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My own list of such stories is quirky and short. A handful of novels: Arundel by Kenneth Roberts, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré, Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith, Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry, Watership Down by Richard Adams, The King Must Die by Mary Renault. And a pair of memoirs: An American Childhood by Annie Dillard and Where Courage Is Like a Wild Horse by Chicagoans Sharon Skolnick and Manny Skolnick. (There are never enough. What’s on your list?)
Yeah, I know–I’m late to the party. But there’s something to be said for encountering this masterpiece after the fact. If you saw it live in the fall of 2002 and it didn’t take, bear in mind that the pinheads running Fox showed the episodes out of order, making it hard to follow. The DVD edition puts that right. (And so will the Sci-Fi Channel marathon scheduled for September 18.)
