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Reply #214 redCeri^cet's post
uwaa.. sadis nye dah meninggal. 
kite ade seme buku dier. huhuhu.
pas nih dah tak dpt dah nak bace buku dier  |
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Sidney Sheldon meninggal dunia
Novelis termasyhur meninggal dunia
LOS ANGELES: Salah seorang penulis novel paling prolifik dunia, Sidney Sheldon (gambar), meninggal dunia di California kelmarin pada usia 89 tahun, kata pegawai publisitinya.
Sheldon meninggal dunia akibat komplikasi radang paru-paru di Pusat Perubatan Eisenhower di Rancho Mirage, berhampiran kediamannya di Palm Springs, kata Sean Rossall, pegawai publisiti di Warren Cowan dan Associates.
Dia menjadi ikon Amerika pada tahun 1970-an dengan novel seperti The Other Side of Midnight dan Bloodline yang kerap menjadikan wanita tabah sebagai karektor utama.
Dia menerbitkan 18 novel dan menjual 300 juta naskhah. Diterjemahkan ke dalam 71 bahasa di 180 negara menjadikan dia tersenarai sebagai 憄enulis paling banyak karya diterjemahkan di dunia |
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Jan 31, 2:57 PM EST
Author Sidney Sheldon Dies at 89
By BOB THOMAS
Associated Press Writer
Sidney Sheldon, in a 1994 interview, explains why he picked a hospital setting for his book 'Nothing Lasts Forever,' in which a doctor's on trial for allegedly murdering his patient.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Sidney Sheldon, who won awards in three careers - Broadway theater, movies and television - then at age 50 turned to writing best-selling novels about stalwart women who triumph in a hostile world of ruthless men, has died. He was 89.
Sheldon died Tuesday afternoon of complications from pneumonia at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, said Warren Cowan, his publicist of more than 25 years. His wife, Alexandra, was by his side.
"I've lost a longtime and dear friend," Cowan said. "In all my years in this business, I've never heard an unkind word said about him."
Sheldon's books, with titles such as "Rage of Angels," "The Other Side of Midnight," "Master of the Game" and "If Tomorrow Comes," provided his greatest fame. They were cleverly plotted, with a high degree of suspense and sensuality and a device to keep the reader turning pages.
"I try to write my books so the reader can't put them down," he explained in a 1982 interview. "I try to construct them so when the reader gets to the end of a chapter, he or she has to read just one more chapter. It's the technique of the old Saturday afternoon serial: leave the guy hanging on the edge of the cliff at the end of the chapter."
Analyzing why so many women bought his books, he commented: "I like to write about women who are talented and capable, but most important, retain their femininity. Women have tremendous power - their femininity, because men can't do without it."
Sheldon was obviously not aiming at highbrow critics, whose reviews of his books were generally disparaging. He remained undeterred, promoting the novels and himself with genial fervor. A big, cheerful man, he bragged about his work habits.
Unlike other novelists who toiled over typewriters or computers, he dictated 50 pages a day to a secretary or a tape machine. He corrected the pages the following day, continuing the routine until he had 1,200 to 1,500 pages.
"Then I do a complete rewrite- 12 to 15 times," he said. "I spend a whole year rewriting."
Several of his novels became television miniseries, often with the author as producer.
Sheldon began writing as a youngster in Chicago, where he was born Feb. 17, 1917. At 10, he made his first sale: $10 for a poem. During the Depression, he worked at a variety of jobs, attended Northwestern University and contributed short plays to drama groups.
At 17, he decided to try his luck in Hollywood. The only job he could find was as a reader of prospective film material at Universal Studio for $22 a week. At night he wrote his own screenplays and sold one, "South of Panama," to the studio for $250.
During World War II, he served as a pilot in the Army Air Corps. In the New York theater after the war he established his reputation as a prolific writer. At one time he had three musicals on Broadway: a rewritten "The Merry Widow," "Jackpot" and "Dream with Music." He received a Tony award as one of the writers of the Gwen Verdon hit "Redhead." His Broadway success brought about his return to Hollywood.
His first assignment, "The Bachelor and the Bobbysoxer," starring Cary Grant, Myrna Loy and Shirley Temple, brought him the Academy Award for best original screenplay of 1947.
While under contract to MGM, he recalled in 1982, "I worked like hell and I never stopped. Dore Schary (then production head) one day looked at a list of MGM projects. I had written eight of them, more than three other writers put together. That afternoon, he made me a producer."
With the movie business hurting because of television's popularity, Sheldon decided to try the new medium.
"I suppose I needed money," he remembered. "I met Patty Duke one day at lunch. So I produced 'The Patty Duke Show' (in which she played two cousins), and I did something nobody else in TV ever did. For seven years, I wrote almost every single episode of the series."
Another series, "Nancy," lasted only a half-season, but "I Dream of Jeannie," which he also created and produced, lasted five seasons, 1965-1970. The show concerned an astronaut, Larry Hagman, who lands on a desert island and discovers a bottle containing a beautiful, 2,000-year-old genie, played by Barbara Eden. She accompanies him back to Florida and eventually marries her.
"During the last year of 'I Dream of Jeannie,' I decided to try a novel," he said in 1982. "Each morning from 9 until noon, I had a secretary at the studio take all calls. I mean every single call. I wrote each morning - or rather, dictated - and then I faced the TV business."
The result was "The Naked Face," which was scorned by book reviewers and sold 21,000 copies in hardcover. The novel found a mass market in paperback, reportedly selling 3.1 million. Thereafter Sheldon became a habitue of best-seller lists, often reigning on top.
