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On his bookshelves were some of the latest American novels, including Bellow's Seize The Day, but he hadn't read them ( they were sent by American publishers ) and wasn't especially interested in what the American writers were up to.
Among the musicals, Camelot came from T. H. White's The Once And Future King, and novels were the sources of the less than momentous Tenderloin and Do Re Mi.
Such mannerisms would be less worthy of remark, were it not that in Great Expectations, as in no other of Dickens' novels, hands serve as a leitmotif of plot and theme -- a kind of unifying symbol or natural metaphor for the book's complex of human interrelationships and the values and attitudes that motivate them.
Staggeringly condensed versions of famous novels and famous plays were presented.
In the 1950s, many of them were retrospectively patched together into novels, or " fixups " as he called them, a term which entered the vocabulary of science fiction criticism.
Between 1950 and 1960, van Vogt produced collections, notable fixups such as: The Mixed Men ( 1952 ) and The War Against the Rull ( 1959 ), and the two " Clane " novels, Empire of the Atom ( 1957 ) and The Wizard of Linn ( 1962 ), which were inspired ( like Asimov's Foundation series ) by the fall of the Roman Empire, specifically Claudius.
His later novels included fixups such as The Beast ( aka Moonbeast ) ( 1963 ), Rogue Ship ( 1965 ), Quest for the Future ( 1970 ) and Supermind ( 1977 ); expanded short stories ( The Darkness on Diamondia ( 1972 ), Future Glitter ( aka Tyranopolis ) ( 1973 ); original novels such as Children of Tomorrow ( 1970 ), The Battle of Forever ( 1971 ) and The Anarchistic Colossus ( 1977 ); plus sequels to his classic works, many of which were promised, but only one of which appeared, Null-A Three ( 1984 ; originally published in French ).
Unlike earlier adaptations that were set during the time in which the novels were written, however, these TV movies were set in the contemporary era.
The term " fictional autobiography " has been coined to define novels about a fictional character written as though the character were writing their own biography, of which Daniel Defoe's Moll Flanders, is an early example.
The novels were written in the late 19th century, in collaboration with Colette ’ s first husband, Henry Gauthier-Villars, better known by his nom-de-plume Willy, who was also a writer.
Resultantly, the Claudine novels, were originally attributed under Willy ’ s name only, before later being published under both names.
Although only two copies of the collection of poetry were sold, the sisters continued writing for publication and began their first novels, continuing to use their noms de plume when sending manuscripts to potential publishers.
The novels Dune Messiah and Children of Dune were adapted into a well-received television miniseries entitled Frank Herbert's Children of Dune by the Sci-Fi Channel in 2003.
For nine years after his father died, he worked the night shift wrapping bread at a Los Angeles bakery, attended USC, reviewed some movies, and wrote 88 short stories and six novels that were rejected for publication.
" Other notable writers who have explored regional and ethnic communities in their detective novels are Harry Kemelman, whose Rabbi Small series were set the Conservative Jewish community of Massachusetts ; Walter Mosley, whose Easy Rawlins books are set in the African American community of 1950s Los Angeles ; and Sara Paretsky, whose V. I. Warshawski books have explored the various subcultures of Chicago.
Bellamy's early novels, including Six to One ( 1877 ), Dr. Heidenhoff's Process ( 1880 ), and Miss Ludington's Sister ( 1884 ) were unremarkable works, making use of standard psychological plots.
During that time several novels and short-story anthologies set in the Earthdawn universe were also released.
Most epistolary novels present the documents without questions about how they were gathered.
Several of Bulwer-Lytton's novels were made into operas, one of which, Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen ( 1842 ) by Richard Wagner, eventually became more famous than the novel.
The majority of films produced in the Federal Republic in the 1960s were genre works: westerns, especially the series of movies adapted from Karl May's popular genre novels which starred Pierre Brice as the Apache Winnetou and Lex Barker as his white blood brother Old Shatterhand ; thrillers and crime films, notably a series of Edgar Wallace movies in which Klaus Kinski, Heinz Drache, Wolfgang Völz, and Joachim Fuchsberger were among the regular players ; and softcore sex films, both the relatively serious Aufklärungsfilme ( sex education films ) of Oswalt Kolle and such exploitation films as Schulmädchen-Report ( Schoolgirl Report ) ( 1970 ) and its successors.

