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uriel1972

(4,261 posts)
34. err doing the math...
Thu Oct 31, 2019, 02:04 AM
Oct 2019

Splinter would have come out in Australia when I was about 9.. 1981 I think aaaaaaaaargh so long ago.

Genre titles. LaurenOlimina Oct 2019 #1
Welcme to DU! red dog 1 Oct 2019 #2
I LOVE Replay. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2019 #23
Welcome to DU! Niagara Nov 2019 #65
Richard Bach proud patriot Oct 2019 #3
Richard Bach had a near-death experience red dog 1 Oct 2019 #7
I just love his books proud patriot Oct 2019 #19
I need to re-read JLS again..I love that little book. red dog 1 Oct 2019 #43
I should too proud patriot Oct 2019 #44
John Barth (n/t) OilemFirchen Oct 2019 #4
John Barth Midnight Writer Oct 2019 #29
Walker Percy MaryMagdaline Oct 2019 #5
... OilemFirchen Oct 2019 #9
Oh yes! Love Among the Ruins! catrose Oct 2019 #26
I loved all of his books! MaryMagdaline Oct 2019 #37
Love Walker Percy! good call. GumboYaYa Nov 2019 #63
Thanks - Are you from New Orleans? MaryMagdaline Nov 2019 #72
I grew up on a cotton farm in Tensas Parish GumboYaYa Nov 2019 #81
Grew up mostly in Maryland and Georgia - bit in California MaryMagdaline Nov 2019 #82
LOL, guilty as charged GumboYaYa Nov 2019 #85
My parents went to a Jesuit college MaryMagdaline Nov 2019 #86
Jack Vance... CJ Cherryh and a whole bunch of Sci-Fi authors uriel1972 Oct 2019 #6
Which Sci-Fi authors? red dog 1 Oct 2019 #8
Oh my I've forgotten most of them... uriel1972 Oct 2019 #32
err doing the math... uriel1972 Oct 2019 #34
A good friend of mine, who was a professional writer, knew Michael Shea very well red dog 1 Oct 2019 #42
Your cookies may have been the inspiration... uriel1972 Nov 2019 #46
This is true! red dog 1 Nov 2019 #47
Stanislaw Lem... uriel1972 Oct 2019 #33
William Gibson, Harry Harrison, Terry Pratchett... and so on :) uriel1972 Oct 2019 #36
William Least Heat Moon ... GeorgeGist Oct 2019 #10
Blue Highways is a classic Bradshaw3 Oct 2019 #27
Ross Thomas aka Oliver Bleek. Writer of mystery/political thrillers/spy novels/conmen TeamPooka Oct 2019 #11
Was it you and I communicating about "The Fools in Town are on Our Side" JDC Oct 2019 #13
yup. one of his best TeamPooka Oct 2019 #14
i liked it. i also had not read The Eighth Dwarf previously JDC Oct 2019 #15
that's my fave too TeamPooka Oct 2019 #17
I forgot to say thank you for the rec back then. JDC Oct 2019 #16
George McDonald Fraser - The Flashman Series JDC Oct 2019 #12
I don't think of Geordie as "obscure..." malthaussen Oct 2019 #38
Wolfgang Borchert LiberalLoner Oct 2019 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Oct 2019 #20
Cordwainer Smith. Any of his science fiction novels or short stories. Glorfindel Oct 2019 #21
This, times a thousand! First Speaker Oct 2019 #24
Carson McCULLERS: Reflections in a Golden Eye; Heart/Lonely Hunter; Member/Wedding UTUSN Oct 2019 #22
Heart is in my top 10 favs. Kurt V. Nov 2019 #52
Stewart O'Nan. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2019 #25
This message was self-deleted by its author Bradshaw3 Oct 2019 #30
John Kennedy Toole stevil Oct 2019 #28
Richard Powers Bradshaw3 Oct 2019 #31
I was gonna post him! consider_this Nov 2019 #58
I loved your last sentence Bradshaw3 Nov 2019 #61
WOW! I am jealous! consider_this Nov 2019 #66
His ability to turn a long phrase or sentence is really amazing Bradshaw3 Nov 2019 #78
Google knows! consider_this Nov 2019 #77
I'm a staunch reader of children's, autobiographies and horror novels Niagara Oct 2019 #35
Childrens' Literature TuxedoKat Nov 2019 #60
Thank you, TuxedoKat Niagara Nov 2019 #67
Re: Shirley Jackson have you read her funny stuff? yellowdogintexas Nov 2019 #87
So, if Farina is your boy... malthaussen Oct 2019 #39
Have not read it, but I'll see if I can order it from the library...It sounds great! red dog 1 Oct 2019 #40
"Farewell Horizontal" by K.W. Jeter red dog 1 Oct 2019 #41
George R. Stewart - Earth Abides Brother Buzz Oct 2019 #45
+++ Love that book. Binkie The Clown Nov 2019 #53
I love that book--read it within 24 hours. Couldn't put it down. Nt raccoon Nov 2019 #74
"The Falling Woman" by Pat Murphy red dog 1 Nov 2019 #48
K.W. Jeter red dog 1 Nov 2019 #49
Not really "obscure" but "Confederate General from Big Sur" by Richard Brautigan MatthewHatesTrump2 Nov 2019 #50
D.H.Lawrence..... ProudMNDemocrat Nov 2019 #51
City of Night by John Rechy emmaverybo Nov 2019 #54
not really obscure but he's Portuguese so maybe unkown to some Kurt V. Nov 2019 #55
Betty Smith smirkymonkey Nov 2019 #56
William Kotzwinkle... Harker Nov 2019 #57
"Cradle" by Alan Brennrrt red dog 1 Nov 2019 #59
Not sure if it qualifies as "obscure" if he won the Nobel Prize for Literature GumboYaYa Nov 2019 #62
Kildare Dobbs MatthewHatesTrump2 Nov 2019 #64
One of my favorite short story writers is Ursula K. LeGuin MatthewHatesTrump2 Nov 2019 #68
Novel: Earth Abides, by George Stewart lastlib Nov 2019 #69
Three No longer available Novels Wolf Frankula Nov 2019 #70
"The Charwoman's Daughter" by James Stephens red dog 1 Nov 2019 #71
I don't know if he counts as "obscure" DFW Nov 2019 #73
Langston Hughes red dog 1 Nov 2019 #75
Anthony Burgess: Earthly Powers malchickiwick Nov 2019 #76
Would Carson McCullers be considered "obscure"? MatthewHatesTrump2 Nov 2019 #79
Jim Harrison MatthewHatesTrump2 Nov 2019 #80
Neither is all that obscure discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2019 #83
"Disturbing the Peace" by Richard Yates is a good read. MatthewHatesTrump2 Nov 2019 #84
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