Marijane Meaker, aka Vin Packer, M.E. Kerr, Ann Aldrich, Mary James...89.
Harlan Ellison, 82
John Barth, 86
Today's birthdays: May Swenson, Fred Chappell, Meg Wolitzer, Ian Fleming, Walker Percy.
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| 2007 |
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| first edition, Fawcett Gold Medal |
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| current edition, Stark House/BC |
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| first novel, 1952 |
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| and the back cover... |
Harlan Ellison, 82
John Barth, 86
Today's birthdays: May Swenson, Fred Chappell, Meg Wolitzer, Ian Fleming, Walker Percy.
Todd, I can't possibly be looking at all these covers soon after a buffet dinner, so to speak. I know I have read something by John Barth, probably in my late teens or early twenties when I was a member of the American Library at USIS. Saul Bellow and Gore Vidal were the other authors I discovered around the same time. Of course, I have no recollection and never read any of their books again. My loss.
ReplyDeleteWell, Prashant, the work awaits you, when you're ready to find it again.
ReplyDeleteHaving been a Lambert, Hendricks & Ross music fans for years, along with my share of having read the works of Harlan Ellison, Vin Packer, and John Barth, among many others, I invite others to read and savor future classics in these and other fields.
ReplyDeleteAgreed! Hence, a Whole Lot of this blog.
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