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The Origin of the Brunists
Spanking the Maid
Briar Rose
A Political Fable
The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop.
Stepmother
Hopefully I can add to this list over the next year.



Readness:
Baseball
Gerald
Movie night
Lucky
Pricks
Next is The Public Burning which will be the final volume of my original encyclopedic novel list. Pinocchio and John's Wife are on my shelf.
Dzanc is also publishing a sequel to Brunists next year along with the catalog re-issue.
I'm still waiting for that RCF volume. Still.

I'm excited for this as I think it difficult to attain.



I would like to find my way to both of these before the publication of the Wrath, but alas, it may only be the one, what with this pile of books just to my left. [sheesh, I've only got five Coovers read?]

Novels
Short stories, Novellas, Plays & Collections
"The Case of the Severed Hand" Harper's Magazine 317 [1898] (July 2008): 74-80
"Matinée" The New Yorker (July 25, 2011)
[edit]Non-Fiction
The End of Books (1992) (essay)

Next year brings the massive bulk of The Brunist Day of Wrath but also a new, expanded edition of In Bed One Night, and Other Brief Encounters from Dzanc Books ; for which I'm eagerly awaiting the ToC.
By the end of this month I will have shelved all of Coover's books ; at least the ones I know are available ;;
Two items which are not on Tom's list in Post #1 ::
Hair O' The Chine: A Documentary Film Script; Ill. By Robin Mc Donald and

Novels
The Origin of the Brunists (1966)
John's Wife (1996)
The Brunist Day of Wrath (2014)
Short stories, Novellas, Plays & Collections
Dr. Chen's Amazing Adventure (1991) (novella)
"The Case of the Severed Hand" Harper's Magazine 317 [1898] (July 2008): 74-80
"White-Bread Jesus" Harper's Magazine 317 [1903] (December 2008): 79-88
"Matinée" The New Yorker (July 25, 2011)
[edit]Non-Fiction
Quoted from Nathan "N.R." above:
Two items which are not on Tom's list in Post #1 ::

Nothing to sneeze at. Do you plan completionization sometime in 2014 or 2015?
Amy knows this already, but be there lurkers who don't ; Robert Coover's Fable Land is now open and sending forth wide streams of promiscuous invitations :: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

Maybe 2015. I don't know, some of those books are pretty dense! (Also, we'll have the Brunists sequel to add to the mix). :D
On another note, I've just begun (this morning) "The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop."
Your posts and groups inspired me to get back to Coover. (Sorry, Robert Rankin).



For Completionism I hold to the humble standard of merely all that's published in book form, under the name Coover. So stuff by him in other people's books is just dainties, but delicious none the less. Same for short stories ;; until they are assembled in bookform, and most of his will be next year, they are not Completionist-necessary.
But for bibliography, see :: Robert Coover and the Generosity of the Page.

For Completionism I hold to the humble standard of merely all that's published in book form, under the name Coover. So stuff by him in other people's books is just dainties, but delicious none the less. Same for short stories ;; until they are assembled in bookform, and most of his will be next year, they are not Completionist-necessary. ..."
Makes sense to me!

Books mentioned in this topic
A Child Again (other topics)Aesop's Forest and Plot of the Mice (other topics)
After Lazarus: A Filmscript (other topics)
Hair O' The Chine: A Documentary Film Script (other topics)
Robert Coover and the Generosity of the Page (other topics)
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Novels
The Origin of the Brunists (1966)
The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop. (1968)
The Public Burning (1977), completed 1975[2]
Gerald's Party (1986)
A Night at the Movies or, You Must Remember This (1987) (themed anthology)
Pinocchio in Venice (1991)
John's Wife (1996)
Ghost Town (1998)
The Adventures of Lucky Pierre: Director's Cut (2002)
Noir (2010)
Short stories, Novellas, Plays & Collections
Pricksongs & Descants (1969) (collection)
The Babysitter (1969) (short story)
A Theological Position (1972) (plays)
A Political Fable (1980) (novella)
Spanking the Maid (1982) (novella)
In Bed One Night & Other Brief Encounters (1983) (collection)
Whatever Happened to Gloomy Gus of the Chicago Bears (1987) (novella)
Dr. Chen's Amazing Adventure (1991) (novella)
Briar Rose (1996) (novella)
The Grand Hotels (of Joseph Cornell) (2002) (novella)
Stepmother (2004) (novella)
A Child Again (2005) (collection)
"The Case of the Severed Hand" Harper's Magazine 317 [1898] (July 2008): 74-80
"White-Bread Jesus" Harper's Magazine 317 [1903] (December 2008): 79-88
"Going for a beer" The New Yorker (March 14, 2011)
"Matinée" The New Yorker (July 25, 2011)
[edit]Non-Fiction
The End of Books (1992) (essay)
Dzanc books will be re-issuing his books for e-reader sometime in the next year: http://www.dzancbooks.org/reprint-cat...
The Dalkey Archive will release this interesting critical book soon: http://www.amazon.com/Robert-Coover-G...
& their latest ROCF is dedicated to him.