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FLCL

Template:Manga FLCL (Japanese language Furi Kuri, pronounced and sometimes romanization as Fooly Cooly) is a six-episode OVA Japanese animated series (anime), the brainchild of film director Kazuya Tsurumaki of Gainax and released by Gainax and Production I.G.. FLCL is both a comedy and a drama, as well as being, at turns, a Horror fiction story, a soap opera and a science fiction drama...

Douglas Adams

Do not change spelling of Hitchhikers, see talk page for details > Infobox-Biography subject-name Douglas Adams image-name Douglasadams.jpg image-caption At the time of his death, Adams Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series had sold more than fifteen million copies. date-of-birth March 11, 1952 place-of-birth Cambridge, England date-of-death May 11, 2001 place-of-death Santa Barbara, California Douglas Noël Adams (March 11, 1952 - May 11, 2001) — also known as Bop Ad or Bob after his illegible signature, or by his initials DNA — was a United..

Dave Barry

David Barry, Jr. (born July 3, 1947) is a bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist who wrote a nationally syndicated column for the Miami, Florida newspaper, The Miami Herald...

Absurdist fiction

Absurdist Fiction is any fictional material that is comedic because of the absurdity of its content. Whereas much comedy can be brought from real-life situations and observations, absurdists choose to instead find comedy in completely impractical or unrealistic situations. This has an advantage over normal comedy in that it can take surrealistic events and apply them to equally (or perhaps more) surreal characters without alienating the audeince. Some Absurdist Fiction authors Douglas Adams (science fiction) John Kendrick Bangs (Bangsian fantasy)..

Carl Hiaasen

NOTOC Carl Hiaasen pronounced hiya-sun (born March 12, 1953) is an American journalist and novelist. Born and raised in Plantation, Florida (near Fort Lauderdale), Carlos was the first of five children and the son of a prostitute, Odel. He married Connie Lyford just after high-school graduation and entered Emory University in 1970. In 1972 he transferred to the University of Florida, graduating in 1974 with a degree in journalism. After two years as a reporter for Cocoa Today out of Cocoa, Florida, he joined the Miami Herald in 1976, where he still (as of 2004) works...

A House Boat on the Styx

A House-Boat on the Styx is a book written by John Kendrick Bangs and published in 1895...

Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl (September 13, 1916–November 23, 1990) was a United Kingdom novelist and short story author of Norway descent, famous both as a writer of childrens fiction as well as adult and horror fiction. Among his most popular books are Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Kiss Kiss, Roald Dahl...

John Kendrick Bangs

John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 - January 21, 1921) was an American author and satirist, and the creator of modern Bangsian fantasy, the school of fantasy writing that sets the plot wholly or partially in the afterlife. He was born in Yonkers, New York. His father was a lawyer in New York City. He went to Columbia University from 1880 to 1883 where he became editor of Columbias literary magazine and contributed short anonymous pieces to humor magazines. After graduation in 1883, Bangs entered Columbia Law School but left in 1884 to become Associate Editor of Life under Edward S...

Terry Pratchett

Terence David John Pratchett Order of the British Empire (known to some fans as Pterry) is an English fantasy author (born April 28, 1948, in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire), best known for his Discworld series...