Crime and punishment - could classic novels help offenders? Nov 11, 2009
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and the modern adventure novel Touching the Void by Joe Simpson all resonated with offenders in different ways. One of her former students, Andy French, who spent several years in prison for drug offences, is now studying for a teaching degree. (BBC News -- UK)
"A Christmas Carol" tops North America box office Nov 9, 2009
This animation is Disney's third adaptation from English writer Charles Dickens' timeless classic that was published in 1843. It tells an old miser, Ebenezer Scrooge, who, with the help of three ghosts, realizes the sharp of his own personality before kindness goes into his otherwise cold heart. (Xinhuanet, China)
Carrey's 'Christmas Carol' Wraps up $31M Weekend Nov 9, 2009
The Disney animated version of the Charles Dickens classic features Carrey as Ebenezer Scrooge and as all three Christmas ghosts that show Scrooge the error of his miserly ways. Special: Get Sarah Palins New Book Incredible FREE Offer. (Newsmax)
"The September Issue" Nov 8, 2009
"Crude" sometimes seems like improbable fiction, a story co-authored by Charles Dickens and Che Guevara in which a former oilfield worker named Pablo Fajardo, who still lives in the two-room house where he grew up, is now the plaintiffs' lead attorney, threatening to bring the world's fifth-largest corporation to its knees. One of the story's many oddities is that Chevron was never involved in Ecuadoran oil exploration, or in the alleged systematic and deliberate discharge of oil sludge and... (Salon)
What's old is new Nov 8, 2009
The poster gives pause: It says "Disney's A Christmas Carol," four words instead of the usual three, a bossy corporate possessive staking claim to Charles Dickens' story and his turf. Yet this Disney Dickens is altogether different - and altogether surprising. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Grisham's short stories long on characters Nov 8, 2009
As a kid, I recall reading short stories by Mark Twain and Charles Dickens and even as a young student, the great authors - Faulkner and Eudora Welty and Flannery O'Connor. Hemingway. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Review: 'Christmas Carol' Lively Update Nov 7, 2009
Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" has had so many incarnations in film and television that in order for anything to be fresh about it, there would have to be a newfangled way of viewing it to create any excitement around it. So, leave it to Disney and filmmaker Robert Zemeckis to take the Dickens classic and turn it upside down (at times, literally). (KFOXTV.com, TX)
Robert Zemeckis' 'Christmas Carol': Bah humbug. Too many special effects Nov 7, 2009
We won't linger on the story, since you've no doubt caught one of the countless adaptations since the Charles Dickens piece was first published in 1843. We meet the grizzled grinch as a bitter old man hovering over the open coffin of his newly dead partner, Jacob Marley. (FOX59, IN)
* FILM REVIEW: Scrooge goes 3D Nov 6, 2009
Starring in this latest adaptation of Charles Dickens frequently filmed 1843 novella is Jim Carrey, who joins a distinguished roster of movie Scrooges that includes Alastair Sim, Albert Finney, George C. Scott, Bill Murray and Mr Magoo. But while audiences will hear Carreys voice (he also plays the ghosts of Christmases past, present and yet to come) and see his distinctive body language, the figure before them will be a computerized amalgam of human and animated elements. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
‘A Tale’ that packs too much into the telling Nov 6, 2009
Charles Dickens s sweeping saga A Tale of Two Cities encompasses a wide swath of history and culture to illustrate the best of times and the worst of times in London and Paris at the end of the 18th century ... Play by Dwayne Hartford, adapted from the novel by Charles Dickens. (Boston Globe)
Technology helps director Zemeckis deliver a spirited ‘Christmas Carol’ Nov 6, 2009
Written by: Zemeckis, based on the novel by Charles Dickens. Starring: The voices and digitally mutated likenesses of Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Robin Wright Penn, Bob Hoskins. (Boston Globe)
No Turkeys On November Movie Menu Nov 6, 2009