Sheldon prided himself on the authenticity of his novels. He remarked in 1987: "If I write about a place, I have been there. If I write about a meal in Indonesia, I have eaten there in that restaurant. I don't think you can fool the reader."
For "Windmills of the Mind," which dealt with the CIA, he interviewed former CIA chief Richard Helms, traveled to Argentina and Romania, and spent a week in Junction City, Kan., where the heroine had lived.
Having won a Tony, an Oscar and an Emmy (for "I Dream of Jeannie";), Sheldon declared that his final medium was the best.
"I love writing books," he commented. "Movies are a collaborative medium, and everyone is second-guessing you. When you do a novel you're on your own. It's a freedom that doesn't exist in any other medium."
Sheldon was married for more than 30 years to Jorja Curtright Sheldon, a stage and film actress who later became a prominent interior decorator. She died in 1985.
He married Alexandra Kostoff, a former child actress and advertising executive, in 1989.
Along with his wife, Sheldon was survived by his daughter, author Mary Sheldon; his brother Richard; two grandchildren and other family members.
Private funeral services were pending. |
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la dah mati dah ke.. aku tak bca lagi yg are u afraid of the dark dgn the other side of me.. aku stat minat baca buku si sheldon ni sejak form 3, means dah lama wo.. ha..ha.. dah tuo den.. sapa nak jual buku terpakai kat aku leh ler pm.. tapi yg latest 2 jelah, yang lain semua dah baca |
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tak penah baca pun buku dia tapi tau sape sidney ni. igtkn pempuan. suka tgk i dream of jeannie |
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excerpt
this is the link to the excerpt of the book entitled "The Other Side Of Me"...
sapa dah ada buku dia? dah kuar ke kat Malaysia? |
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Originally posted by yatiedin at 31-1-2007 10:17 AM
limau,
yup, yatie mmg interested. u tlg tanyakan kalau dia nak jual brapa ya? thanks
yatie, i have it. nak let go at 15 bucks, nak ker? |
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Sidney Sheldon dah meninggal............
31 January 2007, Wednesday.
Best-selling author Sidney Sheldon passed away aged 89. He had an emotional bond to Bulgaria thanks to his second wife Alexandra Kostoff, who is of Bulgarian origin. Sheldon visited the country in July 2005 to the delight of his numerous committed readers here.
Sheldon won awards in three careers - Broadway theater, movies and television - then at age 50 turned to writing best-selling novels about stalwart women who triumph in a hostile world of ruthless men.
Sheldon died Tuesday afternoon of complications from pneumonia at Eisenhower Medical Center, hic publicist Warren Cowan said. His wife, Alexandra, and his daughter, author Mary Sheldon, were by his side.
Sheldon's books, with titles such as "Rage of Angels," "The Other Side of Midnight," "Master of the Game" and "If Tomorrow Comes," provided his greatest fame. They were cleverly plotted, with a high degree of suspense and sensuality and a device to keep the reader turning pages.
***aku kagum n suka dgn karya dia.....tapi dah meninggal.....tua gak time dia meninggal..... |
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Reply #229 firyanz's post
dah ajal die firyanz.... ...karya2 dia akan tetap hidup ..seperti Shakespeare, Dickens, Enid Blyton etc........ |
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sidney sheldon.... among my fave jugak.. tapi dah lama gile tak baca novel... gosh i really missed the time. rase cam nak pi vacation n baca novel by the beach... tapi last baca karya dia 2 yrs back... n now it takes me months to finish a book.
u guys are lucky! |
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Ada tak yang translate BM?
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Hari tu ada terbaca novel SS pernah di translate...saper pernah jumpa? Aku ni teringin nak baca tapi BI tak berapa terer..... |
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sedey ar dapat tau sidney sheldon passed away.... wooo...da xde la karya dia. best baca cite dia wat. xleh stop..lagi bnyk info yg berguna leh dapat. aku hampir kesemua cite dia da baca. besh laaa.. da ter 'bias' ngan sidney sampai novel lain cam x teringin nak try baca.. |
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Originally posted by Ayang68 at 12/2/07 12:54 PM
Hari tu ada terbaca novel SS pernah di translate...saper pernah jumpa? Aku ni teringin nak baca tapi BI tak berapa terer.....
ayang68, maybe you should try.. dulu pun i takdela, moderate/poor in english, tapi bila start baca buku BI, vast imrpovement! |
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Reply #233 isegrim_82's post
:setuju:
mmg best kan novel2 dia. tak rugi beli |
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novel dia senang nak paham.. bahasa pon x susah.. citer pon best gila.. |
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Originally posted by limau_nipis at 15-2-2007 08:45 AM
ayang68, maybe you should try.. dulu pun i takdela, moderate/poor in english, tapi bila start baca buku BI, vast imrpovement!
Ok...u recommendkan i baca buku dia yang mana satu dulu..? The Other Side Of Midnight? Citer nie pun dah difilemkan? |
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sidney sheldon ni boleh kate my all time fave lah..suke sume buku dia yg sy penah bace..
memories of midnite
tell me ur dreams
r u afraid of d dark
windmills of god
domsday conspiracy
rage of angel
best laid plans
nothing last 4ever
dlm buku dia slalu unxpected things berlaku,mmg unpredictable..yg plg best r u afraid of the dark.. |
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Originally posted by Ayang68 at 23/2/07 01:36 PM
Ok...u recommendkan i baca buku dia yang mana satu dulu..? The Other Side Of Midnight? Citer nie pun dah difilemkan?
nothing last forever pun best jugak |
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Reply #238 depp63's post
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Citer love story ker kebanyakannya? |
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Post time 2-2-2007 10:16 AM
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