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The Top 100 Novels: stats and trivia
Faulkner is the king of the list. Does that really surprise you? Before I put up the full Top 100 list (and do the post for #1), I am tossing up this bit of various trivia and statistics about the...
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The Top 100 Novels: The Complete List
The Top 100 Novels. Here it is. My Top 100 Novels – the complete list. The intro was here. The second 100 can be found here. Various statistics and trivia about the list can be found here. Here is...
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Top 100 Novels #1: The Sound and the Fury
The Vintage Corrected Text mass market copy of The Sound and the Fury I bought for AP English in 1991. I haven’t parted with it since. The Sound and the Fury Rank: #1 Author: William Faulkner (1897...
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For Love of Books: William Faulkner
The cream of the crop of my collection, as it sits on a shelf in the dining room. “”When Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection for...
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Carmine Infantino (1925-2013)
Everybody’s favorite librarian superhero gets her debut – drawn by Infantino. Yesterday, I rushed to put up a short piece on the death of Roger Ebert before I left work (I was in such a hurry that I...
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Best Adapted Screenplay and the Nighthawk Awards (a new series)
So, having completed the Year in Film and The History of the Academy Awards: Best Picture series, this is what is coming up now. I will be doing two different things. Like with those two series, both...
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Great Read: The Golem and the Jinni
The wonderful debut novel out now. The Golem and the Jinni Author: Helene Wecker Published: 23 Apr 2013 Publisher: Harper Pages: 496 First Line: ”The Golem’s life began in the hold of a...
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Best Adapted Screenplay: 1928-29
One of the brilliant scenes in Murnau’s Nosferatu that’s not in the original source. My Top 5: Nosferatu L’Argent The Wind The Docks of New York Street Angel Note: There is only a top 5 for this year....
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Great Read: The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian
The first volume in Del Rey’s awesome Fully Illustrated Library of Robert E. Howard. The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian Author: Robert E. Howard Published: 2003 Contents Originally Published: mostly...
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Best Adapted Screenplay: 1929-30
“So long as I don’t know his name perhaps I may still forget him, time will obliterate it, this picture.” All Quiet on the Western Front, p 224 My Top 5: All Quiet on the Western Front Lucky Star Anna...
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Great Read: The Hitchhiker’s Trilogy
The Increasingly Inaccurately Named Hitchhiker’s Trilogy: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Life, the Universe and Everything So Long, and Thanks for All...
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Best Adapted Screenplay: 1931-32
Not your average brother-sister love scene – and one that isn’t in the novel at all. My Top 9: Scarface Frankenstein Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Five Star Final Grand Hotel The Old Dark House A Bill of...
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Great Read: The Cuckoo’s Calling
The Cuckoo’s Calling Double kudos to Jo. Author: J.K. Rowling (writing as Robert Galbraith) Published: 2013 Publisher: Mulholland Books (U.S.) / Sphere (U.K.) Pages: 453 First Line: ”The buzz...
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Best Adapted Screenplay: 1932-33
“I steal!”: A gripping finale as he fades into the darkness. My Top 10: I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang The Invisible Man Design for Living Dinner at Eight Little Women Lady for a Day Marius Island...
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Great Read: The Wind in the Willows
The best children’s book ever? Yeah, I’ll go with that. The Wind in the Willows Author: Kenneth Grahame Published: 1908 Publisher: Methuen & Co. Pages: 302 First Line: “The Mole had been...
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Great Read: Sherlock Holmes (the novels and stories)
The Bantam two volume Complete Sherlock Holmes. The Complete Sherlock Holmes, consisting of: A Study in Scarlet (1887, 104 p) The Sign of the Four (1890, 102 p) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes...
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Great Read: La Bête humaine
The Penguin Classics edition of the novel that first got me to read it. La Bête humaine Author: Émile Zola Published: 1890 Publisher: Charpentier Pages: 366 First Line: “Roubaud came into the room...
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Great Read: The Great Train Robbery
Sociology, history and a thrilling real crime all wrapped together with pure Crichton entertainment. The Great Train Robbery Author: Michael Crichton (1942 – 2008) Published: 1975 Publisher: Knopf...
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Great Read: Scoop
The Little, Brown edition that matches my other Waugh, but is not the edition I have (see below). Scoop: A Novel About Journalists Author: Evelyn Waugh (1903 – 1966) Published: 1938 Publisher:...
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Best Adapted Screenplay: 1940
“Joad got out and stood beside the cab window. The vertical exhaust pipe puttered up its barely visible blue smoke. Joad leaned toward the driver. ‘Homicide,’ he said quickly.” My Top 10: The Grapes of...
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