While "Twilight" fans are counting the stars down to the film's release, the curtain will be drawn on plenty of other holiday season releases, starting Nov. 6 with director Robert Zemeckis' high-tech update of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol.". Zemeckis, who challenged the landscape of special effects with his hit "Back to the Future" trilogy and Oscar-winning drama "Forrest Gump," is riding high again on the motion capture technique that he revolutionized for "The Polar Express" to give... (KERO 23, CA)
Best Christmas Family Movies Nov 6, 2009
But it retells the classic Charles Dickens story of Ebenezer Scrooge on that fateful Christmas Eve when he is visited by three ghosts ... But Gonzo is (or thinks he is) Charles Dickens and he proceeds to tell Rizzo (and the viewers) the story of Ebenezer Scrooge. (Suite101.com)
A Christmas Carol Movie Review Nov 6, 2009
How does one improve a beloved classic like Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. If you're director Robert Zemeckis () the answer is obvious: toss in chase scenes and motion-capture special effects. (Suite101.com)
Ghost of Christmas Past Quiz Nov 6, 2009
What are the first words in Charles Dickens' book "A Christmas Carol". a. Bah humbug. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
LETTER: 'Bite the bullet or die from the wounds' Nov 5, 2009
father bob wrote on Nov 2, 2009 2:31 PM:" Larry S. RoliradA HEALTH CARE PLEDGE FOR CONSERVATIVESAs a Conservative who DOES NOT have Health Insurance:I, ___________, as a conservative who DOES NOT have health care insurance, do hereby refuse all health care paid for by the government. I pledge if I become sick, or a member of my family becomes sick, that I will refuse to be treated by any doctor, hospital or emergency personnel if the cost for these services will in any way be subsidized by a... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Special effects a ghost of the present Nov 5, 2009
Directed by Robert Zemeckis Screenplay by Robert Zemeckis, based on the novella by Charles Dickens Rated PG, 96 minutes Cinemas everywhere ... It's as if Charles Dickens wrote this story to be a movie,'' he has said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
John Grisham's short stories long on characters Nov 5, 2009
A: As a kid I recall reading short stories by Mark Twain and Charles Dickens and even as a young student, the great authors Faulkner and Eudora Welty and Flannery O'Connor. Hemingway. (Honolulu Advertiser)
romantic exoticism Nov 4, 2009
The cultivation of empathy for the sufferings of others could even be a vehicle for social change, as in the works of Charles Dickens. That this emotionalism was sometimes exaggerated or artificial should not obscure the fact that it also contained much that was genuine and inspiring. (Harper's Magazine)
Five of the Best Christmas Movies E... Nov 4, 2009
While Charles Dickens' story A Christmas Carol has been retold numerous times in a variety of ways, this version which stars Bill Murray as Frank Cross is arguably one of the best. The tale is retold this time with the Scrooge character as a television executive. (Suite101.com)
Grisham's Short Story Collection in Demand Nov 4, 2009
NEW YORK, Nov. 3, 2009. "A Time to Kill" Author Releases Collection of Short Stories Based on His Years as a Lawyer; Sparks Publishing Price War. (CBS News -- Entertainment)
Scrooge Rings in Holiday Movie Season Nov 4, 2009
The latest version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" features Jim Carrey as Scrooge. Coming on Ebenezer's coattails will be everything from vampire romance ("The Twilight Saga: New Moon") and end-of-the-world stories ("2012," "The Road") to epic science fiction ("Avatar") and a new incarnation of the world's greatest detective ("Sherlock Holmes"). (CBS News)
Why Do So Many Baseball Players Chew Tobacco? Nov 3, 2009
Charles Dickens, who visited the United States in 1842, referred to Washington as "the headquarters of tobacco tinctured saliva" and described a trial at which the judge, defendant, jury, and spectators all had their own spittoons. He also observed signs at a medical college requesting that students expectorate into designated boxes so as not to "discolour the stairs." In the same year as Dickens' visit, Americans played what was likely the first-ever game of baseball, in Manhattan. (Slate)
Carrey's Scrooge Rings In Hollywood Holiday Spirit Nov 3, 2009
