>>24505697

>#38
>safe bet
>Samuel Richardson. Clarissa
Correct. After C. dies every other character in the book sits around for fifty pages weeping and saying how great she was.

>#63
>Is *this* maybe Vollmann in a story or something?
Nope. The hunt continues.

>#70
>Ok, this is Wharton, Age of Innocence iinm
Correct. May doing whatever it takes to get / keep her man. But she’s a 21-year-old Winona Ryder, so we forgive her.

>#75
>Dylan Thomas has been guessed already
Leaving this blank was just a mistake. This is confirmed as Under Milk Wood.
>Is there a missing still active number?
Don’t think so. Might need to count them, which is pretty arduous.

>>24473304
>Ok, #17 is Leaving Las Vegas, John O'Brien
Correct.
> (what a depressing film)
It's pretty good as adaptations go. Nicholas Cage is almost not annoying (or rather, his annoyingness is appropriate for the character).

>and #21 is from The Third Policeman by John's kinsman Flann
Correct. Not sure if the mother really is a prostitute but you have to suspect.

>Feel free to drop an encouraging hint!
FHTE is indeed a fruitful line of enquiry.

A FEW OTHER RANDOM HINTS:

5) Clearly set in Japan, but not translated: how can this be?

40) A protagonist who goes round telling everyone he isn't a god-damn preacher. /lit/ claims to like this author.

76) Thomas Pynchon says he was once part of a ‘micro-cult’ of admirers of this book.

45, 55, 65, 78, 84, 85, 88 are short stories. Some (45, 78, 85, 88) are pretty obscure.
Bonus extra hint for 55: MUAHHHHH THE FRENCH CHAMPAGNE
Bonus extra hint for 65: Title drop(s)!