels of the Game (1969) Explores the relationship between two champion tennis
  players.
• The Crofter and the Laird (1969)
• Encounters with the Archdruid (1971)
• The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed (1973) Story of the Aereon, a combination
  aerodyne/aerostat, a.k.a. hybrid airship.
• The Curve of Binding Energy (1974) finalist for the National Book Award
• Pieces of the Frame (collection, 1975)
• The Survival of the Bark Canoe (1975)
• The John McPhee Reader (collection, 1977)
• Coming into the Country (1977)
• Giving Good Weight (collection, 1979)
• Basin and Range (1981) ISBN 0-374-10914-1. Republished in Annals of the Former
  World. —finalist for the Pulitzer Prize
• In Suspect Terrain (1983) Republished in Annals of the Former World.
• La Place de la Concorde Suisse (1984)
• Table of Contents (collection, 1985)
• Rising from the Plains (1986) Republished in Annals of the Former World. —finalist for
  the Pulitzer Prize
• Heirs of General Practice (1986)
• The Control of Nature (1989)
• Looking for a Ship (1990) —finalist for the Pulitzer Prize
• Assembling California (1993) Republished in Annals of the Former World.
• The Ransom of Russian Art (1994)
• The Second John McPhee Reader (1996)
• Irons in the Fire (1997)
• Annals of the Former World (1998) Compilation of five stories on geology. Winner of
  the Pulitzer Prize in 1999.
• The Founding Fish (2002)
• The American Shad: Selections from the Founding Fish (2004) (limited edition)
• Uncommon Carriers (2006)
• Silk Parachute (2010)

 

[Prophetess]

Prophetess left me her picks so here goes.

With the last pick of the 5th round, Prophetess selects:

Shel Silverstein

Sheldon Allan "Shel" Silverstein (September 25, 1930 – May 8/9, 1999), was an American poet, singer-songwriter, musician, composer, cartoonist, screenwriter and author of children's books. He styled himself as Uncle Shelby in his children's books. Translated into more than 30 languages, his books have sold over 20 million copies. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shel_Silverstein

Bibliography

Spoiler

Take Ten (Pacific Stars and Stripes, 1955)
Grab Your Socks! (Ballantine Books, 1956)
Now Here's My Plan (Simon & Schuster, 1960) (First collection of American magazine cartoons)
Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book (Simon & Schuster, 1961) (First book of original material for adults)
Playboy's Teevee Jeebies (Playboy Press, 1963)
Uncle Shelby's Story of Lafcadio: The Lion Who Shot Back (Harper & Row, 1963) (First children's book)
A Giraffe and a Half (HarperCollins, 1964)
The Giving Tree (HarperCollins, 1964)
Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros? (Macmillan, 1964)
Uncle Shelby's Zoo: Don't Bump the Glump! and Other Fantasies (Simon and Schuster, 1964)
More Playboy's Teevee Jeebies (Playboy Press, 1965)
Where the Sidewalk Ends (HarperCollins, 1974) (First collection of poems)
The Missing Piece (HarperCollins, 1976)
Different Dances (HarperCollins, 1979)
A Light in the Attic (HarperCollins, 1981)
The Missing Piece Meets the Big O (HarperCollins, 1981)
Falling Up (HarperCollins, 1996)
Draw a Skinny Elephant (HarperCollins, 1998)
Runny Babbit (HarperCollins, 2005) (Published posthumously)
Don't Bump the Glump! and Other Fantasies (HarperCollins, 2008 reissue)
Every Thing On It (HarperCollins, 2011) (Published posthumously)

Silverstein believed that written works needed to be read on paper—the correct paper for the particular work. He usually would not allow his poems and stories to be published unless he could choose the type, size, shape, color and quality of the paper. Being a book collector, he took seriously the feel of the paper, the look of the book, the fonts and the binding. Most of his books did not have paperback editions because he did not want his work to be diminished in any way.

Thanks VF! I've given up on hw for tonight, so here's my two cents: I had a sixth grade teacher who loved to read from the Light in the Attic or Where the Sidewalk Ends. He used to take us on field trips to the park that was directly linked to the school and we'd get to sit outside on the grass under the trees and listen to the poetry. THAT to me was just perfection. Having him on my island will give me a chance to read any I missed. Plus, I feel pretty much the same way Shel does about written needing to be read on paper. I can read ebooks but it just doesn't impact me the same way. When all else fails, laying down and reading a good book can redeem my day. I'll be that holdout that still owns tons of hardbacks and paperbacks even if I have them all electronically.

 

[Prophetess]

And, to start off the 6th round, Prophetess is adding one of my personal favorites to her island:

Piers Anthony

Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob (born August 6, 1934 in Oxford, England) [1] is an English American writer in the science fiction and fantasy genres, publishing under the name Piers Anthony. He is most famous for his long-running novel series set in the fictional realm of Xanth.

Many of his books have appeared on the New York Times Best Seller list. He has claimed that one of his greatest achievements has been to publish a book for every letter of the alphabet, from Anthonology to Zombie Lover. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piers_Anthony

Bibliography

Spoiler

1 Fiction
1.1 Novels
1.1.1 Aton/Worlds of Chthon series
1.1.2 Battle Circle series
1.1.3 Of Man and Manta series
1.1.4 Jason Striker series
1.1.5 Xanth series
1.1.6 Cluster series
1.1.7 Tarot series
1.1.8 Apprentice Adept series
1.1.9 Incarnations of Immortality series
1.1.10 Bio of a Space Tyrant series
1.1.11 The Adventures of Kelvin of Rud series
1.1.12 Pornucopia series
1.1.13 Mode series
1.1.14 Geodyssey series
1.1.15 ChroMagic series
1.1.16 Other
1.2 Short story collections
1.2.1 Relationships series
2 Nonfiction
3 Related works
4 References

Piers is on a purely I need to have volumes of stuff to read and it better be stuff I enjoy. I have read these entire series:Of Man and Manta (3),Mode(4), Apprentice Adept(7), Incarnations(8). I was well on my way to the entire Xanth (I got up to #22 out of 35)when I ran out of the ability to keep up. There is also one of his collaborations that I particulary enjoy and want to get to read again: Pretender. I can easily read his work over and over.