novels and recognized
In the late 19th century, Bram Stoker released one of the most widely recognized and successful novels in the epistolary form to date, Dracula.
Most of the novels from this period are recognized by critics as forming an offshoot from the Future History series, and referred to by the term World as Myth.
In modern-day Poland, their presence is also widely known, due in part to their noticeable role in the historical novels of Henryk Sienkiewicz, which are universally recognized in Poland.
* Borislav Pekic's novels are recognized as unusually deeply researched historical novels, taking place in Medieval and Early Modern Europe as well as several during WWII, most notably in his acclaimed, How to Quiet a Vampire.
* Billy C. Clark, nationally recognized author of numerous novels including Goodbye Kate, which had its rights sold to The Walt Disney Company
Many of Rosemary Sutcliff's novels are recognized as being directly influenced by Frazer, depicting individuals accepting the burden of leadership and the ultimate responsibility of personal sacrifice, including Sword at Sunset, The Mark of the Horse Lord, and Sun Horse, Moon Horse.
It is also recognized as one of the " definitive war-influenced gay novels ", being one of the few books of its period dealing directly with male homosexuality.
* Don Winslow ( born 1953 ), American author most recognized for his crime and mystery novels
He is recognized as one of the leaders of the Southern Renaissance for his novels Birthright, The Forge, The Store and the Unfinished Cathedral.
Cunhal was also a fiction writer, with several novels under the pseudonym Manuel Tiago, which he recognized as his own only in 1995.
Sometimes grouped with Hardy's lesser novels, Under the Greenwood Tree is also occasionally recognized by critics as an important precursor to his major works.
Vynnychenko is recognized in Ukrainian literature as a leading modernist writer in prerevolutionary Ukraine, who wrote short stories, novels, and plays, but in Soviet Ukraine his works were proscribed, like that of many other Ukrainian writers, from the 1930s until the mid-1980s.
While few people read the Doctor Fu Manchu novels of Sax Rohmer at the beginning of the 21st century, his character has become iconic and is easily recognized in many of the traits of the Mandarin ; while the Professor may be recognized as Professor Moriarty, the Original Napoleon of Crime ; and Spectrobert is clearly based on the sadistic, exhibitionist French arch-villain and master of disguise Fantomas.
She is also recognized as one of the founders of the urban fantasy genre, having published and promoted the first novels of Charles de Lint, Emma Bull, and other pioneers of the form.
However, his power is recognized as stronger in the novels of The Conclave of Shadows.
Founder of Viz Media, Seiji Horibuchi, speculates that the U. S. market for light novels will experience a similar increase in popularity as it has in the Japanese subculture once it becomes recognized by the consumer audience.
It was introduced in 1960 and recognized six categories: poetry, novels, short stories, essays, juvenile literature and translation.

novels and best
Easily the best known of these three novels is The Space Merchants, a good example of a science-fiction dystopia which extrapolates much more than the impact of science on human life, though its most important warning is in this area, namely as to the use to which discoveries in the behavioral sciences may be put.
The details of the setting of `` Neutral Tones '' are not, strictly speaking, metaphorical, but they combine to create a mood which is appropriate both to a dismal winter day and to the end of love, and in this way love and weather, the emotions and the elements, symbolize each other in a way that is common to many of Hardy's best poems ( `` Weathers '', `` The Darkling Thrush '', and `` During Wind and Rain '', for example ) and to some moving passages in the novels as well ( Far From The Madding Crowd is full of scenes constructed in this way ).
In 1998, the Modern Library ranked A Clockwork Orange 65th on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.
The 1942 novel Five Little Pigs ( aka Murder in Retrospect ), in which Poirot investigates a murder committed sixteen years before by analysing various accounts of the tragedy, is a Rashomon-like performance that critic and mystery novelist Robert Barnard called the best of the Christie novels.
T. S. Eliot called Collins's novel The Moonstone ( 1868 ) " the first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels ... in a genre invented by Collins and not by Poe ", and Dorothy L. Sayers called it " probably the very finest detective story ever written ".
TIME magazine critics, Lev Grossman and Richard Lacayo, included the novel on their list of the 100 best English-Language novels from 1923 to the present ( 2005 ).
In 2010, Heart of Darkness was classified by the Modern Library website editors as one of the " 100 best novels " and part of the Western canon.
He is best known for his novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy ; but he also published many sermons, wrote memoirs, and was involved in local politics.
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, the bestselling novel that fueled abolitionist work, was the best known of the anti-slavery novels that portrayed such escapes across the Ohio.
Leonard considers Jackie Brown the best of the twenty-six different screen adaptations of his novels and short stories.
He says he deliberately released the Bachman novels with as little marketing presence as possible and did his best to " load the dice against " Bachman.
Robert Jordan was the pen name of James Oliver Rigney, Jr. ( October 17, 1948 – September 16, 2007 ) He used this pseudonym for fantasy novels, including the bestselling The Wheel of Time series for which he was best known.
Joshi cites two early non-supernatural novels — Rage ( 1977 ) and The Running Man ( 1982 )— as King's best, suggesting both are riveting and well-constructed suspense thrillers, with believable characters.
It was in his family estate Yasnaya Polyana near Tula that he created two novels, War and Peace and Anna Karenina, that are widely acclaimed as among the best novels ever written.
He is best known today for the two Topper novels, comic fantasy fiction involving sex, much drinking and supernatural transformations.
In 2005 the novel was chosen by TIME magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005.
Perhaps the most famous and best loved pieces of modern Uyghur literature are Abdurehim Otkur's Iz, Oyghanghan Zimin, Zordun Sabir's Anayurt and Ziya Samedi's ( former minister of culture in Sinkiang Government in 50's ) novels Mayimkhan and Mystery of the years.
Metin Kaçan ( b. 1961, Kayseri, Turkey ) is a Turkish author who is best known for his novels Ağır Roman ( Cholera Street ), and Fındık Sekiz.
George Shipway ( 1908 – 1982 ) was a British author best known for his historical novels, but he also tried his hand at political satire in his book The Chilian Club.
As a science fiction author, Benford is perhaps best known for the Galactic Center Saga novels, beginning with In the Ocean of Night ( 1977 ).
The Sidewise Awards for Alternate History were established in 1995 to recognize the best alternate history stories and novels of the year.
The following are her best known novels: Gabriele ( 1819 ), Die Tante ( 1823 ) and Sidonia ( 1827 ).
Of his novels and biographies, he is best known for his historical novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ ( 1880 ), a bestselling book since its publication, and called " the most influential Christian book of the nineteenth century.

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