Re: [WW] RE: Pyramid subscription was Re: Rudolf Hess (was Re: [WW]Magic in theTrenches)

["Steven D. Nelson" <sdnelson@advancenet.net>]

On Wed, 13 Jun 2001, nvdoyle wrote:

> 'I dunno, Sarge. I consider myself, well-read, college boy and all,
> ninety-day wonder, but I've not heard of a one of those...oh, well,
> Battalion's on the blower, we'd better get back to dealing with whatever the
> hell it was those Krauts hit us with last night..."
> 
> > Crichton? King? Clancy? Updike? Vonnegut?

Michael Crichton: Jurassic Park, Congo, Andromeda Strain, Eaters of the
Dead, Sphere

Stephen King: The Stand, Carrie, Cujo, It, The Tommyknockers, The
Gunslinger/Dark Tower Series, Eyes of the Dragon, The Shining, Pet
Semetary, Misery, Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, etc...

Tom Clancy: Red Storm Rising, Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, Clear
and Present Danger

John Updike: Rabbit, Run series

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.: Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse-Five, Mother Night,
Breakfast of Champions, Galapagos, God Bless You Mr. Rosewater, etc...

They are all contemporary authors and not classical literature which you
may be more familiar with.  They will probably be among the best
remembered authors of the 20th century in the future of literature.  Some
other names I'd throw out: Tom Robbins, John Kennedy O'Toole, Richard
Brautigan, and Orson Scott Card, along with the greats Ray Bradbury and
Isaac Asimov.

No one on any of Oprah's booklists will be remembered beyond the decade.
Thus is my prediction.

One thing I haven't read much of, and I don't know if there is much of, is
literature about WWII.  Does anyone know of any they could recommend?  I'd
be up for having some to read!

Thanks!

Steve Nelson