The latest version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" features Jim Carrey as Scrooge. Coming on Ebenezer's coattails will be everything from vampire romance ("The Twilight Saga: New Moon") and end-of-the-world stories ("2012," ''The Road") to epic science fiction ("Avatar") and a new incarnation of the world's greatest detective ("Sherlock Holmes"). Presented in 3-D, "Disney's A Christmas Carol" is the latest from Oscar-winning director Robert Zemeckis ("Forrest Gump"), who presents... (KIRO TV, WA)
'A Christmas Carol' Nov 3, 2009
Charles Dickens' most popular creation, Ebenezer Scrooge, usually takes on the tenor of the times, so it's not surprising that Robert Zemeckis' new performance-capture animation version of "A Christmas Carol" has its star, Jim Carrey, musing about where his Scrooge fits in today. "I was thinking about it this morning, how this story ties into everything we're going through," says Carrey, who, thanks to the technology, plays Scrooge as well as the three ghosts haunting him. (FOX59, IN)
Christmas comes early Nov 2, 2009
Written by Charles Dickens in 1843, it tells the tale of the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, who is taught the true meaning of the holiday season by a parade of ghostly visitors ... Back to the Future', 'Forrest Gump', 'The Polar Express' and 'Beowulf' but insists that with 'A Christmas Carol' he never strayed from his aim of making a film that would be true to Charles Dickens' original vision ... "Technology should serve the story, not the other way round," the director says, "but what's remarkable... (iAfrica.com)
Christmas Movies for Kids Nov 1, 2009
The Muppets come together in this popular re-telling of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is visted by three ghosts on Christmas Eve who take him to visit moments in his past, present and future so that Scrooge may learn more about himself, those around him and the true meaning of Christmas spirit. (Suite101.com)
Wells speaker a writer for many varied genres Oct 31, 2009
AURORA Channeling Charles Dickens, author Lee Sheldon assumed Dickens' persona as a way to tell his own story how he grew as a writer during his lecture A Writer's Life at Wells College Friday night ... He recited the very first poem a song really that Charles Dickens made up as a toddler while his parents were arguing: There's a pie of gold in the sky when angels are nearby. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Holiday films roll out some heavy subjects Oct 30, 2009
This computer-generated animated telling of the Charles Dickens story looks snazzy, but will moviegoers want to see another version of the classic holiday tale ... Cast: Gary Oldman, Jim Carrey, Bob Hoskins, Robin Wright Penn, Collin Firth Produced by: Jack Rapke Directed by: Robert Zemeckis Written by: Robert Zemeckis, Charles Dickens. (Fresno Bee)
Opening Up A Colorful Cosmic Jewel Box Oct 30, 2009
25, 2005) Just like Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol takes us on a journey into past, present and future in the time of only one Christmas Eve, two of the European Southern Observatory's telescopes captured. (Aug. (Science Daily)
Library books go the way of the dodo Oct 28, 2009
He remembers his English class last year being assigned Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" on their laptops. Taking notes on the text. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Tolkien trilogy sold at auction Oct 27, 2009
A 23-volume set of Charles Dickens novels fetched 4,100, while a copy of James Joyce's Ulysses, illustrated by French artist Henri Matisse, sold for 1,500. Bids for the collection were made from buyers in France, the United States and Japan, as well as the UK.. (Yahoo News -- Lord of the Rings)
Marriage dissolving like the Dickens Oct 25, 2009
99) By the time Charles Dickens had grown tired of his wife, the couple had 10 children and Dickens was a rich and famous man. The two separated, unhappily and against Catherine's will, and Dickens published a notice in the newspapers declaring her an unfit mother. (Montana Standard, MT)
The spirit of Sleepy Hollow lives on Oct 25, 2009
Like Charles Dickens, who once dined at Irving s nearby home, Irving achieved a celebrity that today s best-selling authors would envy. So this village (population 10,200), about 30 miles north of New York City, is no stranger to ghoul-seeking tourists. (Boston Globe)
Improving SAT Vocabulary with Class... Oct 24, 2009
