Learn to love good books. There are treasures in books that all the money in the world cannot buy, but the poorest laborer can have for nothing.
Robert G. Ingersoll
Love to read? Then this category is for you! From contemporary
authors, fiction, and electronic literature to online book stores
and publishers, this category has it all!
http://www.nd.edu/~rwoodbur/christie/christie.htm
Provides a chronogical listing of most of Christie's works,
grouped optionally by featured detective. The maintainer of the
page promises that all the books and plays listed will eventually
have complete descriptions (including whodunnit, for the
impatient!)
http://www.wolfenet.com/~willej/indexa.htm
Although this page is probably too heavily formatted, the
information presented is at least interesting. There are several
essays about Camus, a biography, and photographs of the
Algerian/French Absurdist.
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/r_nestvold/
This site is dedicated to the first professional woman writer
in the English language. A prolific playwright (second only to
John Dryden in the Restoration), Aphra Behn is known largely for
her prose. This site has links to information about Aphra Behn
and other women writers.
http://www.clark.net/pub/rothman/jungle.htm
Relates one person's experiences communicating with Clarke via
telecommunications satellite in 1985, before the Internet was
known outside of military and research institutions.
http://www.csc.eku.edu/honors/kingsolver/
Pictures of her book covers, essays by students, and a
biography compose this site dedicated to the writer of Pigs in
Heaven.
http://www.sbbs.se/hp/cfalk/bronteng.htm
Both biographical information and essays concerning their
novels are present at this site. Also, links to each individual
sister—Emily, Charlotte, and Anne—are available.
Strange that a drunk, self-described "dirty old man"
would have such a nice home on the Web. There is a biography, a
newsletter, an art section, and letters to the author.
http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/hypertext/landow/victorian/cbronte/bronteov3.html
Dedicated to the Victorian author of Jane Eyre, this
site also boasts links to literary and artistic relations, as
well as a cultural context section.
The official Clive Barker Web site lists books, films, and
comics, and details about book tours and special video releases.
Includes discussion forums and transcripts of IRC interviews with
Barker.
http://www.afn.org/~afn15301/drseuss.html
A good Dr. Seuss page, with all kinds of links, including
information on the "Great Grinch Debate."
http://weber.u.washington.edu/~daspaz/barthelme.html
Largely a collection of stories, this site is an already
well-defined work-in-progress. Present here are stories,
excerpts, and essays either by or about Donald Barthelme.
http://www.umd.umich.edu/~nhughes/dna/
Several links to FAQs, lists of works by Adams that are
available online, and membership information for the
semi-official fan club, ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha. There's even a search
engine, in case you want to find out exactly where in Adams'
works the Babel fish is first mentioned. The site is maintained
by the maintainer of the alt.fan.douglas-adams FAQ.
http://boris.qub.uk/tony/coupland
Of interest to many people concerning their everyday lives
with computers and technology, this site features writer Douglas
Coupland (author of the satire Microserfs), interviews,
and bibliographical and biographical information.
http://www2.interconnect.net/drseuss/home.html
Great images, book listings, pieces of interviews and
commentaries, and a copy of Seuss' death announcement. Includes a
copy of the humor piece, "What if Dr. Seuss Were a Technical
Writer?"
Probably as close as a person can come to an
"official" Edgar Rice Burroughs page, this site has an
autobiographical sketch, essays, and other information about the
writer of the Tarzan series (and other fantasies).
http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~aw148888/bellamy.html
Edward Bellamy is the 19th century writer of Looking
Backward. This site, evolved from the Center for Utopian
Studies, has links to essays and excerpts by Bellamy, as well as
links to related sites.
http://www.ee.mcgill.ca/~nverever/hem/cover.html
Probably the definitive Hemingway site, the Papa Page brings
pictures, bibliographies, and biography of Ernest Hemingway to
the World Wide Web. There are good references here to print
resources that can be obtained at any bookstore or library.
http://www.csd.scarolina.edu/fitzgerald/index.html
Based at the University of South Carolina, this site dedicated
to F. Scott Fitzgerald is in celebration of the centennial of his
birth. The mission statement of the page states that "this
site celebrates his writings, his life, and his relationships
with other writers of the 20th century." True to this,
you'll find biography, writings, and beautiful photos of the
famous author from the Roaring '20s.
http://grove.ufl.edu/~flask/Dostoevsky.html
This page, though dark, is styled very nicely. A great
resource for people searching information concerning the
(arguably) first existentialist novelist, this page contains
facts and text to further study of this 19th century novelist.
http://www.kaiaghok.com/gregbear/gregbear.htm
Biography, bibliography, and some original work by Bear
himself, exclusive to the Web ("for the time being").
