I need to amend that. I just remembered the thread title, and I understand that Gracious Host ain't dead yet.
Dead writers you would like to meet.
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I need to amend that. I just remembered the thread title, and I understand that Gracious Host ain't dead yet.
I'd want to talk to everyone's person above and I'd throw in Ray Bradbury.
I thought about that myself.
Shirley Jackson, Mark Twain and John Steinbeck.
It would go something like this: "so, how much of this stuff did you adlib on?"
Hart Crane
Anne Sexton
Kafka
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Faulkner (to name a few)
Anne Sexton
Kafka
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Faulkner (to name a few)
I would like to meet his son, Dicky Jr.
E.B. White to thank him for Charlotte's Web.
Fred Gipson to thank him for Old Yeller.
Carolyn Keene (all of them) to say thank you for Nancy Drew.
Charlotte Bronte to thank her for Jane Eyre.
Jane Austen to say thank you for Pride and Prejudice.
L. Frank Baum to thank him for The Wizard of Oz.
Margaret Mitchell to thank her for Gone With the Wind.
Fred Gipson to thank him for Old Yeller.
Carolyn Keene (all of them) to say thank you for Nancy Drew.
Charlotte Bronte to thank her for Jane Eyre.
Jane Austen to say thank you for Pride and Prejudice.
L. Frank Baum to thank him for The Wizard of Oz.
Margaret Mitchell to thank her for Gone With the Wind.
Oscar Wilde (before he grow bitter because of his jailtime in Reading Gaol)
Shirley Jackson (with stories like hers she must be interesting)
Agatha Christie (i just must know if that disappearance was real or fake and the story behind it)
Emily Bronte (thank you for your novel and your wonderful poems)
Mark Twain (it is always good with a journalist on the list)
Shirley Jackson (with stories like hers she must be interesting)
Agatha Christie (i just must know if that disappearance was real or fake and the story behind it)
Emily Bronte (thank you for your novel and your wonderful poems)
Mark Twain (it is always good with a journalist on the list)
And, "So, what did you happen to be drinking/smoking when this all happened?"It would go something like this: "so, how much of this stuff did you adlib on?"
Speaking of Pride and Prejudice, Did anyone see that movie trailer about Pride, Prejudice and Zombies or did I dream that? I don't think so though..
I really miss Sidney Sheldon. I cut my reading teeth on his excellent plot-driven novels. No, he wasn't James Joyce or Proust but he was a storytelling force. From what I can gather through his admirers, like King, he was a loveable fellow and giving of his time and wealth.
I was out shopping at thrift stores today (I call it Goodwilling!) and found two of his novels in hardback- one was Rage Of Angels and I can't remember the other one. Don't see too many of his books in hardback out there....
No, that's true. Especially the earlier ones. I loved Master of the Game, The Stars Shine Down, The Sands of Time, If Tomorrow Never Comes, and Morning, Noon and Night. So many others but these are favorites. Do you like him? To me, he's just fun. I never expect the twists and he's adept at fastening a taught thriller...but in a different way than say Ira Levin (who was a master).