Guides to Fiction books
Dates: 5/23/02,7:05 PM through 5/28/02,9:53 AM (14 postings)
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FROM: "Jeanne Etling" <[removed]@nsls.info>
REC'D: 5/23/02, 7:05 PM
The Outlandish Companion by Gabaldon
The Complete Christie by Mathew Bunson
The Bedside, Bathtub and Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie edited by
Dick Riley & Pam McAllister
The New Bedside, Bathtub and Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie edited by
Riley & McAllister
The Bedside, Bathtub and Armchair Companion to Sherlock Holmes by Dick Riley
& Pam McAllister
A Guide to Middle-Earth by Robert Foster
A Complete Guide to Middle-Earth by Robert Foster
The Tolkien Companion by J E A Tyler
The New Tolkien Companion by J E A Taylor
Tolkien the illustrated encyclopedia by David Day
The World of Shannara by Terry Brooks
The Official Nora Roberts Companion by Denise Little & Laura Hayden
Thanks in advance
Jeanne Etling
Dundee (IL) Township Public Library District
FROM: "Quillen, Christine" <[removed]@camden.lib.nj.us>
REC'D: 5/23/02, 7:38 PM
Great idea, please post to the list.
C. L.
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From: Jeanne Etling [[removed]@nsls.info]
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 8:00 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Guides to Fiction books
I would like to compile a list of guides to fiction books that either
feature an author's works, a portion of his/her works or to series by
multiple authors. I am not interested in guides to movies. So far, I have
the following:
The Outlandish Companion by Gabaldon
The Complete Christie by Mathew Bunson
The Bedside, Bathtub and Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie edited by
Dick Riley & Pam McAllister
The New Bedside, Bathtub and Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie edited by
Riley & McAllister
The Bedside, Bathtub and Armchair Companion to Sherlock Holmes by Dick Riley
& Pam McAllister
A Guide to Middle-Earth by Robert Foster
A Complete Guide to Middle-Earth by Robert Foster
The Tolkien Companion by J E A Tyler
The New Tolkien Companion by J E A Taylor
Tolkien the illustrated encyclopedia by David Day
The World of Shannara by Terry Brooks
The Official Nora Roberts Companion by Denise Little & Laura Hayden
Thanks in advance
Jeanne Etling
Dundee (IL) Township Public Library District
FROM: [removed]@geneva.lib.il.us
REC'D: 5/23/02, 7:49 PM
Hi Jeanne --
you said:
>>>>>I would like to compile a list of guides to fiction books that
>>either feature an author's works...
This may tip over into the realm of lit crit, but Robert Kuhn
McGregor and Ethan Lewis's book Conundrums for the long weekend:
England, Dorothy L. Sayers and Lord Peter Wimsey is a wonderful
companion to the Lord Peter series.
Deborah T. Walsh
Geneva Public Library District
127 James Street
Geneva, IL 60134
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FROM: [removed]@carmel.lib.in.us (Mary Boyden)
REC'D: 5/23/02, 7:49 PM
A Sea of Words: A Lexicon and Companion to the Complete Seafaring Tales of Patrick O'Brian by Dean King
Mary Boyden
Readers' Advisory Librarian
Carmel Clay Public Library
FROM: "M. Wms." <[removed]@adelphia.net>
REC'D: 5/23/02, 8:20 PM
A Mug-Up with Elisabeth: A Companion for Readers of Elisabeth
Ogilvie (2001)
Marilyn Westervelt and Melissa Hayes
The Stephen King Companion
Beahm, George (Ed) 1989.
The Tony Hillerman Companion
Greenberg, Martin (ed). 1994. Fine in fine like dust jacket.
THE UNAUTHORIZED ANNE RICE COMPANION
Beahm, George, Editor. 1996.
A biographical, bibliographical resource and reference guide.
The VAMPIRE COMPANION. The Official Guide to Anne Rice's THE VAMPIRE
CHRONICLES. Ramsland, Katherine 1993.
Classic chronicle, glossary and guide book to the vampiric fiction
of Anne Rice. Illustrated throughout. Includes glossary, time lines,
vampire atlases.