Kaplan and Prestwick House are among publishers who produce amended versions of classic novels to help students improve their vocabulary as they prepare for the SAT. Titles from Prestrick include: Frankenstein by Mary Shelly [Prestwick House, Inc. September 1, 2007], Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad [Prestwick House, Inc. July 1, 2007], and A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens [Prestwick House, Inc. July 1, 2007. Kaplan produces such amended novels as: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott [Kaplan... (Suite101.com)
Will 2009 Oscar Race Be More Animated? Oct 21, 2009
"Astro Boy," based on the 1960s TV cartoon series; "Battle for Terra," a CGI saga of intergalactic war; "A Christmas Carol," a 3-D rendition of the Charles Dickens tale from the director of "The Polar Express," using performance capture to re-animate Jim Carrey; "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs," a popular 3-D comedy combining science with giant foodstuffs; "Coraline," a 3-D stop-motion of Neil Gaiman's fantasy/horror tale; "Fantastic Mr. Fox," a purposefully retro-looking... (CBS News -- Entertainment)
Are we due a wave of book piracy? Oct 20, 2009
Page last updated at 18:36 GMT, Monday, 19 October 2009 19:36 UK. Are we due a wave of book piracy. (BBC News -- UK)
Manhattan to the max Oct 20, 2009
In that way it reminds me of Charles Dickens, Lethem explained. The writer also has been quoted as saying that he was strongly influenced by Saul Bellow, Phillip K. Dick, and Charles Finney in this latest work. (Boston Globe)
Niagara Falls' Thundering Waters Aw... Oct 19, 2009
The Niagara Parks Commission lists such notables as Mark Twain and Charles Dickens as visitors to Niagara Falls. "Niagara Falls is a most enjoyable place of resort. The hotels are excellent, and the prices not at all exorbitant. " said Mark Twain of his visit to Niagara. (Suite101.com)
Phila.'s spooky Eastern State Penitentiary Oct 18, 2009
Charles Dickens, who toured the prison in 1842, later wrote: "The system is rigid, strict and hopeless. Solitary confinement, I believe, in its effects, to be cruel and wrong.". The years following Dickens' visit saw the eventual breakdown of the solitary confinement system, but it would be another 71 years before it was officially abandoned in 1913. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Sendak, Ever-Untamed, Sees 'Wild Things' Adapted Oct 14, 2009
It started by picking up "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens, one of his great loves, and was followed by listening to Mozart's "Don Giovanni." ... "One looks for signs and symptoms of what is good and what is bad, what is pulling you down and what is holding it up. It's Mozart, but I haven't listened to him carefully for a long time. Now he's back in my life with a vengeance. ... And there's Charles Dickens.". (KIRO TV, WA)
Disney's "A Christmas Carol" Train ... Oct 11, 2009
Charles Dickens would be proud ... Some of Charles Dickens s original manuscripts and other related period pieces. (Suite101.com)
The Limits of Humility: How Obama Got It Right Oct 10, 2009
Uriah Heep, the creeping, up-sucking piece of dog s___ in Charles Dickens' David Copperfield forever telling everyone how 'umble he is must be one of the most loathsome figures in world literature. Another distinction: we may want our national leaders to be personally humble, just as we would like them to be kind and generous and to take out the cat litter each night. (Time.com)
We are all guilty of being fascinated by crime Oct 9, 2009
The crime books of today, as gruesome as they are, could be passed off as a modern-day twist on old storytelling, like that of Charles Dickens, full of villains, thieves and struggle-town, with a robber's dog thrown in for good measure. Hard to deny, except there's a huge difference between truth and fiction, between Fagin and Gatto. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Marieke brings unique tale to your mobile Oct 9, 2009
In the tradition of Charles Dickens, who launched his novels in serial form, Melbourne writer has created a 20-episode story, to be sent out to mobiles over four weeks. "It will be quite riveting, promises The Age's editor-in-chief, Paul Ramadge. Marieke is a wonderfully talented and immediately engaging writer. The idea is to test the story's reception, get reader feedback and develop the potential to talk to Age readers in multiple ways.... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
The Cinematic History of A Christma... Oct 8, 2009
