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C cybertiki Member Fort Lauderdale, FL Joined: Jun 28, 2003 Posts: 234	C cybertiki Posted posted on Thu, Dec 23, 2004 6:28 AM George Alec Effinger "When Gravity Fails"; about the tenth time I'm reading it. Great book. James Branch Cabell. I'm slowly working my way through the History of Manuel. I have all of the books in one or another version. He's a fascinating and extremely underrated American author. I actually cancelled my subscription to Library of America after having an argument with members of the editorial board when they rejected his works as worthy of consideration for the collection. Other "serious" authors I enjoy are Douglas Adams, Paul Bowles, V.S. Naipaul, Tama Janowitz, and Thomas Pynchon. I also have a lifelong fascinationwith the American Pulp Fiction era, and enjoy reading old Weird Tales, Doc Savage, The Shadow, etc. Most of those are formula fiction, but some of it is well written; notable among the authors of the era are H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, Lester Dent, and Robert Bloch. Cheers!

George Alec Effinger "When Gravity Fails"; about the tenth time I'm reading it. Great book.

James Branch Cabell. I'm slowly working my way through the History of Manuel. I have all of the books in one or another version. He's a fascinating and extremely underrated American author. I actually cancelled my subscription to Library of America after having an argument with members of the editorial board when they rejected his works as worthy of consideration for the collection.

Other "serious" authors I enjoy are Douglas Adams, Paul Bowles, V.S. Naipaul, Tama Janowitz, and Thomas Pynchon.

I also have a lifelong fascinationwith the American Pulp Fiction era, and enjoy reading old Weird Tales, Doc Savage, The Shadow, etc. Most of those are formula fiction, but some of it is well written; notable among the authors of the era are H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, Lester Dent, and Robert Bloch.

Cheers!

Post #132458 by cybertiki on Thu, Dec 23, 2004 6:28 AM