Also contains bitmaps of some of Bear's paintings.
http://www.mcs.net/~klast/www/fleming.html
You might think, the Ian Fleming Web page might as well be
called "oh, yeah, and for the guy who actually created James
Bond;" however, this page is filled with history, biography,
and news clips relating to the British author. Of course, you'll
find plenty of 007, too.
http://www.clark.net/pub/edseiler/WWW/asimov_home_page.html
A wonderful site for Asimov fans! Comprehensive booklists,
stores and publishers that sell them, transcripts of reviews and
interviews, and even sound files of Asimov himself.
http://www-hsc.usc.edu/~gallaher/k_speaks/kerouacspeaks.html
Many recordings of Jack Kerouac reading from his prose.
(Sometimes he sings, too.)
There are many joys to this site—pictures of the author,
his family, and those people mentioned in his work; important
songs and readings by Joyce himself; links to articles and
Internet groups who study Joyce; and maps of the places mentioned
in his work. Give yourself some time, though, this site is worth
it.
http://www.dcs-chico.com/~jenna/vcpage.html
Web site devoted to V.C. Andrews, one of the most popular
contemporary authors of our time. Describes her novels,
biography, family trees, pictures, and more.
http://ernie.bgsu.edu/~ccarter/carroll.htm
Jim Carroll's home on the Web seems to want to dispel anything
known by the public about the author of The Basketball Diaries.
Indeed, Carroll is a multipracticed artist in music, letters, and
spoken-word performance; however, this site claims him the
messiah of the nouveau Renaissance.
http://www.cris.com/~Huntress/goethe.shtml
A brief biography and some different links to matters
concerning Goethe are present at this site. Also, if your
equipment can support it, there are some nice multimedia aspects
here.
http://www.bdd.com/athwk/bddathwk.cgi?w=06-19-95
This site created by the publisher of Grisham's books has
information on the author, pictures, and features the capability
to e-mail John Grisham, if you so desire.
To be a bestseller is not necessarily a measure of quality, but it is a measure of communication.
Barbara Tuchman
http://malkuth.sephiroth.org/~corwin/authors/jkellerman/index.html
Contains a brief biography and book list of Jonathan
Kellerman, as well as some books with descriptions culled from
the dust jackets.
http://www.microserve.net/~thequail/libyrinth/borges.html
Perhaps one of the best-formatted literature pages on the Web,
the Garden of Forking Paths (El Jardín de Senderos que se
Bifurcan) is home to the Magical Realist Jorge Luis Borges.
Not only good-looking, this site is also quite complete.
Certainly worth the time.
http://www.lacollege.edu/chopin/chopin.html
The Kate Chopin Project Web site concentrates not only on
biography and bibliographical information, but also the stories
and writings of Kate Chopin. Very well-formatted for graphical
browsers, the project utilizes the World Wide Web's hypertext
platform for footnoting the stories.
A wonderful site to visit for its accessibility, layout, and information on L. Ron Hubbard. It offers a profile of Hubbard, his poetry, songs and music, philosophy, and (of course) his books. There's also a link to the Church of Scientology. Includes audio clips of some of his lectures and writings.
http://www.tsrcom.com/users/sodoku/sade.htm
Tastefully written, this site contains much information about
the infamous French noble from the eighteenth century. There are
quotes, excerpts, and a chronology available here.
http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/hypertext/landow/victorian/carroll/carrollov.html
Lewis Carroll (née Charles Dodgson) was not only the writer
of the famous Alice in Wonderland stories, he also was a
mathematician and scientist. This site houses information about
Carroll as a whole person—his literary tactics, religion and
philosophy, and his work in a political and social context.
This is the official Margaret Atwood site, open mainly to
students and scholars of her work. There are several sections,
including bibliographical information, essays on writing and
other subjects, as well as a link to ameliorate the search for
more information on the writer of such novels as The Handmaid's
Tale and Cat's Eye.
http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~cmc0112/crichton.html
The writer of such novels as Jurassic Park, The
Eaters of the Dead, and Congo, and all-around American
media entrepreneur Michael Crichton finds a welcome home at this
page. There are many good links to information about his life,
books, and other entertainment efforts.
http://csdl.tamu.edu/cervantes/
A project of the Cervantes International Bibliography Online
and the Anuario Bibliográfico Cervantino, this site is dedicated
to solve the "problem of currency, thoroughness, and
accessibility which now hampers research on Cervantes."
