Any and everything of Tolkien that I can lay hands on, for one area.

And "The Great American Novel", which is called A Conspiracy of Dunces. The author tried and tried to get it published, and finally despaired and committed suicide. His mother, convinced it must be published, took it from publisher to publisher to publisher, and was turned down and turned down. Finally she took it to a man at I believe it was Mississippi University Press. He told her, "We don't publish fiction." She twisted his arm to at least read it. He realized its greatness, and despite the no-fiction policy of that University Press, moved mountains to get the policy set aside in this case and have it published there.

The title, incidentally, refers to a quote from Swift, to the effect,
"Once in a generation a great genius arises, and he may be known by this sign: All the dunces arise in conspiracy against him." That's my paraphrase.

Read it! Read it! Read it! Read it! Read it!    I have, three times so far. What a loss, that we'll have no further offerings from its author!

Dave Oesterreich