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Jack London


Born
in San Francisco, California, The United States
January 12, 1876

Died
November 22, 1916

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John Griffith Chaney (1876-1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.

His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories, "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life". He also wrote about the South Pacific in stories such as "The Pearls of Parlay", and "The Heathen".

London was part of the radical literary group, "The Crowd," in San Fra
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Average rating: 3.98 · 924,368 ratings · 37,597 reviews · 8,456 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Call of the Wild

3.90 avg rating — 414,837 ratings — published 1903 — 5608 editions
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White Fang

4.01 avg rating — 184,219 ratings — published 1906 — 2860 editions
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The Call of the Wild / Whit...

4.12 avg rating — 76,877 ratings — published 1906 — 463 editions
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Martin Eden

4.47 avg rating — 40,093 ratings — published 1908 — 2914 editions
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The Sea Wolf

4.05 avg rating — 29,564 ratings — published 1904 — 3250 editions
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4.04 avg rating — 22,234 ratings — published 1903 — 14 editions
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To Build a Fire

3.97 avg rating — 22,157 ratings — published 1902 — 241 editions
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The Iron Heel

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3.77 avg rating — 10,482 ratings — published 1908 — 2732 editions
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The Scarlet Plague

3.73 avg rating — 10,512 ratings — published 1912 — 2484 editions
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The Star Rover

4.21 avg rating — 8,200 ratings — published 1914 — 1476 editions
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Quotes by Jack London  (?)
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“You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.”
Jack London

“I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.”
Jack London

“I'd rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet.”
Jack London, The Turtles of Tasman

Polls

December 2019 New School Classic Poll

 
  107 votes, 34.6%

The Sea Wolf by Jack London, 1904, 295 pages
 
  78 votes, 25.2%

Ice by Anna Kavan, 1967, 193
 
  40 votes, 12.9%

The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher, 1987, 530 pages
 
  34 votes, 11.0%

 
  26 votes, 8.4%

Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin, 1978, 272 pages
 
  24 votes, 7.8%

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