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Terry Southern (1924–1995)

Author of Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb [1964 film]

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Includes the names: Maxwell Kenton, Terry Southern

Works by Terry Southern

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb [1964 film] (1964) — Screenwriter — 664 copies, 6 reviews
Candy (1958) 592 copies, 13 reviews
The Magic Christian (1969) 443 copies, 7 reviews
Blue Movie (1970) — Author — 297 copies, 3 reviews
Red-Dirt Marijuana and Other Tastes (1967) 281 copies, 3 reviews
Easy Rider [1969 film] (1969) — Screenwriter — 241 copies, 3 reviews
Barbarella [1968 film] (1968) — Screenwriter — 156 copies, 4 reviews
Flash and Filigree (1958) 128 copies, 1 review
Now Dig This: The Unspeakable Writings of Terry Southern, 1950-1995 (2001) 125 copies, 1 review
Texas Summer (1992) 66 copies
Writers in Revolt: An Anthology (1963) — Editor — 31 copies
The Early Stones: Legendary Photographs of a Band in the Making 1963-1973 (1992) 26 copies
Flash and Filigree & The Magic Christian (1965) 22 copies
Virgin: A History of Virgin Records (1995) 19 copies
Easy Rider: Original Screenplay (1969) 17 copies
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Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations) (1963) — Contributor — 388 copies, 4 reviews
Drinking, Smoking and Screwing: Great Writers on Good Times (1994) — Contributor — 337 copies, 4 reviews
The Best of Modern Humor (1983) — Contributor — 296 copies, 2 reviews
The Olympia Reader: Selections from the Traveller's Companion Series (1965) — Contributor — 285 copies, 1 review
The Neon Wilderness (1947) — Interview, some editions — 268 copies, 1 review
The 50 Funniest American Writers: An Anthology of Humor from Mark Twain to The Onion (2011) — Contributor — 252 copies, 3 reviews
Casino Royale [1967 film] (1967) 211 copies, 4 reviews
The Cool School: Writing from America's Hip Underground (2013) — Contributor — 83 copies, 2 reviews
Great Esquire Fiction (1983) — Contributor — 71 copies, 2 reviews
The Best American Magazine Writing 2013 (2013) — Contributor — 42 copies
The Paris Review 200 2012 Spring (2012) — Contributor — 28 copies
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story (Head / Easy Rider / Five Easy Pieces / Drive, He Said / The Last Picture Show /… (2010) — Writer — 28 copies
The Loved One [1965 film] (1965) — Screenwriter — 22 copies
Wonders: Writings and Drawings for the Child in Us All (1980) — Contributor — 19 copies
EVERGREEN REVIEW: VOL. 3, NO. 9: SUMMER 1959 (1959) — Contributor — 12 copies
Candy [1968 film] (2008) — Original book — 7 copies
Prize Stories 1963: The O. Henry Awards (1963) — Contributor — 6 copies
The Rolling Stones present Cocksucker Blues [1972 film] (2003) 2 copies
Juvenile Delinquency in Literature (1980) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Candy by Terry Southern
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archivomorero | 12 other reviews | Feb 13, 2023 |
The Magic Christian (Terry Southern) by Terry Southern
Completely over the top satire and parody of wealth - especially American wealth.

Guy Grand has enough money to waste, in lavish, over the top, foolish ways.

The book was funny in part, but mostly crass and ugly - part of the satire, but so far over the top, it was like satire of satire.
 
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AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies 1998
501 Must-See Movies (Emma Beare, 2004)
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The 50 Best Comedy Movies
Books Should Read Before Age 30
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Works
25
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19
Members
3,134
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Rating
½ 3.7
Reviews
42
ISBNs
132
Languages
7
Favorited
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