User:Goochelaar/Writers

This is an informal, unorganised list of authors and books I am interested in; I intend to create or add to the articles about them. It is mostly a "memo to self", but you are welcome to contribute suggestions, links etc.

Author(s) Title First publ. Notes
Una svolta da Chernobyl 1986 Collection of articles and interviews from Rinascita magazine about Chernobyl disaster
Do Anything Eat Wasps? and 101 Other Questions 2006 Mick O'Hare ed., published by New Scientist
The McSweeney's Joke Book of Book Jokes 2008 see McSweeney's
Il mestiere di riflettere 2008 Chiara Manfrinato ed., about translation
amblerEric Ambler Journey into Fear 1940 see the 1943 and the 1975 film versions
armaroliNicola Armaroli and Vincenzo Balzani Energia per l'astronave Terra 2008 about energy
arrugaLorenzo Arruga Suite algérienne 2003
atkinsPeter Atkins The Periodic Kingdom 1995
attivissimoPaolo Attivissimo (see it:Paolo Attivissimo) Luna? Sì, ci siamo andati 2010 about Moon landing conspiracy theories
augiasCorrado Augias (see it:Corrado Augias) I segreti di Roma 2005 see it:I segreti di Roma
augiasCorrado Augias (see it:Corrado Augias) I segreti di Londra 2003
avoledoTullio Avoledo Breve storia di lunghi tradimenti 2007
avoledoTullio Avoledo La ragazza di Vajont 2008
avoledoTullio Avoledo L'ultimo giorno felice 2008
avoledoTullio Avoledo L'anno dei dodici inverni 2009
banksIain Banks The Steep Approach to Garbadale 2007
banksIain Banks Matter 2008 as Iain M. Banks
banksIain Banks Transition 2009
bariccoAlessandro Baricco Seta (Silk) 1996 see the 2007 same title film version
barucciPiero Barucci (see it:Piero Barucci) Adam Smith e la nascita della scienza economica 1973 about Adam Smith
bartezzaghiStefano Bartezzaghi (see it:Stefano Bartezzaghi) L'elmo di Don Chisciotte 2009
bayardPierre Bayard Qui a tué Roger Ackroyd? 1998
bayardPierre Bayard Comment parler des livres que l'on n'a pas lus ? 2007
bennettAlan Bennett The Uncommon Reader 2007
berkeleyAnthony Berkeley The Whychford Poisoning Case 1926
berneEric Berne Games People Play 1964
binmoreKen Binmore Game Theory: A Very Short Introduction 2008
blakeNicholas Blake (= Cecil Day-Lewis) A Penknife in my Heart 1958
blissettLuther Blissett Q 1999
brechtBertolt Brecht Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera) 1928
brechtBertolt Brecht Die heilige Johanna der Schlachthöfe (Saint Joan of the Stockyards) 1931
brechtBertolt Brecht Die Ausnahme und die Regel (The Exception and the Rule) 1937
bressaniniDario Bressanini OGM tra leggende e realtà 2009 about genetically modified organisms
brustSteven Brust The Phoenix Guards 1991
burgerEdward B. Burger and Michael Starbird Coincidences, Chaos, and All That Math Jazz 2005
canforaLuciano Canfora (see it:Luciano Canfora) La storia falsa 2008
canforaLuciano Canfora (see it:Luciano Canfora) Critica della retorica democratica 2002 about democracy
chabonMichael Chabon A Model World and Other Stories 1991
chabonMichael Chabon The Yiddish Policemen's Union 2007
chabonMichael Chabon Gentlemen of the Road 2007
charpakGeorges Charpak and Henri Broch (see fr:Henri Broch) Devenez sorciers, devenez savants (see fr:Devenez sorciers, devenez savants) 2002
chekhovAnton Chekhov Short stories 1883-1903
christieAgatha Christie The Murder of Roger Ackroyd 1926
christieAgatha Christie The Mystery of the Blue Train 1928
clarkeArthur C. Clarke The City and the Stars 1956
clarkeArthur C. Clarke The Lost Worlds of 2001 1972 about the joint genesis of Clarke's novel A Space Odyssey and Stanley Kubrick's same name film.
