Date: 17 Aug 90 00:00:19 PDT (Friday)
Subject: Author Lists: Roald Dahl
From: jwenn@world.std.com (John Wenn)
To: SF-LOVERS%rutgers:EDU
Edited: 10-Jul-93

Roald (pronounced "Roo-aal") Dahl writes two different types of stories:
his adult and his children's stories.  His adult stories are generally
Alfred Hitchcock mixed with a dash of the Twilight Zone.  Witty, macabre,
and with a surprise ending, they are great reads that often contain some
fantasy element.

His children's books aren't that far from his adult novels.  Although
written for children, they have a wicked sense of humor that real children
find delightful.  I am reminded of the cartoons of Charles Addams, or (to
a lesser degree) Edward Gorey.  His most famous work, "Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory" was successfully filmed as "Willy Wonka and the
Chocolate Factory" (even if the film was slightly sanitized).  And "The
Witches" was recently filmed (to be released shortly in the U.S.A.) and I
look forward to seeing it.  Another favorite is "George's Marvelous
Medicine", for very few authors would let George do what he does (no
spoilers).

[C] == Story Collection.
[YA] == The book is for young adults (however you define them).
[O] == Omnibus.  Includes other books.
rev == Revision of the other book.

Dahl, Roald	(U.K., U.S.A., 9/13/1916-11/23/1990)

Series
	Charlie
		Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964) [rev. 1973] [YA]
		Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (1972) [YA]
			[O/2N= The Complete Adventures of Charlie and Mr. Willy Wonka (1978)]

Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life (1990) [C]
The BFG (1982) [YA]
The Best of Roald Dahl (1978) [C]
The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl (1991) [O/4C+8ss = Kiss Kiss + Over to You + Switch Bitch + Someone Like You]
Danny: The Champion of the World (1975) [YA]
Danny: The Champion of the World; James and the Giant Peach; Fantastic Mr. Fox (1983) [O/3N] [YA]
Dirty Beasts (1984) [YA]
The Enormous Crocodile (1976) [YA]
Esio Trot (1990) [YA]
Fantastic Mr. Fox (1970) [YA]
George's Marvelous Medicine (1981) [YA]
The Giraffe & the Pelly & Me (1985) [YA]
Going Solo (1986) [YA]
The Gremlins (1943) [YA]
James and the Giant Peach (1961) [YA] [= James and the Great Peach]
Kiss, Kiss (1960) [C]
Kiss, Kiss; Over to You; Switch Bitch; Four Tales of the Unexpected; My Uncle Oswald (1986) [O/4C+N]
The Magic Finger (1966) [YA]
Matilda (1988) [YA]
The Minpins (1991) [YA]
More Roald Dahl Tales of the Unexpected (1980) [C= More Tales of the Unexpected;= Further Tales of the Unexpected]
My Uncle Oswald (1980)
Rhyme Stew (1989) [C] [YA]
Roald Dahl's Completely Unexpected Tales (1986) [C]
Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes (1983) [YA]
A Second Roald Dahl Selection (1987) [C]
Selected Stories (1970) [C]
Someone Like You (1953) [rev. 1961] [C]
Sometime Never (1948) [rev./ The Gremlins]
Switch Bitch (1974) [C]
Tales of the Unexpected (1979) [C]
Taste (1979) [C]
Twenty-nine Kisses from Roald Dahl (1969) [O/2C= Kiss, Kiss + Someone Like You]
The Twits (1980) [YA]
Two Fables (1987)
The Vicar of Nibbleswicke (1992) [YA]
The Witches (1983) [YA]
The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar (1977) [C] [YA] [= The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More]

Edited
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories (1983)

Non-Genre Fiction
Over to You (1946) [C]

Nonfiction
Boy (1984) [YA/Autobiography]

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