A = p.createElement(s); , I share your admiration of Maya Angelou, Ray Bradbury, E.L. Doctorow, Umberto Eco, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Harper Lee. I hope that they can move these investigations along, because this drip-drip of information is unsettling to say the least, especially with the ramifications that may ensue, not to mention what North Korea or China may be emboldened to do! Kerouac died in 1969 at the age of 47 from alcoholism his liver was pickled by the time he moved back in with his mother. "//securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/tag/js/gpt.js"; Fathers and sons, I guess. How much a smile can mean to someone who sends and receives. As I recall, Fanny broke the fourth wall and addressed the audience directly which, in a sense, is what all first person narrators do. 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This list was created and voted on by Goodreads members. July 20, 1999 Feb. 19, 2020. Gary Coleman died on May 28, 2010. For instance, I liked The Deerslayer a lot more. Rock music developed from the rock and roll music that emerged during the 1950s, and includes a diverse range of . My apologies to her and you for my ISP (Incessant Sending Problems). How anyone could use the words of a British gentlewoman living in a society that was around 100 years before women had the right to even vote and were treated as chattel, is beyond the pale. Thanks, jhNY! Alain-Fournier Died aged 27 Alain-Fournier is the pseudonym of Henri-Alban Fournier, a French writer whose only completed novel, Le Grand Meaulnes (1913; The Wanderer, or The Lost Domain), is a modern classic. I interviewed Breslin and Royko on the phone both not very friendly (maybe they were just busy). Somewhere in the past five years, I did read The Martian Chronicles again and was amazed how well it held up, even knowing that there are no Martians. When I was a kid in the 1970s, I avoided book reviews so I could formulate my own opinions about that which I was about to read. Sorry, Kat Lib, that youre still having some posting problems. Ironic for a (partly) sci-fi writer who set some of his work on other planets. Two of my favorite authors were mentioned by you. The accomplished English mystery writer (full name Phyllis Dorothy James) made her most famous character (Adam Dalgliesh) a detective and a poet. Lena Horne died on May 9, 2010. The box for submitting comments is below already-posted comments, but your new comment will appear at the top of the comments area unless youre replying to someone. "I didn't. if (window.ue && window.ue.tag) { window.ue.tag('list:show:signed_out', ue.main_scope);window.ue.tag('list:show:signed_out:mobileWeb', ue.main_scope); } We lost lost many literary greats last year, including a Nobel Prize in Literature winner. For some reason I am reminded of the old Fugs line: It crawled into my hand. Sounds like you were very impressed with I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. I was, too though it has been many years since I read it. The stop-in-your-tracks voice of Brooklyn drill and a new and commanding hip-hop star. It would have been interesting if One Hundred Years of Solitude were condensed maybe 100 pages shorter. Betty Ballantine - American publisher who popularised the paperback. The Russia/Trump connection seems so obvious. One thing that made my stressful move interesting back in 2014 was coming across all kinds of old letters as I packed. And thanks for all that info on P.D. He was most known for his often-hilarious fantasy novels in the 41-book Discworld series, and also known for usually not splitting his novels into chapters. Among them (in alphabetical order): Maya Angelou, Ray Bradbury, E.L. Doctorow, Umberto Eco, Harper Lee, Billie Letts, P.D. She was definitely an influence, and as she was so fond of one of my other favorite humans, Bill Moyers, she is all the more a cherished American writer. And the author never learned to drive! (Im thinking the problem is not connected to your avatar.) Thanks for the comment, applemcg! var gads = document.createElement("script"); 5. Who are some famous people that have died in the past 10 years? googletag.pubads().setTargeting("surface", "mw"); Elyse Weinberg. var source = getCookieWithoutJQuery("source"); My email has been a bit erratic lately (sometimes not reaching the intended recipient ). At the time of his death, he had $91 in his bank account . Some politicians are ruined by one revelation of corruption. Richard Matheson (1926-2013), I Am Legend. James, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Terry Pratchett. He explained that real life doesnt happen in regular chapters. var cookiePair = cookie.split('='); url = "https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/mobile/phone_images-9e9093f0cfddba8c2b1e815375d976a3.css"; url = "https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/mobile/phone_hd_images-2b89833762f600506d44865a33582d11.css"; Give him 1000 dollars in cash, provide a back-up band, and get a show. Chuck Berrys Johnny B. Goode. But Fanny Price, as you know, was rather boring albeit admirable. (CBS Local)-- In 2013, author James McBride won the National Book Award for his fiction novel "The Good Lord Bird."Seven years later, the book has been transformed into a mini -series on . g = p.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; function getCookieWithoutJQuery(name) { The legendary Jimmy Breslin is certainly a VERY recent addition. And, as you alluded to, Marquez was a leftist but his fiction was not overtly preachy. One knew where his sympathies lie, but he took a very literary approach. 2. Like you, Im also curious to hear what Kat Lib says about this. Its comforting to know that Jane Austen did the same (without the TV of course)! That was Death Comes to Pemberley, a sequel of sorts to Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice. Ha I like both your longer and shorter posts, and have never had a hand in making a comment disappear. I suppose this is why I usually keep them in different compartments. I havent read the novel, but the film version starring Clive Owen as the washed up, cynical journalist who gets sucked into the drama and becomes the pregnant womans protector/guide was one of the most intense, powerful films of the past 10 years. Also, he could be witheringly funny, and often was. Harper Lee (1926-2016) obviously authored the iconic To Kill a Mockingbird, which also became an iconic movie starring Gregory Peck (second time that actor was mentioned in this post ). I realize it would be time-consuming, but if you want to try reconstructing your comment, that would be great. Im also a huge fan of Anne of Green Gables and various other L.M. One Hundred Years of Solitude IS a challenging read. My problems usually occurred with longer posts (are you trying to tell me something, Dave ? Another great author is P.D. Children's book author Beverly Cleary died on Thursday in Carmel, California, at 104 years old, her publishing company, HarperCollins Publishers, announced on Friday. If that doesnt work eventually, will send my message postal mail. "In The Weight of Water there's a line," she said in an interview last year with WBUR radio, according to . Wells The Island of Doctor Moreau, Arthur Conan Doyles The Hound of the Baskervilles, Nat Hentoffs Blues for Charlie Darwin and Andrew Bergmans The Freshman. (As former San Francisco Chronicle[r] Phil Bronstein could attest, Sharon Stone and Komodo dragons are in a class by themselves in this category! My opinions on some issues have possibly softened a bit, broadened, much like my body has. Among them (in alphabetical order): Maya Angelou, Ray Bradbury, E.L. Doctorow, Umberto Eco, Harper Lee, Billie Letts, P.D. Many of his well-known works such as The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger, and The Sum of All Fears were adapted into major Hollywood films. Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1927-2014) was of course best known for his epic masterpiece One Hundred Years of Solitude, which took eighteen months to write Im pretty sure it took me at least that long to read it! (NB: US copyright uses a different system for works published before 1978). If Trump had nothing to hide, he wouldnt be trying to impede the investigation and he would release his tax returns. Hopefully a temporary situation. LOL your Dorothy Hamill quip! While I seem to be on a roll here with making comments, I also wanted to say that I enjoyed Eberts take on A Room of Ones Own, which reminded me of a riff I did not all that long ago here with my junior high school attempt at a Haiku.