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Douglas Adams

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.

V.C. Andrews

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.

Piers Anthony

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).

Isaac Asimov

http://www.clark.net/pub/edseiler/WWW/asimov_home_page.html

A wonderful site for Asimov fans! Comprehensive book lists, stores and publishers that sell them, transcripts of reviews and interviews, and even sound files of Asimov himself.

Margaret Atwood Information Site

http://www.io.org/~toadaly/

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.

Nicholson Baker

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.

Clive Barker

http://www.wols.demon.co.uk/

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.

Donald Barthelme

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.

Richard Bausch

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.

Ray Bradbury

http://freenet3.scri.fsu.edu:81/users/brig/bradbury.html

A biography and a list of books, films, and TV works by Ray Bradbury.

Richard Brautigan

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.

Rita Brown

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. It contains links to these and other issues.

Edgar Rice Burroughs

http://www.tarzan.com/

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).

William S. Burroughs

http://www.hyperreal.com/wsb/

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.

Truman Capote

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.

Lewis Carroll: An Overview

http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/hypertext/landow/victorian/carroll/carrollov.html

Lewis Carroll 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.

Raymond Carver

http://world.std.com/~ptc/

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.

The Kate Chopin Project

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.

Agatha Christie

http://www.nd.edu/~rwoodbur/christie/christie.htm

Provides a chronological 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!)

Tom Clancy

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.

Arthur C. Clarke Chapter of "The Silicon Jungle"

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.

Douglas Coupland—Snapshots

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.

Stephen Crane

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.

Michael Crichton

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.

Roald Dahl

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.

Ian Fleming

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.

John Grisham

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

Thomas Hardy

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.

L. Ron Hubbard

http://www.lronhubbard.org/

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.

Zora Neale Hurston

http://pages.prodigy.com/zora/

A site dedicated to the writer of the famous novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. There are many photographs, and links to other Hurston and literature sites.

Robert Jordan

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.

James Joyce (Work in Progress)

http://www.2street.com/joyce/

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.

Jonathan Kellerman

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.

Stephen King

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.

Stephen King

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.

Barbara Kingsolver

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.

Jack Kerouac

http://www-hsc.usc.edu/~gallaher/k_speaks/kerouacspeaks.html

Many recordings of Jack Kerouac reading from his prose. (Sometimes he sings, too.)

Cyber-Seuss

http://www.afn.org/~afn15301/drseuss.html

A good Dr. Seuss page, with all kinds of links, including information on the "Great Grinch Debate."

Dr. Seuss

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?"