Reading with Style discussion

20.5-R.K. Narayan
Read any work by an author who has published in multiple forms (at least 3 types of works).

Qualifying types of work:

Long Fiction (novels and novellas)
Short Stories
Poetry (including novels in verse)
Plays (or screenplays)
Graphic Novels
General Non-Fiction (includes published essays, journalistic writing, literary critiques, etc.)

If it is not obviously stated in the author's Goodreads profile, please provide a link referencing the author's three forms when claiming this task for points or combo.

Please post any questions regarding this task here.

I may need this spot, too.

Looks like I will still have a chance to get to any of the Margaret Atwood's I didn't get to this season! ( And all the season's before!)

It looks to me that Michael Ondaatje works - novels, poetry + literary criticism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael...

Valerie wrote: "It looks to me that Michael Ondaatje works - novels, poetry + literary criticism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael..."

yes.

Will Mikhail Bulgakov work ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail...

Amanda wrote: "Will Mikhail Bulgakov work ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail..."

Novels, short stories, plays - yes, he makes it!

Anne Tyler Wikipedia page

Also Jeffrey Archer

Bea wrote: "Anne Tyler Wikipedia page"

novels, short stories, literary criticism-looks good.

"Also Jeffrey Archer"

novels, short stories, plays-also good to go

D'Arcy Niland

Wrote mostly short stories but also a few prize-winning novels and numerous radio & television plays... I think he's also written poems though not many & whilst a couple are printed on newspapers, I don't think he really is much of a poet.

And... Ruth Park

she produced more than 5000 radio scripts alone during this decade, as well as contributing numerous articles to newspapers and magazines and penning weightier works of fiction. (wikipedia

Husband & Wife team! I read her autobiography for Dominoes where it was mentioned they both live for writing and to live on writing they'd have to have diversity, so they wrote all sorts of things to generate enough income to live on. I do reckon they both work for this task :)

Bram Stoker "became the theatre critic for the Dublin Evening Mail" ie journalism, "Stoker also wrote stories, and in 1872 "The Crystal Cup" was published by the London Society", "In 1876, while a civil servant in Dublin, Stoker wrote a non-fiction book (The Duties of Clerks of Petty Sessions in Ireland, published 1879), which remained a standard work." and of course he wrote Dracula. Other references are from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_St...

Rosemary wrote: "Bram Stoker "became the theatre critic for the Dublin Evening Mail" ie journalism, "Stoker also wrote stories, and in 1872 "The Crystal Cup" was published by the London Society", "In 1876, while a ..."

Stoker qualifies because in the wiki article you link, he has novels, short stories and non-fiction. So we don't need to consider his journalism, which, being only newspaper or magazine articles, wouldn't qualify unless published later as a collection.

Charles Dickens: novels, short stories (List of Short Stories and Novellas) and non-fiction travelogue (Pictures from Italy)

Deedee wrote: "Charles Dickens: novels, short stories (List of Short Stories and Novellas) and non-fiction travelogue (Pictures from Italy)"

Added to the list.

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Deedee wrote: "Charles Dickens: novels, short stories (List of Short Stories and Novellas) and non-fiction travelogue (Pictures from Italy)"

Added to the list."

Woot! Need to check my spreadsheet when I get home. Looks like Oliver Twist is definitely on my list!

Joyce Carol Oates - novels, short stories, plays, poetry, literary criticism, various non-fiction

Joyce Carol Oates bibliography

Amanda wrote: "Woot! Need to check my spreadsheet when I get home. Looks like Oliver Twist is definitely on my list! "

Note that Dickens is also on the Brontes list.

D wrote: "Joyce Carol Oates - novels, short stories, plays, poetry, literary criticism, various non-fiction

Joyce Carol Oates bibliography"

Added!

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "D wrote: "Joyce Carol Oates - novels, short stories, plays, poetry, literary criticism, various non-fiction

Joyce Carol Oates bibliography"

Added!"

Thanks! I'm hoping to cash in on the "Multiple" style category with JCO on this task.

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Amanda wrote: "Woot! Need to check my spreadsheet when I get home. Looks like Oliver Twist is definitely on my list! "

Note that Dickens is also on the Brontes list."

That's where I have him already, just filling in all of my combos to pick the best scoring books for my initial reads. ;)

I think the screenplay for Saturn 3 means we can include Martin Amis to the list, yes ?

Loving the combos I am picking up!

And his father

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsle...

Big ticket writer for this season :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony...

and another one :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Smith

How about these:

HG Wells: short stories, novels and non-fiction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._G._W...

RC Sherriff: plays, novels and screenplays https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._C._S...

Salman Rushdie: novels, short stories and non-fiction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salman_...

Paolo Coelho: novels, autobiographical non-fiction, collections of essays: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_C...

Guy de Maupassant: novels, short stories, travel books, poetry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_de_...

John Galsworthy: novels, plays and in the list of works there is 'Collected Poems' published 1934 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ga...

Bret Easton Ellis: novels, screenplays, short stories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Ea...

Emile Zola: novels, plays, short stories: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89m...

Irvine Welsh: novels, plays, short stories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irvine_...

Amanda wrote: "I think the screenplay for Saturn 3 means we can include Martin Amis to the list, yes ?

