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12. Oliver Closeoff

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Thu Jul 11, 2013, 09:38 PM

Jul 2013

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Author of The Adventures of Harry Paratestes.

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Name a forgotten writer you think should be revived [View all] First Speaker Jul 2013 OP

on a tangent... cyberswede Jul 2013 #1

Ernest Thompson Seton kurtzapril4 Jul 2013 #2

Lovecraft AmyStrange Jul 2013 #3

Along a similar theme Byronic Jul 2013 #53

Thank you Byronic AmyStrange Jul 2013 #56

Lovecraft is forgotten? cemaphonic Jul 2013 #57

Definitely better known now... AmyStrange Jul 2013 #58

Well, a lot of English teachers and other students of "Real Literature" are often dismissive... cemaphonic Jul 2013 #59

Some of the best fiction was written by writers writing out of their own genre... AmyStrange Jul 2013 #60

'Different Seasons' is quite good. One of his best for sure. nomorenomore08 Jul 2013 #61

and Erle Stanley Gardner... AmyStrange Jul 2013 #4

Richard Farina, may he RIP HarveyDarkey Jul 2013 #5

I also liked his music. SwissTony Jul 2013 #16

I was into his music before I read the book HarveyDarkey Jul 2013 #17

So was I. I lived in Adelaide (South Australia) and used to frequent an Adelaide record store SwissTony Jul 2013 #18

Stephen King isn't forgotten Nevernose Jul 2013 #6

Stephen King will never be forgotten by me. n/t RebelOne Jul 2013 #9

Kids these days don't read the same stuff I did Nevernose Jul 2013 #7

Barbara Pym. Deserves much more attention than she's had. Flaxbee Jul 2013 #8

P.G. Wodehouse Ron Obvious Jul 2013 #10

Okay, gimme a title to start with. nt Demo_Chris Jul 2013 #14

Try *The Code of the Woosters*... First Speaker Jul 2013 #15

I'd start with the older short story collections Ron Obvious Jul 2013 #20

Cool! nt Demo_Chris Jul 2013 #29

The Master! Byronic Jul 2013 #54

What ho! Ron Obvious Jul 2013 #55

Jack London ConcernedCanuk Jul 2013 #11

Oliver Closeoff Callmecrazy Jul 2013 #12

I. P. Daily KamaAina Jul 2013 #21

Puddles on the Moon... Callmecrazy Jul 2013 #22

Art Majors mysuzuki2 Jul 2013 #23

LOL! Callmecrazy Jul 2013 #24

Claude Balls Ron Obvious Jul 2013 #26

Lloyd Alexander (Prydain Chronicles), Fredrick Pohl (Gateway, etc), Susan Cooper (Dark is Rising) Demo_Chris Jul 2013 #13

John D. MacDonald Brother Buzz Jul 2013 #19

Bill Boyd owned the franchise pscot Jul 2013 #28

True, but the original Hopalong Cassidy was hard-drinking, rough-living badass that righted wrongs Brother Buzz Jul 2013 #31

Watch it! pscot Jul 2013 #32

I wouldn't call MacDonald forgotten. malthaussen Jul 2013 #36

I read the entire Travis McGee series decades ago. I want, I need a new title Brother Buzz Jul 2013 #39

At least he got to wrap it up before he died. malthaussen Jul 2013 #40

Kinda sorta, but there was still enough meat on the bone for one last meal Brother Buzz Jul 2013 #42

Excellent choice...Fraser, that is... First Speaker Jul 2013 #43

I got to exchange a couple of letters with GMF in the 90's. malthaussen Jul 2013 #47

Ross MacDonald (which was a pseudonym). Writer of noir crime fiction, rather good. Seemingly ignored nomorenomore08 Jul 2013 #63

I've read Ross MacDonald and it never quite clicked Brother Buzz Jul 2013 #67

Ruth Moore. A good Maine writer. If you don't read anything else of hers, you raccoon Jul 2013 #25

L. Frank Baum, MiddleFingerMomMom grew up on the Oz books in the 1920's... as did I in the 60's. MiddleFingerMom Jul 2013 #27

Studs Turkel GentryDixon Jul 2013 #30

I haven't heard james michener's name mentioned in a long time. n/t A Simple Game Jul 2013 #33

Ross Thomas aka Oliver Bleek TeamPooka Jul 2013 #34

George Alec Effinger baldguy Jul 2013 #35

Some great choices... First Speaker Jul 2013 #45

This!- "What Entopy Means To Me", the Budayeen cycle... friendly_iconoclast Jul 2013 #51

Arthur Uphill Lydia Leftcoast Jul 2013 #37

Bukowski KG Jul 2013 #38

How is he "forgotten"? I see/hear him mentioned all the time. nomorenomore08 Jul 2013 #64

Franklin W.Dixon... WCGreen Jul 2013 #41

The politically incorrect originals, I trust... First Speaker Jul 2013 #44

I fell in love with reading when I stumbled onto the series WCGreen Jul 2013 #48

Ring Lardner mulsh Jul 2013 #46

Lucretius nt rrneck Jul 2013 #49

Rex Stout AsahinaKimi Jul 2013 #50

Definitely a good choice! boilerbabe Jul 2013 #52

Joseph Conrad pscot Jul 2013 #62

Anna Kavan. She had fleeting success right after her death (late 60's) but not much else. nomorenomore08 Jul 2013 #65

Harold Robbins jmowreader Jul 2013 #66

Robertson Davies annabanana Jul 2013 #68