Thursday, November 06, 2008

Michael Chabon's 12 Favorite Works of Adventure Fiction

DRIN - Del Rey Internet Newsletter: "What earlier tales of adventure inspired Michael Chabon? Del Rey asked him to recommend a few, and thus was created:
THE DASHING DOZEN
Chabon's 12 Favorite Works of Adventure Fiction"

A good list. You can f ind it at the link, which comes via Marshal Zeringue's Campaign for the American Reader.

5 comments:

Librarian D.O.A. said...

I couldn't find the list on the strangely named "Del Rey Internet Newsletter." It sounds so early 90s, doesn't it? Time Warp! What do you expect from a science fiction publisher?

I submitted my blog to them anywho, maybe they'll send me some books! They asked, I didn't just go bananas:

BLOGGERS WANTED

"Are you regular blogger and avid reader of science fiction, fantasy, horror, movie, and gaming books? Sign-up here for our mailing list and you'll be eligible to receive advance copies of Del Rey Books. Your blog may be featured in a future issue of the DRIN."

Todd Mason said...

Yes, everyone provides the link to the Del Rey newsletter, but no one took the opportunity to realize that the October letter would be supplanted by November...and for some reason, Oct isn't archived yet, like September and before. I take it Chabon's list is on the October page. But I've gathered it includes Fritz Leiber, Michael Moorcock, A. Conan Doyle, and othe tellers of great tales...

Librarian D.O.A. said...

We can't leave a question unanswered here at D.O.A. Central. The PW Comics Blog has the list:

http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/10/michael-chabons-top-12-tales-of-adventure/

Todd Mason said...

Thanks. Though that link's dead, too, this one works:

http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/?s=chabon

And the list is as follows:
CAPTAIN BLOOD, Rafael Sabatini
The Kull Stories, Robert E. Howard
The Fafhrd and Grey Mouser stories, Fritz Leiber
AGAINST THE DAY, Thomas Pynchon
The Brigadier Gerard stories, Arthur Conan Doyle
THE CHINESE BANDIT, Stephen Becker
THE ICE SCHOONER, Michael Moorcock
THE ENGLISH PATIENT, Michael Ondaatje
THE THREE MUSKETEERS, Alexandre Dumas
FLASHMAN AT THE CHARGE, George MacDonald Fraser
The Jirel of Joiry stories, C.L. Moore
KING SOLOMON’S MINES, H. Rider Haggard

It was almost an adventure finding the list. An argument against coyness in such things.

Librarian D.O.A. said...

Hmm... the link was alive yesterday. Alas, poor link. Best to just grab the list as you have done. :)