Alice Companion: a Guide to Lewis Carroll's Alice Books.
1998.
C.S. Lewis: A Companion and Guide
Walter Hooper, editor
James Clavell -- A Critical Companion
by Gina Macdonald 1996
Sackett Companion: A Personal Guide to the Sackett Novels
Louis L'Amour
A Jane Austen Companion. A Critical Survey and Reference Book
Pinion, Francis Bertram Includes a glossary of unusual or outmoded
meanings, an identification of people and places in Austen's
fiction, discusses her life, background and her writing. Also
included an annotated bibliography [1973]
The Dune Encyclopedia : The Complete, Authorized Guide and Companion
to Frank Herbert's Masterpiece of the Imagination
McNelly, Willis E., Ed. 1984.
Robert A. Heinlein: A Reader's Companion (2000
by James Gifford
In addition to accurate and authoritative bibliographic information,
each work is described in detail, with special attention paid to
unusual elements of the work's background, history, connections and
contents.
The Sorcerer's Companion: A Guide to the Magical World of Harry
Potter (2001)
Allan Zola Kronzek and Elizabeth Kronzek
Also, Cambridge Companions to Samuel Beckett, Thomas Hardy, Joseph
Conrad, etc. Bibliographic info, essays, chronologies, etc.
~ Molly Wms.
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Molly Williams, Volunteer, Waterboro Public Library (Maine)
Library Weblog: http://www.waterboro.lib.me.us/blog.htm
Jeanne Etling wrote:
> I would like to compile a list of guides to fiction books that either
> feature an author's works, a portion of his/her works or to series by
> multiple authors. I am not interested in guides to movies. So far, I have
> the following:
>
> The Outlandish Companion by Gabaldon
> The Complete Christie by Mathew Bunson
> The Bedside, Bathtub and Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie edited by
> Dick Riley & Pam McAllister
> The New Bedside, Bathtub and Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie edited by
> Riley & McAllister
> The Bedside, Bathtub and Armchair Companion to Sherlock Holmes by Dick Riley
> & Pam McAllister
> A Guide to Middle-Earth by Robert Foster
> A Complete Guide to Middle-Earth by Robert Foster
> The Tolkien Companion by J E A Tyler
> The New Tolkien Companion by J E A Taylor
> Tolkien the illustrated encyclopedia by David Day
> The World of Shannara by Terry Brooks
> The Official Nora Roberts Companion by Denise Little & Laura Hayden
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Jeanne Etling
> Dundee (IL) Township Public Library District
>
FROM: EMILY TENNERMANN WICHMAN <[removed]@students.wisc.edu>
REC'D: 5/23/02, 8:42 PM
Emily Wichman
School of Library and Information Studies
University of Wisconsin-Madison
FROM: "M. Wms." <[removed]@adelphia.net>
REC'D: 5/23/02, 8:52 PM
The Witches' Companion : The Official Guide to Anne Rice's Lives of
the Mayfair Witches by Katherine Ramsland, Anne Rice 1996
Companion to Narnia
by Paul F. Ford, et al 1994
The Dorothy Dunnett Companion
by Elspeth Morrison (2001)
The Dorothy Dunnett Companion (Volume II)
by Elspeth Morrison, Dorothy Dunnett 2002
The Hornblower Companion
by C. S. Forester, Samuel H. Bryant (Illustrator) 1999
Lobscouse and Spotted Dog: Which It's a Gastronomic Companion to the
Aubrey/Maturin Novels (Patrick O'Brian)
by Anne Chotzinoff Grossman, et al 2000
The Unofficial Patricia Cornwell Companion
by George Beahm
(2002 - Not published yet?)
An Anne Tyler Companion
by Robert Wayne Croft 1998
A Sarah Orne Jewett Companion
by Robert L. Gale 1999
A Dashiell Hammett Companion:
by Robert L. Gale 2000
The Tom Clancy Companion
by Martin H. Greenberg (Editor) 1992
The Odyssey of Gilthanas (Dragonlance Reader's Companion)
by Douglas Niles, et al 1999
Also: the _Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers_
series (various authors, about 175 pp each) provides complete
bibliographies, analyses, reviews, etc. for each writer's works.
