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Name David Loftus Title Scholar             Total Reviews 592 Something about yourself I do a dynamite oral imitation of Holmes and Watson, and have been recording some of the best stories for "Golden Hours," a broadcast service for blind and elderly housebound listeners in Oregon that is overseen by the public radio station KOPB in Portland. Book Reviews Click on a book below to see my review of it. Study in Scarlet The Adventure of the Speckled Band The Annotated Sherlock Holmes A Scandal in Bohemia The Reigate Squires Other Authors whose books I've reviewed Biography Noah Adams Deirdre Bair The Beatles Jack Benny and Joan Benny Herbert Bix Ray Bradbury Edna Buchanan Anthony Burgess Helen Caldicott Simon Callow Robert Caro Miranda Carter Wensley Clarkson Edward Conlon Peter Cowie Rosemary Daniell Ariel Dorfman Timothy Egan Harlan Ellison Anne Fadiman Jeannette Ferrary M.F.K. Fisher Delores French Stephen Fry Stuart Galbraith John Gielgud Martin Goldsmith Philip Gourevitch Sebastian Haffner E.M. Halliday Joseph Heller Robin Marantz Henig Lee Hill Laura Hillenbrand Walter Isaacson Roy Jenkins Jane Juska Mary Karr Florence King Stephen King Klaus Kinski Jeffrey Kluger Wayne Koestenbaum Bernard Lefkowitz Warren Lehrer Primo Levi Lauri Lewin Mitzi Loftus Anthony Loyd Adeline Yen Mah George Martin Katherine Martin Frank McCourt Louis Menand Daphne Merkin Azar Nafisi Pamela Nagami Donald Newlove David Niven Sherwin Nuland Richard Parker M. Scott Peck Geoffrey Perret George Perry Kevin Phillips Jonathan Raban Donald Rayfield Kay Jamison Redfield Kim Rich William L. Riordan Ron Rosenbaum Richard Rubin Jean-Paul Sartre Dan Savage Stacy Schiff Clea Simon Brenda Venus with Gerald Seth Sindell John Southworth Chris Stewart Lee Strasberg Wendy Swallow Anthony Swofford Frank Vertosick Christine Wallace Eileen Warburton Amy Fisher with Sheila Weller Sam Weller Miriam Williams Tobias Wolff Christopher Wren Elizabeth Wurtzel Howard Zinn History (in beta) Stephen Ambrose Rick Atkinson Max Boot H.W. Brand Geraldine Brooks Thomas Cahill Iris Chang Frank Chin Rich Cohen Stephanie Coontz Andrew Spielman and Michael D'Antonio Norman Davies Nancy Yaw Davis Sherry Sontag, Christopher Drew, Annette Lawrence Drew Bruce Feiler Paul Fussell Paul Boller and John George Philip Gourevitch Yossi Klein Halevi Aidan Hartley Chris Hedges Paul Hendrickson Gregg Herken Tony Horwitz Phillip Knightley William Kornblum Kevin Krajick Robert Kurson Frederick S. Lane Raymond B. Lech Primo Levi David Loftus Thomas P. 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Gaines Paul Gallico Peter George Herbert Gold John Gould Germaine Greer Roger Grenier David Guterson Robert Harris Joseph Heller Naomi Hirahara A.M. Homes Khaled Hosseini Richard Hughes James Joyce Merrily Weisbord and Kim Kachanoff Garrison Keillor Gerald Kersh Florence King Milan Kundera Alexander Kuprin Andrey Kurkov D.H. Lawrence Jonathan Lethem Mario Vargas Llosa Anita Loos Barry Lopez Naguib Mahfouz Norman Mailer Thomas Mallon Sandor Marai Yann Martel Peter Matthiessen Frances Mayes Peter Mayle Ian McEwan Todd McEwen Herman Melville George Meredith Rohinton Mistry Nicole Mones Lorrie Moore Haruki Murakami Iris Murdoch Vladimir Nabokov Sena Jeter Naslund Edith Nesbit Sherwin Nuland Patrick O'Brian Tim O'Brien John O'Hara Chuck Palahniuk Charles Palliser C.D. Payne Edgar Allan Poe Richard Powers Frederic Prokosch Philip Pullman Daniel Quinn Edeet Ravel Philip Roth Jean-Paul Sartre Bernhard Schlink Peter Shaffer William Shakespeare Ronald B. Shwartz Josef Skvorecky Alexander McCall Smith Rebecca Solnit Terry Southern Wallace Stegner John Steinbeck George Steiner Stendhal Neal Stephenson Italo Svevo Junichiro Tanizaki Leo Tolstoy John Kennedy Toole Mark Twain William Vollmann Robert Penn Warren Nathanael West Colson Whitehead Elie Wiesel Leon Wieseltier Tennessee Williams Anderzej Zaniewski Emile Zola Science Fiction Isaac Asimov Margaret Atwood J.G. Ballard Buzz Aldrin and John Barnes L. Frank Baum Greg Bear Alfred Bester Ben Bova Ray Bradbury Lewis Carroll Arthur C. Clarke Susan Cooper Robert Cormier Philip K. Dick Harlan Ellison Carol Emshwiller Jack Finney Neil Gaiman David Gerrold William Gibson Keith Hartman Robert A. Heinlein John Hersey Franz Kafka Philip Kerr Ursula K. LeGuin Gregory Maguire Richard Matheson Walter Miller Jr. Perry Miyake Edith Nesbit Terry Pratchett Philip Pullman J.K. 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