coeJonathan Coe What a Carve Up! 1994
crichtonMichael Crichton Odds On 1966 as John Lange
crichtonMichael Crichton State of Fear 2004
crichtonMichael Crichton Airframe 1996
dazieriSandrone Dazieri La bellezza è un malinteso 2010
deanGordon Dean Report on the atom 1954
dewittHelen DeWitt and Ilya Gridneff Your Name Here 2008 unpublished
dickPhilip K. Dick Our Friends from Frolix 8 1970
doctorowCory Doctorow Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom 2003
doctorowCory Doctorow Content 2008 essay collection
dossenaGiampaolo Dossena (see it:Giampaolo Dossena) Mangiare banane 2007
evangelistiValerio Evangelisti La luce di Orione 2007
farmerPhilip José Farmer The Maker of Universes 1965 see "World of Tiers"
ffordeJasper Fforde Lost in a Good Book 2002
ffordeJasper Fforde The Well of Lost Plots 2003
ffordeJasper Fforde Something Rotten 2004
ffordeJasper Fforde First Among Sequels 2007
flemingIan Fleming Casino Royale 1953 thrice adapted for the screen
flemingIan Fleming Moonraker 1955 see the 1979 film version, Moonraker
flemingIan Fleming Goldfinger 1959 see the 1964 film version, Goldfinger
fontenailleÉlise Fontenaille Unica 2007 Has won the Nouveau Grand Prix of French science fiction in 2008
forsterE. M. Forster Where Angels Fear to Tread 1905
freudSigmund Freud Bruchstücke einer Hysterie-Analyse (Fragment of an Analysis of a Case of Hysteria) 1905 about a case of hysteria in his patient "Dora", in real life Ida Bauer
frutteroCarlo Fruttero Ti trovo un po' pallida 1979
frutterolucentiniCarlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini La cosa in sé 1982
frutterolucentiniCarlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini Enigma in luogo di mare 1991
fuchsMichael Stephen Fuchs The Manuscript 2006
garfinkleRichard Garfinkle Celestial Matters 1996
gardnererleErle Stanley Gardner The Case of the Cautious Coquette 1949 a Perry Mason novel
gardnermartinMartin Gardner Science: Good, Bad and Bogus 1981
gibsonWilliam Gibson Spook County 2007
godelKurt Gödel La prova matematica dell'esistenza di Dio 2006 Gabriele Lolli and Piergiorgio Odifreddi, eds. (about Gödel's ontological proof
goldGlen David Gold Carter Beats the Devil 2001
goldacreBen Goldacre Bad Science 2008
goldsteinRebecca Goldstein 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction 2010
goresJoe Gores Gone, No Forwarding 1978
grotheMardy Grothe (see his personal webpage) Viva la Repartee 2005
guglielminettiAmalia Guglielminetti Quando avevo un amante 1923
hardT.W. Hard Sum VII 1979
harrisonHarry Harrison Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers 1973
heinPiet Hein Grooks 1966
herbertFrank Herbert Dune 1965 see the 1984 film version, Dune, and the 2000 TV miniseries, Frank Herbert's Dune
hodgeJonathan K. Hodge and Richard E. Klima The Mathematics of Voting and Eelections 2005
hofstadterDouglas R. Hofstadter Le Ton beau de Marot 1997
howardRobert E. Howard The Conan Chronicles. Vol. 1: The People of the Black Circle 1933-35 first part of the collection of the stories about Conan the Barbarian
iezziLuca Iezzi Energia nucleare. Sì, grazie? 2009 about nuclear power, especially in Italy
julyAndrew Kaufman (not to be confused with the entertainer Andy Kaufman) All My Friends Are Superheroes 2003
kingStephen King Needful Things 1991
kingStephen King Nightmares & Dreamscapes 1993 short story collection
kingStephen King The Gunslinger 1982 part of The Dark Tower series
kingStephen King The Drawing of the Three 1987 part of The Dark Tower series
kingStephen King The Waste Lands 1991 part of The Dark Tower series
kingStephen King Wizard and Glass 1997 part of The Dark Tower series
kingStephen King Wolves of the Calla 2003 part of The Dark Tower series
kingStephen King Song of Susannah 2004 part of The Dark Tower series
kingStephen King The Dark Tower 2004 part of The Dark Tower series
krajewskiMarek Krajewski Śmierć w Breslau (Death in Breslau) 1999
labrancaTommaso Labranca (see it:Tommaso Labranca) Estasi del pecoreccio 1995
lagerlofSelma Lagerlöf Kejsarn av Portugallien (The Emperor of Portugallia) 1914
langewiescheWilliam Langewiesche The Turn 1998
langewiescheWilliam Langewiesche Rules of Engagement 2006
levyMatthys Levy and Mario Salvadori Why Buildings Fall Down 1992
lovecraftHoward Phillips Lovecraft The Case of Charles Dexter Ward 1927/1941
macbainEd McBain (= Evan Hunter) Shotgun 1969 a 87th Precinct novel
macbainEd McBain (= Evan Hunter) Jigsaw 1970 a 87th Precinct novel
macbainEd McBain (= Evan Hunter) Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here 1971 a 87th Precinct novel
macbainEd McBain (= Evan Hunter) Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man 1972 a 87th Precinct novel
macbainEd McBain (= Evan Hunter) Sadie When She Died 1972 a 87th Precinct novel
macbainEd McBain (= Evan Hunter) Hail to the Chief 1973 a 87th Precinct novel
macbainEd McBain (= Evan Hunter) So Long as You Both Shall Live 1976 a 87th Precinct novel
macbainEd McBain (= Evan Hunter) Guns 1976
maccaffreyAnne McCaffrey Dragonflight 1968
maccallsmithAlexander McCall Smith Tears of the Giraffe 2000
maccarthyCormac McCarthy The Road 2006 see the 2009 film version, The Road
macclureJames McClure The Caterpillar Cop 1972 a Kramer and Zondi novel
magrelliValerio Magrelli (see it:Valerio Magrelli) Nero sonetto solubile 2010 about the sonnet Recueillement by Charles Baudelaire
mametDavid Mamet Glengarry Glen Ross 1982
mancinelliLaura Mancinelli I dodici abati di Challant-Il miracolo di santa Odilia-Gli occhi dell'imperatore 1981 (?)