There is a record of the books, articles, dissertations, reviews,
and other points of interest included here to this end.
http://www.tiac.net/users/eldred/nh/hawthorne.html
"Dedicated to enhancing our understanding and
appreciation of Hawthorne's writings and life," this site
has complete e-texts of his novels and stories. There are
readings, pictures, and information about this American author of
the 19th century.
http://www.cts.com/browse/jwalk/nbaker/
The Nicholson Baker Fan Page is a page filled with facts about
the books and the life of Nicholson Baker. There are links to
reviews and comments, and perhaps most enjoyably, the first
sentence of each novel is present in its description.
http://malkuth.sephiroth.org/~corwin/authors/panthony/index.html
Contains a short biography and a complete list of Piers
Anthony's books (including some short descriptions).
http://freenet3.scri.fsu.edu:81/users/brig/bradbury.html
A biography and a list of books, films, and TV works by Ray
Bradbury.
This site has biographical information and essays about
Raymond Carver. His stories have become very popular in the
recent past, perhaps because of Robert Altman's film Short
Cuts; however, Carver died of cancer in 1988. This page is
the only one of its kind.
http://web.gmu.edu/departments/writing/bausch.html
An instructor at George Mason University, writer Richard
Bausch is widely published and acclaimed. His works have been
featured in such periodicals as The Atlantic, Harper's,
The New Yorker, and Esquire.
http://www.cnct.com/home/jen/rich.html
One of the only sites dedicated to this British Black
Satirist, this page has a library and a "Trader's
Corner." Configured for Netscape-compatible browsers.
http://mchip00.med.nyu.edu/lit-med/lit-med-db/webdocs/webauthors/brown283-au-.html
This page concerns Rita Mae Brown, lesbianism, and medicine in
the humanities. This page has links to these and other issues.
http://www.nd.edu/~khoward1/Roald.html
This good-humored home page is a place that Roald Dahl would
have been proud of. His biography and bibliography shows Dahl's
life in a good light, and also makes apparent the breadth of his oeuvre.
His adult writing and his (perhaps more famous) children's
writing is exemplified here.
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/ftp/people/viren/www/jordan/jordan.html
A whimsical FAQ to Robert Jordan's work, with humor, language
guides, and more.
http://www.en.utexas.edu/~mmaynard/Crane/crane.html
This page was written by several students at the University of
Texas at Austin for a project in their English class; however,
this doesn't diminish its relevance to the study of Stephen
Crane. It is quite complete and has biography, bibliography, and
excerpts from Crane's work—both audio and text.
http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~pace/king.html
Full of many interesting links that one might not imagine
Stephen King would relate himself with. In other words, you will
find photos, FAQs, and biographies about King here, but you will
also find a guess at his mailing address and a copy of some liner
notes King wrote for Michael McDermott's new album.
http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~pace/king.html
Loads of scans of Stephen King book covers. Also includes a
complete list of his movies, novels and collections, some with
descriptions and additional graphics.
http://pages.ripco.com:8080/~mws/hardy.html
A large site about the author, it includes what you might
expect—biography, e-texts, pictures—as well as some
very entertaining sound bites of excerpts of works by Hardy, and
Monty Python's take on him.
http://malkuth.sephiroth.org/~corwin/authors/tclancy/index.html
This site has some biographical information and also some
information concerning Tom Clancy's novels. It is heavily
formatted for Netscape-compatible browsers, but it is very well
done.
http://www.sgi.net/marbles/zeno/capote.html
Mainly dedicated to the new-journalistic novel In Cold
Blood, this site also has biographical information and other
points of interest about Truman Capote.
http://www4.ncsu.edu/eos/users/m/mcmesser/www/eco.html
A computer-friendly semiotician, Umberto Eco's work has been
hailed by philosophers, scholars, and readers all over the world.
This site provides a good overview of the work of this important
Italian writer.
http://www.csh.rit.edu/~cwalker/vcandrews/
Another book list, with descriptions of most of the books.
Also has a family tree of the Foxworth family from the
"Flowers in the Attic" series.
http://icg.harvard.edu/~cather/
A well-formatted site available from the Harvard Web server,
this page has information about Cather, her work, and scholarly
conferences in her honor. Her very astute picture of America in
the early twentieth century should be impetus enough for a reader
to look at the information included at this site.
http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/~egjbp/faulkner/faulkner.html
The site to visit for any sort of information about
William Faulkner. John B. Padgett, currently a Ph.D. student at
the University of Mississippi (located at Oxford, whence Faulkner
hailed), maintains this completists' page with more information
on it than anyone could want.
Whenever a person begins to study William S. Burroughs, there
are usually words of warning or at least a caveat lector.
This site keeps with that tradition but gives great insight into
the life of the writer of books such as Naked Lunch and Junky.
http://pages.prodigy.com/zora/
A site dedicated to the writer of the famous novel Their
Eyes Were Watching God. There are links, many photographs,
and links to other Hurston and literature sites.
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