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Tell me some of the authors who's complete works you've read (or nearly read).
Mine include:
J.D. Salinger Douglas Adams C.S. Forester (almost) Robert Pirsig (only 2 books, but still) J.K. Rowling Kahlil Gibran (almost) Ray Bradbury Arthur C. Clarke (almost) O. Scott Card (working on it!)
Edit: Edgar Allen Poe Mark Twain (more or less) Shel Silverstein Dr. Seuss J.R.R. Tolkein
And an honrable mention to Louis L'Amour. I haven't read anywhere close to ALL of them - but there's so dang many! Even though I've read dozens of them... ;-) First author I really loved.
Douglas Adams Robertson Davies Jack Chalker Mike Resnick (almost) Tim Powers Jonathan Kellerman Isaac Asimov (fiction, only, even the "Lucky Starr" series)
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I've read all of Philip K. Dick's short fiction (six or seven large volumes worth), but haven't finished all of his novels yet.
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I have professors who used to hang out with Pirsig. I've also met Gennie DeWeiss - the lady he goes and visits in the house in the canyon in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. This makes me incredibly cool by association.
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Sndrake, you like Simak? I didn't know anyone here other than myself and celia (and Lead, of course) was familiar with him.
Let's see...authors who I've read completely...
Octavia Butler Maureen McHugh George Orwell Mark Twain Euripides Aeschylus Sophoclese James Tiptree Jr. Cordwainer Smith Douglas Adams J. K. Rowling George R. R. Martin (almost) Frank Herbert
At one time, OSC, but I haven't kept up with his newer stuff so much.
Also at one time Larry Niven, but again, haven't followed him for years.
Roger Zelazny may be on this list, but it was years ago, and I'm only about 95% sure that I've read all of his stuff.
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These are the authors of whom I’ve read everything I can get my hands on. Some of them have some out of print stuff that I haven’t read.
Madeleine L’Engle Gail Godwin Stephen Brust Lois McMaster Bujold Dorothy Sayers Barbara Brown Taylor Ed Stivender Donald Douglas Douglas Adams <--- Scifi Author Doug Adams <---- Religious Author Issac Asimov Kathleen Norris -- all her prose works, haven’t read all her poetry Laura Ingalls Wilder Emma Bull Tamara Pierce Dr. Suess Sandy Eisenberg Sasso JK Rowling
There are probably more, but these are the ones that spring to mind.
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It never occured to me to do this. Thinking about it, I've only read all of J.K.Rowling.
I may have read all of Roald Dahl's children's work, but not very many of his adult (earlier) books/stories.
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Kafka F. Scott Fitzgerald Edgar Allen Poe Gerard Manley Hopkins
I've also read quite a bit of the fiction of Stendhal, Thomas Hardy and Henry James, but they also wrote essays and other stuff that I've ready very little of.
[Then there's a whole host of Mormon writers, but that's not really fair because many of them have only published a novel or two and/or a few short stories and essays].
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Hey Noemon, you're the only one I know who's read the book by Frank Herbert about the plague that kills all the males (or the females, can't remember which). Is it any good? I've picked it up several times but always ended up getting something else.
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I can't answer this. Not because I don't have a list, but because it would mean going up and down my shelves writing down names.
I have the expensive habit of finding authors I like and then hunting down everything they ever wrote. No matter how obscure. Almost killed me when I got hooked on Harlan Ellison in junior high, when his books were out of print and a bitch to track down. Just as I got almost all of them, he started getting reissued...
You might as well ask me my favorite authors, it'll be the same list. If I like them, I'll find anything that has their name on it.
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I think I've read some of Simak's short fiction, but the thing I remember most is a 1978 novel called The Fellowship of the Talisman. I think it was the first book I ever read that gave me a glimpse at how bad fantasy could be. It was horrible.
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So, how many books has Simak actually written. I've read like a dozen, but that was actually only 4 different books.
City Way Station the one where a small group of people come together (including a woman and a robot) to journey for something but find something else the one where aliens invade, pretending to be friendly, but aren't and that's where the book ends.
There's also "Goblin Reservation," which is set in kind an alternate universe. The main character teleports back to earth after discovering that his friends have all just finished burying him. His friends, as I recall, include a neanderthal(?) scooped out of time and who is now a habitual student at the university, and a ghost who doesn't remember who he's the ghost of. It was fun.
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::couldn't have been more pleased when celia compared his writing style to Simak's, a year or so ago::
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Ooops. Porter, you caught me. I have read all of Asimov's fiction and some, but not all (or even most), of his non-fiction.
You'd think the fact that I've read some of the non-fiction would stick it in my head that there's more, but aparently it doesn't.
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I'm not sure there are any authors out there whose complete works I've read...
I've read all five of the Harry Potter novels, but Rowling has collaborated on some supplemental books like this.
I've read both of Steve Martin's novels, but none of his plays (although I've seen one) or collections.
I was supposed to have read both of Homer's epics, but I wasn't really paying attention when I did. And, I suppose, there's always the possibility that he wrote others that we don't know about.
I can't think of any others for whom I've even read all of one category (novels, non-fiction, etc.), let alone their complete works.
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heh, i actually have goblin reservation but haven't read it yet.
saxy, i didn't know you were a steve martin fan. i could have brought "kindly lent their owner: the private collection of steve martin" up to chicago.
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quote:Hey Noemon, you're the only one I know who's read the book by Frank Herbert about the plague that kills all the males (or the females, can't remember which). Is it any good? I've picked it up several times but always ended up getting something else.
It's called White Plague ,...