The Many Adaptations of Charles Dickens' Classic Ghost Story. A Christmas Carol, the much loved festive ghost story by Charles Dickens is once again being retold on film, but the new adaptation is far from being the first ... The film featured Simon Callow as Charles Dickens relating his own famous tale, which is then shown in animation, with Callow voicing Scrooge. (Suite101.com)
Five years for 'Nickleby': a Dickens of a slow bedtime story Oct 4, 2009
By the time you read this, my son and I will have finished reading Charles Dickens' "Nicholas Nickleby" -- unless we've once again fallen prey to the traps and snares of postmodern family life, chief among them cable TV, Xbox, the Internet and non-digital distractions such as Little League games. We're about 20 pages from the end of the 926-page paperback edition I bought in Berkeley, Calif. (Albany Times Union)
The night Zhou was drunk under the table Oct 2, 2009
When she discovered that I had been studying English literature, she immediately pronounced that Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre and Charles Dickens' Hard Times were the only two English proletarian novels. Even as I blurted out a negative, I was thinking hard. (Asia Times Online)
New Niffenegger novel set in Victorian Valhalla Sep 30, 2009
West of Karl Marx and just up the path from Charles Dickens' widow and daughter stands author Audrey Niffenegger, deep in the heart of London's Highgate Cemetery, the setting for her new novel, "Her Fearful Symmetry.". LONDON (AP) - Niffenegger - who was propelled to literary stardom by her best-selling novel "Time Traveler's Wife" - is telling a group of tourists about one of the most colorful characters to end up in the Victorian burial ground, the menagerist George Wombwell, who died in 1850... (Missourian Publishing, MO)
"30 Rock," "Mad Men" win top Emmys Sep 21, 2009
But the BBC production of Charles Dickens tale Little Dorritt, aired on PBS, did better with seven Emmys, including outstanding miniseries ... But the BBC production of Charles Dickens tale Little Dorritt, aired on PBS, did better with seven Emmys, including outstanding miniseries. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
City Beat (5) Sep 20, 2009
Directed by Victoria Bussert and based on Charles Dickens final unfinished novel, Drood requires the audience to vote on the final outcome. Running in rotating repertory (one company of actors performing both shows alternating nights on one stage) with William Shakespeare s Twelfth Night, opening Oct. 8. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Dan Browns worst sentences (or at least twenty of them) Sep 19, 2009
" Um, no. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Show,_don't_tell Jesse on September 18, 2009 at 06:09 PM I realize I really should read everything before adding my own two cents in a comment, but I will be bold to say this: If Dan Brown's writing is formulaic and inaccurate in his use of words, at least the facts are accurate. Oh, wait! That list of "Facts" at the beginning of _The_Da_Vinci_Code_? It doesn't have one fact that happens to be true. Well, then, at least he tells a good yarn. Oh, wait! He's... (Harper's Magazine)
John Malkovich faces "Disgrace" Sep 19, 2009
") Andrew O'Hehir Friday, Sept. 11, 2009 06:18 EDT The family who just said no Driven along by Al Gore, the fluctuating price of gasoline, a procession of dire news reports about mounting ecological catastrophe and a vague sense that our civilization is running out of time, most of us are trying to do at least a little about it. We downsize our vehicles, segregate aluminum from newspaper and remember (sometimes) to shut off the air conditioner when we're not home. And we're depressingly... (Salon)
Soaps rose from serials, exploded with TV Sep 18, 2009
Some caused great stirs: In a much-repeated tale, crowds of people waited on the New York docks in 1841 to greet the final chapter of Charles Dickens' "The Old Curiosity Shop," with cries of "Is Little Nell dead?" piercing the air. In the early 20th century, the movies made hay with their own serials, such as "The Perils of Pauline" and "The Exploits of Elaine.". (CNN -- Showbiz)
Critic's Picks: Family Sep 13, 2009
A TALE OF TWO CITIES Wheelock Family Theatre presents this new adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel, which raises age-old and timely questions about loyalty, violence, poverty, honor, and terrorism. Oct. 30-Nov. (Boston Globe)
