Syd Field, 77, Author Of Screenwriters’ Bible

Screenplay has sold millions of copies; been translated into more than a dozen languages; served as a reference for James Cameron, Judd Apatow, Tina Fey, Frank Darabont and scores of other successful screenwriters; and inspired plenty of sneers from those who insist that art is born of inspiration, not what Mr. Field, … [argued] is the crucial stuff of a good screenplay: plot points.”

China’s Longest, Raciest Piece Of Classical Pornography Appears In Unexpurgated English

Scholar David Tod Roy hs spent four decades translating The Plum in the Golden Vase, a 3,000-page 16th-century novel with a centuries-old reputation for both social realism and breathtaking raunch. “And Mr. Roy’s scholarly colleagues are no less awe-struck at his erudition, which seemingly leaves no literary allusion or cultural detail unannotated.”