Loving the combos I am picking up!"

Yes - and see the first line on his GR profile: Martin Amis is an English novelist, essayist and short story writer.

All of the authors is Posts 22-25 are on the list!

Anthony Trollope - novelist, short stories, plays, non-fiction

William Faulkner - novels, short stories, poet, screenplays,

John Banville - novels, plays, non-fiction
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ba...

Edith Wharton - novels, short stories, plays, nonfiction
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_W...

Andre Dubus III - fiction, non-fiction, short story
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_D...

Thomas Keneally (GR Profile)

Peter Ackroyd (GR profile)

J.M. Coetzee - novels, short stories, non-fiction (criticism), screenplays
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._C...

Ian McEwan - novels, short stories, screenplays
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_McE...

Elizabeth, are you helping me put more 1001 authors on my list ? ;)

Waiting for polls, etc, before I add more books (well, I will try. I might see what combos are already with the above), otherwise I will never get a Mega Finish!

Amanda wrote: "Elizabeth, are you helping me put more 1001 authors on my list ? ;)"

Most of these are authors I actually have on my shelf that fit 20.2, with the Faulkner for 20.4. Always looking to reduce my inventory and I was looking for combos myself!

Kurt Vonnegut wrote novels, essays, short stories and a couple of plays. (incidentally should also count for 20.6 as his son published a couple of books as well)

Isaac Bashevis Singer published at least 18 novels, 14 children's books, a number of memoirs, essays and articles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_B...

Robertson Davies novels, stories, plays, libretti, criticism...if you can write it, I think this guy did. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberts...

Chabon, Michael for novels, short stories, essays, and graphic novels.

Umberto Eco: fiction, non-fiction, lit crit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto...

Going through the potentials from the Bowie list - If I don't use them then somebody else might pick up some combos! (I'm skipping the books I've read already).

Don DeLillo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_DeL... - novels, plays, essays

Angela Carter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_... - novels, short stories, poetry, dramatic works, non-fiction

Saul Bellow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Be... - pretty much all of the above!

Does Jack Kerouac count ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ke... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ke...

Charles de Lint - adult, SS, poet

Neil Gaiman - adult, SS, graphic (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Ga...)

W.B. Yeats - poetry, nonfiction, plays (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._B._Y...) [and combo with 20.1, 20.2, and 20.4 as well]

Gabriel wrote: "Kurt Vonnegut wrote novels, essays, short stories and a couple of plays. (incidentally should also count for 20.6 as his son published a couple of books as well)

[author:Isaac Bas..."

All added except Umberto Eco. I see only fiction and nonfiction for him (literary criticism is nonfiction). Children's works fall into one or the other category.

Amanda wrote: "Going through the potentials from the Bowie list - If I don't use them then somebody else might pick up some combos! (I'm skipping the books I've read already).

Don DeLillo https://e..."

All of these, including Kerouac.

Joanna wrote: "Charles de Lint - adult, SS, poet

Neil Gaiman - adult, SS, graphic (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Ga...)

W.B. Yeats - poetry, nonfiction..."

I might be a little thick, but I don't see poetry for de Lint. Can you send me in the right direction? I can see fiction and short stories.

Gaiman and Yeats are now on the list.

It says "De Lint is a poet, folklorist, artist, songwriter and performer."

And wikipedia: "De Lint writes novels, novellas, short stories, poetry, and lyrics. "

I'm sorry, but where does it say this. This is the first sentence of the GR profile, and you have linked no others.

Charles de Lint is the much beloved author of more than seventy adult, young adult, and children's books.

See https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...

Further down in his profile, it says "poet, folklorist, artist..."

Also, wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles... (third paragraph)

Joanna wrote: "See https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...

Further down in his profile, it says "poet, folklorist, artist..."

Also, wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles... (t..."

Thanks, got him. Sorry for being thick, just lots to check while all of you are so busy checking everything! (which I like, not complaining that you're enthusiastic.)

Per his website, Charles de Lint has written non-fiction, novels, and short stories among a lot of other types of writing.

https://www.sfsite.com/charlesdelint/...

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Amanda wrote: "Elizabeth, are you helping me put more 1001 authors on my list ? ;)"

Most of these are authors I actually have on my shelf that fit 20.2, with the Faulkner for 20.4. Always looking ..."

Looking at the Polls, I am convinced I can get up to 20 1001 books into next season, and all have reasonably good combos. Keeping an eye on what everyone posts in all the task threads is making those final choices very difficult!

All selected and possible choices for next season have begun moving to my special "RWS" shelf next to my desk. :D

And as I flick through the links on the polls and consider my options :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Mo...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_S...

I don't think I've seen Haruki Murakami listed here yet. He writes short stories, novels and nonfiction.

Got #46

Do you have a link for Murakami, Karen? It's not obvious to me on his GR profile.

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Got #46

Do you have a link for Murakami, Karen? It's not obvious to me on his GR profile."

Sure - here you go:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haruki_...

Karen Michele wrote: "Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Got #46

Do you have a link for Murakami, Karen? It's not obvious to me on his GR profile."

Sure - here you go:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haruki_..."

Thanks. Our wanted info is nicely laid out in the right side panel. I wish they were all so "friendly."