I can't believe no one mentioned Russell Hoban, author of both Bread and Jam for Francis, and Riddley Walker. (Among other things for various ages of reader.)
Zoe: Don't think it's a good spot, sir. She still has the advantage over us. Mal: Everyone always does. That's what makes us special.
'Serenity'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Jesse - Jun 07, 2006 11:41:03 am PDT #600 of 28095
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Amy - Jun 07, 2006 11:51:11 am PDT #601 of 28095
Because books.
Wow, Russell Hoban is a great example. Again, I had no idea he wrote anything but children's books (my favorite was always Harvey's hideout), but I don't read a lot of fantasy or sci-fi. Thanks, Jesse!
Jesse - Jun 07, 2006 11:53:30 am PDT #602 of 28095
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Riddley Walker is a fairly amazing book, but even more so when you remember that it's the same Russell Hoban.
Katerina Bee - Jun 07, 2006 12:11:53 pm PDT #603 of 28095
Herding cats for fun
I don't think of Oscar Wilde as a children's author, but he had a story in Olive Beaupre Miller's "My Book House: Through the Gate" (aka Volume 4). He contributed "The Selfish Giant," about a mean giant who wouldn't let the children play in his beautiful yard.
DavidS - Jun 07, 2006 12:30:40 pm PDT #604 of 28095
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Donald Westlake has written mysteries, caper novels, satire, science fiction, and apocalyptic fantasy under his own name. And then there's even more stuff he writes using a pseudonym.
I was gonna mention Westlake!
Uh, Ted Hughes wrote poetry and children's books (very successfully).
JZ - Jun 07, 2006 12:38:43 pm PDT #605 of 28095
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I don't think of Oscar Wilde as a children's author, but he had a story in Olive Beaupre Miller's "My Book House: Through the Gate" (aka Volume 4).
He wrote quite a few fairy tales for children (mostly for his own sons, but he didn't hesitate to get them published either).
Also, George Macdonald wrote adult fantasy novels (Phantastes, Lilith, and one I can never quite remember the title of), straight-up non-genre novels, religious essays, and fairy tales.
Jars - Jun 07, 2006 12:44:35 pm PDT #606 of 28095
I had a book of Oscar Wilde's fairytales when I was a kid. And Roddy Doyle is another author who does grown-up books and kids' books, the only other one I can think of that hasn't been mentioned, anyway.
In other literary news, I finally finished The Algebraist today. It only took a year. The only other book that's ever taken that long is Tess of the d'Urbevilles. Which made me want to die, incidentally.
erikaj - Jun 07, 2006 12:47:02 pm PDT #607 of 28095
Always Anti-fascist!
Love Roddy Doyle. And not just because we both like soul, although that was the beginning.
erikaj - Jun 07, 2006 12:47:08 pm PDT #608 of 28095
Always Anti-fascist!
billytea - Jun 07, 2006 12:47:28 pm PDT #609 of 28095
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I don't know if this counts for what you're after, but Iris Murdoch wrote both novels and books on philosophy.