The Prydain Chronicles (or The Chronicles of Prydain) by Lloyd Alexander. Finally got around to reading these books, and they're fantastic.
The Grapes of Wrath
I just started reading this book. Almost didn't get past Chabon's introduction because it annoyed me; he talks about his dream of having "a magazine of my own, one that would revive the lost genres of short fiction." His whole essay ignores the existence of science fiction and mystery magazines during the entire post-1950s period in which he claims short stories with plots were no longer published.I've just started McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales edited by Michael Chabon.
Not yet reading but just got in the mail, my old copy of Bickham's Writing Novels That Sell. And when I say my old copy, I mean my old copy. When I left a normal lifestyle, I donated 2000 books to charity, including my writer's library. When I went to amazon and looked for the title, that charity had a copy, and I just got it, and damned if it isn't MY copy. rotflol.