[HN Gopher] David Lodge, British novelist who satirized academic...
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David Lodge, British novelist who satirized academic life, has died
Author : lermontov
Score : 90 points
Date : 2025-01-07 19:42 UTC (3 days ago)
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| toomuchtodo wrote:
| https://archive.today/cLcWH
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| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lodge_(author)
| hprotagonist wrote:
| In this vein of work, I also heartily recommend Kingsley Amis'
| "Lucky Jim" (1954), which arguably began the "campus novel"
| genre.
| adamc wrote:
| Yes! Also Richard Russo's "Straight Man", which might be my
| favorite of all these novels about campus life.
| hilux wrote:
| You may also enjoy _Stoner_ by John Williams.
| vixen99 wrote:
| Wonderful book. I'm not sure that 'enjoy' is quite the term
| I'd use. For sure some of the tribulations experienced by
| Stoner would not be news to some sufferers in academia
| right now.
| adamc wrote:
| I first encountered his novel "Small World" in graduate school,
| and immediately became a fan. (It was on the reading list for one
| of my girlfriend's courses.) Along with other novels like "Lucky
| Jim" and "Straight Man" (and the other two novels in Lodge's
| campus trilogy), it was a hilarious look at campus life. He will
| be missed.
| chinathrow wrote:
| As a younger me, I dug out his e-mail address for a high school
| project and sent him a message with questions about Changing
| Places.
|
| I still have the message I sent him in 2000 but can't find his
| reply, unfortunately, but I got to send two additional messages
| with questions. I was thrilled at the time to be able to contact
| a famous writer and tell my class afterwards about it.
|
| RIP.
| turadg wrote:
| I enjoyed the name Euphoria State University for his fictional
| model of UC Berkeley.
|
| To combine this news with the AI zeitgeist, consider reading his
| 2001 novel, _Thinks..._.
| cafard wrote:
| Yes, and the nice touch of situating Euphoria State University
| in the city of Plotinus.
| p4bl0 wrote:
| His _Campus trilogy_ is and probably will be forever in the list
| of books that I recommend reading [1]. I really enjoyed reading
| those a lot during my PhD.
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| [1] https://pablo.rauzy.name/miscellaneous.html#books
| ggm wrote:
| "Nice work" was adapted for TV by the BBC in 1989 with Hayden
| Gwynne and Warren Clark beautifully cast in the leading roles.
| goodlinks wrote:
| Just watched the series on youtube based on your
| recommendation. Thanks, i enjoyed it!
| ggm wrote:
| Glad you liked it. The scene with the Jennifer Rush song is
| living free in my mind, when Warren Clark's infatuation
| breaks surface.
|
| The Beeb did a version of "the history man" by Malcolm
| Bradbury which I think was OK, but a bit less successful.
| They're somewhat contemporary novels about academia. They
| also did several of the Tom Sharpe novels but they're
| generally more boisterous, picaresque stories.
| zabzonk wrote:
| Don't miss out on "The History Man", by Malcolm Bradbury, another
| campus novel that is as dark as it is funny.
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| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_History_Man
| weinzierl wrote:
| Apart from his fiction, I can recommend his _" The Practice of
| Writing"_ from 1996. Not so much for practical writing advice,
| but because it is an entertaining and interesting read. Even
| decades after reading it I particularly remember the anecdotes
| about Graham Greene and how he likely was as much a spy as he was
| a writer.
| hilux wrote:
| Borrowed. Thank you!
| FiddlerClamp wrote:
| I still remember laughing my butt off at the elevator (or
| 'lift'?) scene from Small World at the time.
| bookofjoe wrote:
| These are wonderful:
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| Louis Auchincloss, The Rector of Justin (1964)
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| Donna Tartt, The Secret History (1992)
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