Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ut-sally.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!hao!seismo!ut-sally!riddle From: riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle) Newsgroups: net.books Subject: Re: crossover authors Message-ID: <3057@ut-sally.UUCP> Date: Mon, 13-Aug-84 12:13:57 EDT Article-I.D.: ut-sally.3057 Posted: Mon Aug 13 12:13:57 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 15-Aug-84 00:58:13 EDT References: <2690@allegra.UUCP> Organization: U. of Tx. at Houston-in-the-Hills Lines: 20 There are lots more "crossover authors". A few who come to mind: G.K. Chesterton, the eminent British convert to and defender of Catholicism, wrote a series of murder mysteries which won much praise from Jorge Luis Borges, among others. The sleuth at the center of the stories was a priest named Father Brown, and the solution of each murder hinged on some metaphysical question (I guess you see why Borges liked them). Howard Fast, who may or may not be considered "top-notch", is best known as a writer of historical fiction of better-than-supermarket quality. He has also written a number of science fiction short stories. I recall one collection called "The General Zapped an Angel." The fine South African novelist Doris Lessing has turned to science fiction in recent years. I haven't read any of it, though; would anyone care to write a short review? --- Prentiss Riddle ("Aprendiz de todo, maestro de nada.") --- {ihnp4,harvard,seismo,gatech,ctvax}!ut-sally!riddle