What author have you read the most books from?

def Roald Dahl for me. Non children's book author would be Vargas Llosa probably. Not my favourite but his highs are good and he has a more rewarding back catalogue than any of the other "boom"ers afaict

Ever read any of his collected stories for adults? I never did, though used to see Tales of the Unexpected, Some One Like You, and others (come to think of it, got an omnibus somewhere). Have watched some adapted for Alfred Hitchcock Presents

I’d love to know more about Harry Mathews. I have an omnibus edition of all his novels but am intimidated. Also have his 20 Lines A Day book and that approachable and enjoyable. He was an Oulipo guy, right?

Yes indeed. At one point the only American member, or the only name one, or something.

yes he was in Oulipo but unlike most of those guys he didn't usually foreground whatever constraints he used...you can just sense there is something weird running in the background and fueling the mood and his choices

if you enjoyed Twenty Lines A Day I wld recommend Singular Pleasures, the collection of masturbation vignettes.

This too:

http://jean-claude-kuner.de/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/manuskript_farce_double_english.pdf

I think a good entry point w/ the novels is My Life In CIA, and maybe backward toward some of the thornier denser stuff, Tlooth and Sinking of the Odradek Stadium

Thanks for the tips, Hadrian. I attempted Tlooth but couldn’t find my way in. My Life in CIA looks more my speed.

Yeah, that, or wikipedia makes this look appealing too:
Mathews's next novel, Cigarettes, marked a change in his work. Less whimsical but no less technically sophisticated than his first three novels, it consists of an interlocking series of narratives revolving around a small group of interconnected characters. The book's approach to narrative is generally realistic, and Cigarettes is ultimately moving in a way that none of his previous books attempted to be.[14]

Cigarettes is terrific

Yup

Updike probably. He churned them out.

probably RL stine lol. i collected tons of them because i liked the covers as a little kid then a couple years later a puritan streak in me made me commit to reading all of them. even at the time i knew they were thin gruel and i remember nothing about them now.

as an adult, probably DFW, in my early 20s