maraiSándor Márai A gyertyák csonkig égnek (Embers) 1942
marinoGiambattista Marino La strage degl'innocenti 1632 a poem about the slaughter of the innocents
medvedHarry Medved and Michael Medved The Golden Turkey Awards 1980
meneghelloLuigi Meneghello I piccoli maestri (The Outlaws) 1964
meneghelloLuigi Meneghello Fiori italiani 1976
mezrichBen Mezrich Bringing Down the House 2003
mittelmarkHoward Mittelmark and Sandra Newman How Not to Write a Novel 2008
mizzauMarina Mizzau L'ironia. La contraddizione consentita 1984 an essay about irony
moriniMassimiliano Morini La traduzione 2007 an essay about translation
moranteElsa Morante La Storia (History: A Novel) 1974
nebbiaGiancarlo Nebbia Nucleare: il frutto proibito 2007 an essay about nuclear physics and its applications
neriGianluca Neri (see it:Gianluca Neri) Il grande elenco telefonico della Terra e pianeti limitrofi (Giove escluso) 2010
pamukOrhan Pamuk Beyaz Kale (The White Castle) 1985
pariseGoffredo Parise Il prete bello 1972/1982
pascaleAntonio Pascale (see it:Antonio Pascale) La manutenzione degli affetti 2003
pascaleAntonio Pascale (see it:Antonio Pascale) Scienza e sentimento 2008
pascaleAntonio Pascale (see it:Antonio Pascale) Questo è il paese che non amo 2010
pasoliniPier Paolo Pasolini Una vita violenta 1959
pelevinVictor Pelevin Проблема верволка в средней полосе (A Werewolf Problem in Central Russia) 1998
perrySteve Perry The Albino Knife 1991 part of the Matador series
pertempiSilvia Pertempi Romanzi per il macero 2004
priestChristopher Priest The Prestige 1995 see the 2006 film version, The Prestige
pullmannPhilip Pullmann Northern Lights 1995 part of the His Dark Materials trilogy
pullmannPhilip Pullmann The Subtle Knife 1997 part of the His Dark Materials trilogy
pullmannPhilip Pullmann The Amber Spyglass 2000 part of the His Dark Materials trilogy
pushkinAlexander Pushkin Евгений Онегин (Eugene Onegin) 1825-32
pynchonThomas Pynchon Inherent Vice 2009
rampinMatteo Rampin L'arte dell'impossibile 2004
randiJames Randi The Mask of Nostradamus 1993
rappuoliRino Rappuoli and Lisa Vozza I vaccini dell'era globale 2009 about vaccines
rebelloStephen Rebello Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho 1990
resnikMichael D. Resnik Choices: An Introduction to Decision Theory 1987 about decision theory
richlerMordecai Richler Barney's Version 1997
salvadoriMario Salvadori Why Buildings Stand Up 1980
saramagoJosé Saramago Memorial do convento (Baltasar and Blimunda) 1987
sawyerRobert J. Sawyer Flashforward 1999 see the 2009 TV series FlashForward
sayersDorothy L. Sayers Whose Body? 1923
sayersDorothy L. Sayers Murder Must Advertise 1933
shawbBob Shaw Night Walk 1967
shawbBob Shaw The Two-Timers 1968
shawbBob Shaw Orbitsville 1975
shawbBob Shaw Orbitsville Departure 1983
shawbBob Shaw The Peace Machine 1985
shawbBob Shaw Orbitsville Judgement 1990
simenonGeorges Simenon Signé Picpus 1941-42 known in English as To Any Lengths or Maigret and the Fortuneteller
simenonMaj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö Mannen på balkongen (The Man on the Balcony) 1967