Well, so far I haven’t read any of the books mentioned. . .
My own entries, and honestly, I’m hoping that I’m proved wrong – I hope somebody has read these as I think both authors should be wider read and known than they are:
Divine Right’s Trip by Gurney Norman
Kinfolks: The Wilgus Stories also by Norman
And a short story collection by a friend of mine: The Resurrection Man’s Legacy by Dale Bailey.
Sir Rhosis
ETA: You won’t walk into a typical bookstore and find any of these, but I’m sure they’re fairly available through Amazon and those type places.
Thunder on the Mountain by David Poyer Trying Hard to Hear You by Sandra Scoppettone Coming Soon!! and Letters by John Barth A Thousand Pieces of Gold by Adeline Yin Mah Barnaby #1-5 by Crockett Johnson
**Sorry Chief . . . ** and Captain Nice by William Johnstone The List of Seven and The Six Messiahs by Mark Frost The Other Side of the Clock edited by Philip Van Doren Stern Frank Merriwell’s School Days by Burt L. Standish
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I’d never heard of this, and it sounds marvelous! I ordered a used copy on Amazon ($11.98, including shipping), and I await it with Buntered breath!
And I just checked; the second edition is now sold out. The Dorothy L Sayers Society website says that the Third Edition will be published online and, if there is sufficient demand, on CD-ROM, possibly sometime in 2009. I guess I’ll have to check the local library and see if I can get a copy on loan.
I read it back in High School. The copy was an old paperback tie-in to the release of the movie of the same name, starring Richard Widmark. Wortn seeing, if only for Vikings in the Mediterranean and some surreal scenes. The book has an entry in Wikipedia. Reality Chuck – I read those William Johnstone books, and several other of his Get Smart books besides
Get Smart!
Get Smart, Once Again
Missed it by THAT Much!
Sorry About That, Chief
Max Smart and the Perilous Pellets
The second of those was the first “adult” book I ever finished in one sitting.
I just realized that my post was referring to a different book than the one that was in the BrotherCadfael post I quoted. The book that is currently out of print is The Lord Peter Wimsey Companion, compiled & edited by Stephan P Clarke.
Which also explains why I was so confused by pinkfreud’s post, as used copies of the Companion are selling for over $500. :eek:
And now, off in search of the correct book, and then to bed, as I’m obviously short of sleep.
Unfortunately, The Companion is too expensive for my blood, but I did just order this one. Thanks for reminding me! I’m working my way through the Wimsey books for the first time now (3 1/2 more to go) and I know I’m going to be jonesing when I’m done. This will have arrived just in time.
My entries to the OP’s request are An Owl On Every Post (a memoir) and Whose Names Are Unknown (a novel inspired by the previous memoir), both by the amazing Sanora Babb. Oh OH how I wish I’d read these when I was an adolescent, they would have been my favorite books, especially Owl. I guess, better a few decades late than never.
Tik-Tok—By John Sladek
Kinda like Gulliver’s Travels, only with more robots, and less respect for human life.
Back to the Moon—By Homer H. Hickam
Nice techno-thriller adventure, if occasionally a bit over the top and occasionally amateurish. Though I’d swear I caught a few little bits that the author must have put in to lure an editor into cutting* that slipped through.
The Marching Morons—Cyril Kornbluth
Actually, quite a few of his short stories. “The Slave” and “The Adventurer” really stand out in my mind. ::Whimsical shrug::
*Is there a universal term for these? You know, adding scenes or expenses that you don’t really want anyway, but that you know a higher-up will veto, drawing attention away from the stuff you don’t want cut? I’ve heard about half a dozen different terms from as many seperate sources for what you call the practice. I think “add a helicopter [shot]” was even used by a Doper, specifically, years back.
Replay by Ken Grimwood. I love this book, and re-read it once a year or so. It makes my ponder my own existence and where my life is going and how I want to get the most out of things, and that it’s never too late to make changes in your life.
