In his 1961 science-fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land, Heinlein coined the term Grok which means "to understand intuitively or by empathy".

Seventy books would constitute a prolific career. Lauran Bosworth Paine had 70 different pen names. He wrote mostly Western fiction. Lots of it. More than 850 books.

Piggy's glasses are the only means the boys have of starting a fire. When the other tribe of boys realizes this, they raid the camp and steal Piggy's glasses, leaving him unable to see.

Robert Frost finished his famous poem "The Road Not Taken" with the following lines: I shall be telling this with a sigh / Somewhere ages and ages hence: / Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- / I took the one less traveled by, / And that has made all the difference.

Aldous Huxley and C.S. Lewis both died on November 22, 1963, but their deaths were overshadowed by a more sensational death that same day: the assassination of U. S. President John F. Kennedy.

One of Tennessee Williams greatest plays, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, contains characters named "Big Daddy" and "Big Mama." These roles were played in the original Broadway production by Burl Ives and Mildred Dunnock.

Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities ends with this famous line, spoken by Sydney Carton, an English barrister who is portrayed in the beginning of the novel as a cynical alcoholic, but who ultimately becomes a selfless hero.

Asimov was a prolific writer, and wrote or edited more than 500 books, including books in 9 of the 10 categories of the Dewey Decimal System.

Steinbeck's dog, Toby, devoured an early draft of the story, which the author had written longhand on notepaper. Steinbeck wrote of the incident to his agent and said, "I was pretty mad, but the poor little fellow may have been acting critically."

The Clan of the Cave Bear is a historical novel by Jean M. Auel that tells the story of Ayla, a five-year-old girl adopted by a tribe of Neanderthals.