Who are your favorite writers of fiction?

[Marilyn. 340]

you guys are all too smart for me

[Peikko 1,575]

A Prayer for OWEN MEANEY!

Thanks, I was trying to think of that guys name, I read a bunch of those books about 6 years ago.

[Peikko 1,575]

Of the top 100 books on that list, I have read 40 of the first 50 but only 16 of the second 50. Not sure what's up with that

[peejay 327]

Elmore Leonard is pretty cool. I like his older stuff better than the new. Some of his material has been made into movies throughout the years.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Does anyone like Jack London?

[Peikko 1,575]

Yes.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

The Sea Wolf was good. I liked that.

[jundp 191]

Richard Matheson is another fave of mine. I am Legend is probably one of my favorite novels. I also like a lot of his short stories (interesting story behind the writing of "Duel" - it was based on an incident when he was run off the road, and he and his wife basically drove out through Ventura Country so he could make a note of all the things along the route as part of his prep work).

#6 I LOVE Matheson. Have you read What Dreams May Come?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Richard Matheson is another fave of mine. I am Legend is probably one of my favorite novels. I also like a lot of his short stories (interesting story behind the writing of "Duel" - it was based on an incident when he was run off the road, and he and his wife basically drove out through Ventura Country so he could make a note of all the things along the route as part of his prep work).

#6 I LOVE Matheson. Have you read What Dreams May Come?

No - I've only read two of his novels and some short stories. I have "Hell House" kicking around somewhere - but it doesn't sound like an A-lister.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Philip Roth

His short story, The Conversion of the Jews - I have this fantasy of making that into a film.

[Minya's wife 25]

Then, I read all of Iris Murdoch

Perfume was a fabulous book. Did he ever write anything else?

From Wiki:

Patrick Süskind (born March 26, 1949) is a German writer and screenwriter.

He was born in Ambach am Starnberger See, near Munich in Germany. His father was Wilhelm Emanuel Süskind. He studied Medieval and Modern History at the University of Munich and in Aix-en-Provence from 1968-1974. In the 1980s he worked as a screenwriter, for "Kir Royal" and "Monaco Franze" among others. His best known work is the internationally acclaimed bestseller Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (1985). He is also the author of a play, The Double Bass (1980), a novella, The Pigeon (1988), The Story of Mr. Sommer (1991), Three Stories and a Reflection (1996), and a collection of essays, On Love and Death (2006). For a number of seasons, The Double Bass was a leading piece on German stages.

Süskind lives in Munich, and rarely grants interviews.

Selected works

• The Story of Mr Sommer
• The Pigeon
• Double Bass (play)
• Three Stories and a Reflection
• On Love and Death (essays)

A movie based on Perfume was released in 2006.

-P

Then, I read all of Iris Murdoch

Perfume was a fabulous book. Did he ever write anything else?

Is that the book that the recent movie was based on? About the autistic serial killer obsessed with scents?

Yes. I haven't seen the movie, but the book is excellent....the type you stay up reading, late into the night. At least I did.

-P

Edited July 23, 2008 by Minya's wife

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

Philip Roth

His short story, The Conversion of the Jews - I have this fantasy of making that into a film.

Steve - do you like Pynchon?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Yes. I haven't seen the movie, but the book is excellent....the type you stay up reading, late into the night. At least I did.

-P

The movie is really good - but it wasn't well marketed in the US because of the main character's aberrant behaviour. I might actually buy it on DVD - though you need a strong stomach to get through the first 30 minutes.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Donald James --- just remembered this dude.

[SteveLaura 0]

Philip Roth

His short story, The Conversion of the Jews - I have this fantasy of making that into a film.

Steve - do you like Pynchon?

Me Steve or Jabberwocky Steve? Either way, I've only read 'Vineland'. Liked it, as I recall.