Mayor of London Announces World Premiere of Disney's A Christmas Carol and Launch of the Festive Season in London on Tuesday, 3 November With "London's Christmas Carol" Sep 13, 2009
LONDON, September 13 /PRNewswire/ -- The Mayor of London Boris Johnson today announces (at 15:00 GMT) that on Tuesday 3, November 2009 London will kick off a massive celebration bringing back the spirit of Christmas that Charles Dickens depicted in the classic A Christmas Carol ... From November 3 until January 5, London will turn back the clock for 'London's Christmas Carol', its largest ever festive celebration which will bring to life the magic of Charles Dickens' enduring classic ... The... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
A look at this fall’s movies Sep 13, 2009
A Christmas Carol Robert Zemeckis ( The Polar Express ) dares to work his motion-capture magic again, this time on Charles Dickens, with Jim Carrey playing several parts in the tale of poor old parsimonious Ebenezer Scrooge. The Fantastic Mr. Fox This might be a brutal year to get one of the three slots in the Oscars animation category - if you care about that sort of thing. (Boston Globe)
Fall Movie Preview: Studios save best films for fall Sep 11, 2009
"A Christmas Carol" (not yet rated): Jim Carey plays about 258 roles, including that of Scrooge and all the ghosts, in Bob Zemeckis' version of the Charles Dickens story. Also on hand: Gary Oldman, Colin Firth and Cary Elwes. (Florida Today)
• Events calendar Sep 11, 2009
" Individual tickets are 20 and 30, and go on sale Oct. 1. Series tickets are 115 for Sun Valley Center members and 165 for non-members, at , 726-9491, ext. 10, or at the center, 191 Fifth St. E.DECEMBER EVENTSFiddling/Twin FallsIdaho Old Time Fiddlers Association members' jammin' session, 6-8 p.m. DEC. 2, followed by the monthly meeting, at Idaho Pizza Co., 1859 Kimberly Road. Open to the public and prospective members. 420-3345.Music/BurleyChapter 6 performs the second event of the Mini-Cassia... (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Will Ecuador's Indians bankrupt Chevron? Sep 10, 2009
"Crude" sometimes seems like improbable fiction, a story co-authored by Charles Dickens and Che Guevara in which a former oilfield worker named Pablo Fajardo, who still lives in the two-room house where he grew up, is now the plaintiffs' lead attorney, threatening to bring the world's fifth-largest corporation to its knees. One of the story's many oddities is that Chevron was never involved in Ecuadoran oil exploration, or in the alleged systematic and deliberate discharge of oil sludge and... (Salon)
China alarmed by US money printing... Sep 8, 2009
" It's bizarre, it's mystifying, and publications like The Telegraph would do their readers a great favor if they would present the other side of the coin. B.Karn PhD, Economics M.Karn on September 07, 2009 at 10:07 PM What the article fails to point out is that a certain faction of American's are alarmed by the fed's monetary easing policies. The faction with brains. LOL dan the yank on September 07, 2009 at 10:07 PM The Fed has no choices left.If they dont print,then its a classic deflationary... (The Drudge Report)
Fall movies not to miss Sep 7, 2009
A Christmas Carol This animated retelling of Charles Dickens' perennial Christmas saga features images of the actors' actual faces. Director Robert Zemeckis, who used the same process in "The Polar Express," claims it has been perfected so that you will now be able to see the movement of the actors' eyes. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land" Sep 6, 2009
This refers to a character in Charles Dickens Our Mutual Friend who read newspaper crime logs aloud in a dramatic style ... Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend. (Suite101.com)
Eastern Europe Dawdles in Digital Culture Sep 5, 2009
Case in point: enter Charles Dickens in the search engine and you get about 125 items in total. Click down to what you're led to believe is the English-language material and links pop up to 14 texts all in Hungarian. (BusinessWeek)
Interview with Award Winning Writer... Sep 5, 2009
A. Charles Dickens, Joan Didion, Iain Banks, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., F. Scott Fitzgerald, Charles M. Schulz, Stephen King, Thomas Pynchon, Elmore Leonard, Prentice J. Ovoid, Janet Hobhouse, John Updike; I could go on forever but I won t bore you any further. Also Prentice J. Ovoid isn t real, I just made him up. (Suite101.com)
