[Borges]

He wrote "The Princess Bride" as well. The novel and the screenplay.

[ClearCase_guy]

Not to be confused with William Golding (”Lord of the Flies”).

[Rummyfan]

RIP. He wrote some great screenplays.

[OddLane]

Impressive resume.

[dennisw]

He was a very smart guy who came from nothing. Go read his wiki-pedia.

[D_Idaho]

“Soldier in the Rain” Jackie Gleason and Steve McQueen.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Not just a fine screen-writer but also a fine novelist. I enjoyed “The Marathon Man” back when I was a kid.

[MrEdd]

I will stick with “The Good Parts Version”, too much baggage in the novel.

[Boomer]

Death must be in the air. Famous and local people are dropping like flies.

Baby Boomers are/were a big population number so I guess it only makes sense they would start dying in large numbers as well. At 87 was he a boomer or a “greatest gen”? I guess it applies either way.

[Yo-Yo]

"Think you used enough dynamite there, Butch?"

[ifinnegan]

For some reason we were assigned an early novel if his called The a Temple of Gold in high school English. I remember certain parts if the book. It wasn’t bad but somewhat empty and melodramatic. Marathon Man also was assigned or an option to read also.

He was prolific and talented. Too smart for today’s Hollywood.

I’d recommend his autobiography/memoir called Adventures in the Screen Trade.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_in_the_Screen_Trade

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Hell, the fall will probably kill ya.

[karnage]

RIP. A great, great screenwriter. Coined the immortal term, referring to the “experts” in the movie business: “Nobody knows anything.”

Pure genius.