And no, he isn't the only one you know who has read it......
quote:saxy, i didn't know you were a steve martin fan. i could have brought "kindly lent their owner: the private collection of steve martin" up to chicago.
So you're saying you don't read my reviews?
But no worries, I prefer to avoid borrowing books when I can because I tend to keep them for a long time. Especially when the loaning party is two time zones away.
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Sean Russell JRR Tolkien Robert Jordan Steven Brust Tom Deitz OSC JK Rowling Terry Goodkind Jennifer Roberson Guy Gavriel Kay Glen Cook Shakespear Edagar Allen Poe Joel Rosenburg
Just off the top of my head....maybe more later...I'm not sure.
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Yes, very good. All the women died because a molecular biologist 's family was murdered by an IRA bomb in Ireland while they were on vacation.
He goes off the deep end, and....
Well, I would read it again. It poses some really good questions, both about terroism and about moral concequences to actions.
Also, the world we know dies, and what replaces it is weird, but thought provoking. It is similar to what we currently know, but different enough that is mad me think.
It isn't the smoothest narritive flow, but it is pretty damn good.
The biological issues raised are very accurate, sometimes so much so that it is scary....I worked at a place that had BioContainment Suites, so I should know.
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Me either...I said JRR Tolkien, not Chris Tolkien.
I read some of it, but as far as I am concerned most of Christopher's work is on stuff that JRR would never have released, and aren't really novels...more like reference works on the same topics.
Read all of: Laura Ingalls Wilder (yeah, dkw! ) JK Rowling Isaac Asimov (fiction only) Noel Stratfield Barbara Kingsolver Isobelle Carmody Emily Rodda Sean Williams and... Anthony Eaton
Read most of, but know I'm missing a few, mostly due to $$ restraints and the lack of a decent library: OSC Terry Pratchett Madeline L'Engle Ursula Le Guin Salman Rushdie (Haven't read The Moor's Last Sigh, mostly because I've heard so many bad reviews about it. Guess I should try for myself) Ian McEwan Iain Banks/Iain M Banks (same author: standard fiction/sci fi) Patrick Gale Louisa May Alcott Clive Cussler - strictly brain candy, I swear!
What an eclectic mix.
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Asimov's fiction (look suspiciously at anyone who claims to have read all of Asimov's fiction, but I have. Including his Lucky Starr books. And his mysteries. And his joke books.)
Heinlein (ditto)
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Charles Sheffield
Nancy Kress, his wife
Douglas Adams
Clive Cussler
Terry Stinking Goodkind, unless, like Robert Jordan, he is really just a pen name for an author published elsewhere
There are also several authors whose collected works I own but have not yet finished working my way through. These include McCaffrey, LeGuin, Rowling, Feist, and Pratchet.
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Louis L'Amour (well over a hundred) OSC, with the exception of the OOP Worthing stuff Frederik Pohl Gary Paulsen
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is it true? Am I going to be the first person to list this* author???
Stephen King* - well, okay, I haven't read some of his earlier shorts that appeared in the men's mags and are not yet republished in collections elsewhere..... Anne McCaffrey (at least I think so) Dean Koontz Jean Auel Anne Rice (again, I think so)
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I don't think there's anyone I've been able to totally read, but...
I've read the entire Left Behind series. I've read all the Harry Potters. I'm currently reading the latest Lemony Snicket (and chomping at the bit for the upcoming movie). I read all the Madeleine L'Engle fiction I could get my hands on. I'm in the process of reading all the Sandra Brown I can get my hands on. I'd like to get through all of Stephen King's stuff. I've read/own most of OSC's novels. I have read all the Douglas Adams that I'm aware of.
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dkw, you mean Tamora Pierce? I think I've read all of her books, maybe not the newest ones because I like to read her series all at once..
I feel like I haven't lived long enough to have read anyone's complete works. Of course, I'm working on OSC. a bit nervous about Lost Boys though. I've heard it's really scary; I just need to psych myself up for it.
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Neil Gaiman Neal Stephenson Dave Barry Chuck Palahniuk L.E. Modesitt Micheal Crichton Stephen R. Donaldson (New Thomas Covenant is coming soon!)
That's it, there are some others where I have read most of their work, but these are the only ones I have read all of.
Oh man the list would totally explode if we were to list series we'd completed (at least of published to date)
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louis l'mour (my grandfather collected all of them before i had half the collection even started) Ben Bova (to current date) Nathaniel Hawthorne Clive Cussler Greg Bear Longfellow Robert Jordan (to current date) OSC (to current date, and by availabilty. Amazon does not sell all) Beverly Clearly (I can't remember how it's spelled. It has been so long) Terry Goodkind Dean Koontz (most)
These are all I can remember w/o having my book list on me. I have a list w/ every book I own on it. I have a small....ok medium sized book collection.
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Hmm, the only author that I think I've read every book by is Frank Herbert (and yes, the White Plague is a very good book, though not one of Herbert's best).
I've come pretty close with Heinlein (at least his novels). I think there are one or two of his dirty old man stage books that I skipped and there might be one or two of his older ones that I missed (considering how many he has written).
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I read every single Sherlock Holmes story and novel, but I never read anything else by Sir A. C. Doyle. I read everything by Oscar Wilde, except his numerous plays (and yes, I am aware that that is a huge chunk of his output). I read about two thirds of Poe's short stories, and then got bored.
Neil Gaiman J. K. Rowling Tony Hillerman Dorothy Sayers (fiction)
In general, I can't read too many books by the same author in too short a space of time, otherwise I stop appreciating the author as much as I should. ("Oh, this plot/character/theme is too much like the one she wrote 10 years ago.")
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