Some authors: John Irving, Jamaica Kincaid, Robert Ludlum,
Terry McMillan, Louise Erdrich, Barbara Kingsolver, Ray Bradbury,
Julia Alvarez, Chaim Potok, Gloria Naylor, Gabriel Garcia Marquez,
Maxine Hong Kingston, etc.
Not sure if these are too much criticism and not enough companion ??
~ Molly Wms.
--
Molly Williams, Volunteer, Waterboro Public Library (Maine)
Library Weblog: http://www.waterboro.lib.me.us/blog.htm
Jeanne Etling wrote:
> I would like to compile a list of guides to fiction books that either
> feature an author's works, a portion of his/her works or to series by
> multiple authors. I am not interested in guides to movies. So far, I have
> the following:
>
> The Outlandish Companion by Gabaldon
> The Complete Christie by Mathew Bunson
> The Bedside, Bathtub and Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie edited by
> Dick Riley & Pam McAllister
> The New Bedside, Bathtub and Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie edited by
> Riley & McAllister
> The Bedside, Bathtub and Armchair Companion to Sherlock Holmes by Dick Riley
> & Pam McAllister
> A Guide to Middle-Earth by Robert Foster
> A Complete Guide to Middle-Earth by Robert Foster
> The Tolkien Companion by J E A Tyler
> The New Tolkien Companion by J E A Taylor
> Tolkien the illustrated encyclopedia by David Day
> The World of Shannara by Terry Brooks
> The Official Nora Roberts Companion by Denise Little & Laura Hayden
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Jeanne Etling
> Dundee (IL) Township Public Library District
>
FROM: Lucy Lockley <[removed]@mail.win.org>
REC'D: 5/24/02, 9:58 AM
"Good Old Index: the Sherlock Holmes Handbook: a Guide to the Sherlock
Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, persons, places, themes,
summaries of all the tales, with commentary on the style of the author" by
Thomas W. Ross, 1997
"The Complete Guide to Sherlock Holmes" by Michael Hardwick, 1987
"Leaves From the Inn of the Last Home: the complete Krynn Source Book"
complied by Tika & Caramon Majere; edited by Margaret Weis and Tracy
Hickman, 1993 (presumably a guide to the Dragonlance chronicles?)
"The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time" by Robert Jordan & Teresa
Patterson, 1997
"The Dragonlover's Guide to Pern" by Jody Lynn Nye with Anne McCaffrey, 1989
"The People of Pern" illustrations by Robin Wood with text & introduction
by Anne McCaffrey, 1988 (more of a picture guide to the characters but some
text)
Lucy M. Lockley Phone: 636/441.2300, Ext. 1563
Collection Development Manager FAX: 636/441.3132
St. Charles City-County Library District
425 Spencer Road
P.O. Box 529 e-mail: [removed]@mail.win.org
St. Peters, MO 63376-0529 Library website:
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At 06:59 PM 05/23/2002 -0500, Jeanne Etling wrote:
>I would like to compile a list of guides to fiction books that either
>feature an author's works, a portion of his/her works or to series by
>multiple authors. I am not interested in guides to movies. So far, I have
>the following:
>
>The Outlandish Companion by Gabaldon
>The Complete Christie by Mathew Bunson
>The Bedside, Bathtub and Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie edited by
>Dick Riley & Pam McAllister
>The New Bedside, Bathtub and Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie edited by
>Riley & McAllister
>The Bedside, Bathtub and Armchair Companion to Sherlock Holmes by Dick Riley
>& Pam McAllister
>A Guide to Middle-Earth by Robert Foster
>A Complete Guide to Middle-Earth by Robert Foster
>The Tolkien Companion by J E A Tyler
>The New Tolkien Companion by J E A Taylor
>Tolkien the illustrated encyclopedia by David Day
>The World of Shannara by Terry Brooks
>The Official Nora Roberts Companion by Denise Little & Laura Hayden
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Jeanne Etling
>Dundee (IL) Township Public Library District
>
>
>
>......................................................................
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FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 5/24/02, 10:09 AM
The Valdemar Companion, Mercedes Lackey
The World of Shannara, Brooks & Patterson
Dragonlover's Guide to Pern, Nye & McCaffrey
Atlas of Pern, Karen Wynn Fonstad
The Atlas of the Dragonlance World, Fonstad
The Darkover Concordance, Breen
I believe there's also a concordance/companion to Louis L'Amour's "Sackett"
series.
I don't know whether you would count these, but some fictional detectives
have had "biographies" written of them. Sherlock Holmes and Nero Wolfe come
to mind.
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REC'D: 5/24/02, 11:33 AM
Going To Barsetshire
A Companion to the Barsetshire Novels of Angela Thirkell
by Cynthia Snowden.
FROM: Bradley A Scott <[removed]@juno.com>
REC'D: 5/27/02, 6:12 PM
With Peter Jackson's three-part movie version of "The Lord of the Rings"
in mid-release, there are any number of books about Middle Earth
available, many of which might be wonderful for your list. In addition
to the ones mentioned in the initial query, I might suggest Karen Wynn
Fonstad's "Atlas of Middle Earth" and David Day's "Tolkien Bestiary".
The recent book "Meditations on Middle Earth" collects essays on Middle
Earth by various other writers (Ursula Le Guin, Orson Scott Card, etc.)
Heck, there are even competing musical versions of Tolkien's songs.
Donald Swann published some song arrangements years ago under the title
"The Road Goes Ever On", and others have not only set them to music, but
recorded the results (www.flowinglass.com/avalon/disc.html,
www.tolkienensemble.dk).
Stretching the original query a bit further, but not quite violating the
proscription against movie books: anyone who enjoyed Mervyn Peake's
"Gormenghast" books, or the recent BBC miniseries based on them, might be
interested in "The Art of Gormenghast", a description of how the BBC
brought the castle and its denizens to television.
Perhaps I've wandered afar from the initial query. So be it; the road,
after all, goes ever on and on.
Bradley A. Scott
"There is no frigate like a book...."
(quoth Emily)
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FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 5/28/02, 7:45 AM
>From: Bradley A Scott <[removed]@juno.com>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: Re: Guides to Fiction books
>Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 17:38:11 -0400
>
>
>With Peter Jackson's three-part movie version of "The Lord of the Rings"
>in mid-release, there are any number of books about Middle Earth
>available, many of which might be wonderful for your list...
And then, of course, there are multitudes of STAR WARS-related books...I'm
sure every library that stocks the SW paperbacks (or the hardcovers) does a
brisk business in them.
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FROM: "Marla" <[removed]@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org>
REC'D: 5/28/02, 8:06 AM
Can you count annotated editions? There seem to be alot of titles
available in annotated form.... BYE!
Marla/Great Falls Public Library/Acquisitions
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Great Falls MT 59401-2593
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FROM: "Allison Boyer" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 5/28/02, 9:53 AM
--Allison Boyer--
Public Library Associate
Ann Arbor District Library
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From: "Jeanne Etling" <[removed]@nsls.info>
Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
Subject: Guides to Fiction books
Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 18:59:52 -0500
I would like to compile a list of guides to fiction books that either
feature an author's works, a portion of his/her works or to series by
multiple authors. I am not interested in guides to movies. So far, I have
the following:
The Outlandish Companion by Gabaldon
The Complete Christie by Mathew Bunson
The Bedside, Bathtub and Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie edited by
Dick Riley & Pam McAllister
The New Bedside, Bathtub and Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie edited by
Riley & McAllister
The Bedside, Bathtub and Armchair Companion to Sherlock Holmes by Dick Riley
& Pam McAllister
A Guide to Middle-Earth by Robert Foster
A Complete Guide to Middle-Earth by Robert Foster
The Tolkien Companion by J E A Tyler
The New Tolkien Companion by J E A Taylor
Tolkien the illustrated encyclopedia by David Day
The World of Shannara by Terry Brooks
The Official Nora Roberts Companion by Denise Little & Laura Hayden
Thanks in advance
Jeanne Etling
Dundee (IL) Township Public Library District
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