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EspañolLIST OF FICTION SET IN OREGON
The following are authors, filmmakers, musicians, and other performers, and their products, associated with 'Portland, Oregon'. A separate list of artists and art institutions is also available.
★ Children's author Beverly Cleary set many of her stories in Portland, and used many references to the city in them. Henry Huggins, for instance, lived on Klickitat Street, while Ramona Quimby was named for Quimby Street.[1]
★ David James Duncan, author of The River Why (set in rural Oregon), grew up in Portland.
★ Katherine Dunn came to Portland to attend Reed College and lives there still. Her novel ''Geek Love'' is partially set in Portland.[2]
★ Ursula K. Le Guin, Grand Master author of speculative fiction, has lived in Portland since 1958. ''The Lathe of Heaven'', one of her most renowned novels, is set in a future Portland.
★ Author Jean Auel currently lives in Portland with her husband. She attended both Portland State University and the University of Portland.[3]
★ Author Chuck Palahniuk wrote ''Fight Club'', often regarded as a milestone for both Generation X and Generation Y. He also wrote an alternative travelogue of the city titled ''.[4]
★ ''The Bridge of the Gods: A Romance of Indian Oregon'' by Frederick Homer Balch, published in 1890, is the earliest novel set in Oregon.
★ ''Honey in the Horn'' by H. L. Davis -- this sardonic look at pioneer life in rural Oregon won the Pulitzer prize.
★ ''Sometimes a Great Notion'' by Ken Kesey -- the story of a family of "gyppo" (or contract) loggers.
★ ''Trask'' by Don Berry -- Elbridge Trask, former mountain man, is the first to farm the grasslands along the Tillamook Bay
★ ''Blue Like Jazz'' by Donald Miller – a semi-autobiographical book by a Portland author, concerning Christianity and "…[drawing] heavily on Portland's deep pool of oddballs"[5]
★ '' by Chuck Palahniuk
★ ''Invisible Monsters'' by Chuck Palahniuk
★ ''Geek Love'' by Katherine Dunn
★ ''Ramona Quimby, Age 8'' and other children's books by Beverly Cleary
★ ''The Lathe of Heaven'' by Ursula K. Le Guin – a novel set in Portland.[6]
★ ''Paranoid Park'' by Blake Nelson
★ ''Dies the Fire'' and sequels by S. M. Stirling – science fiction novels set in the Willamette Valley and other parts of the Pacific Northwest[7]
★ ''Violence of Action'' by Richard Marcinko
★ Director Gus Van Sant has achieved commercial and critical acclaim for his films, including ''My Own Private Idaho'', ''Drugstore Cowboy'', ''Good Will Hunting'' (which earned Van Sant a best director Oscar nomination) and ''Elephant'' (which won the Palme d'Or and a best director award at the Cannes Film Festival).[8]
★ Will Vinton Studios, a famous producer of animated films (especially clay animation); noted for the feature film Return to Oz, the California Raisins television commercials of the 1980s, Eddie Murphy's television show The PJs.[9]
★ Matt Groening, who graduated from Portland's Lincoln High School, is responsible for creating two of the most popular animated television series of the last two decades, ''The Simpsons'' and ''Futurama''. Many of the character names in The Simpsons are taken from street names in Portland (Flanders, Rev. Lovejoy, etc.)[11]
★ ''Nowhere Man'' - filmed largely in and around Portland, Oregon
★ The animated series ''Mission Hill'' was set in a neighborhood located in Portland.
★ Music of Oregon
★ List of lists about Oregon
1. Beverly Cleary, Age 90 (2006 Newsweek Interview)
2. article in Willamette Week
3. article from LiteraryArts.org
4. Palahniuk paints a lovingly twisted picture of the not-so-rosy Portland
5. Confessions of a dangerous mind Zach Dundas
6. Lathe of Heaven (Synopsis)
7. Dies the Fire (review) Paul Di Filippo
8. The camera man: how Gus Van Sant made Portland cool
9. Toon town
10. Theaters to nab ‘The Hunted’ in February Jennifer Anderson
11. Matt Groening's Portland Don Hamilton
★ "Reading Portland: The City in Prose", ''The Portland Mercury''
| Contents |
| Literature |
| Authors |
| Books |
| Film |
| Filmmakers |
| Films |
| Television |
| See also |
| References |
| External links |
Literature
Authors
★ Children's author Beverly Cleary set many of her stories in Portland, and used many references to the city in them. Henry Huggins, for instance, lived on Klickitat Street, while Ramona Quimby was named for Quimby Street.[1]
★ David James Duncan, author of The River Why (set in rural Oregon), grew up in Portland.
★ Katherine Dunn came to Portland to attend Reed College and lives there still. Her novel ''Geek Love'' is partially set in Portland.[2]
★ Ursula K. Le Guin, Grand Master author of speculative fiction, has lived in Portland since 1958. ''The Lathe of Heaven'', one of her most renowned novels, is set in a future Portland.
★ Author Jean Auel currently lives in Portland with her husband. She attended both Portland State University and the University of Portland.[3]
★ Author Chuck Palahniuk wrote ''Fight Club'', often regarded as a milestone for both Generation X and Generation Y. He also wrote an alternative travelogue of the city titled ''.[4]
Books
★ ''The Bridge of the Gods: A Romance of Indian Oregon'' by Frederick Homer Balch, published in 1890, is the earliest novel set in Oregon.
★ ''Honey in the Horn'' by H. L. Davis -- this sardonic look at pioneer life in rural Oregon won the Pulitzer prize.
★ ''Sometimes a Great Notion'' by Ken Kesey -- the story of a family of "gyppo" (or contract) loggers.
★ ''Trask'' by Don Berry -- Elbridge Trask, former mountain man, is the first to farm the grasslands along the Tillamook Bay
★ ''Blue Like Jazz'' by Donald Miller – a semi-autobiographical book by a Portland author, concerning Christianity and "…[drawing] heavily on Portland's deep pool of oddballs"[5]
★ '' by Chuck Palahniuk
★ ''Invisible Monsters'' by Chuck Palahniuk
★ ''Geek Love'' by Katherine Dunn
★ ''Ramona Quimby, Age 8'' and other children's books by Beverly Cleary
★ ''The Lathe of Heaven'' by Ursula K. Le Guin – a novel set in Portland.[6]
★ ''Paranoid Park'' by Blake Nelson
★ ''Dies the Fire'' and sequels by S. M. Stirling – science fiction novels set in the Willamette Valley and other parts of the Pacific Northwest[7]
★ ''Violence of Action'' by Richard Marcinko
Film
Filmmakers
★ Director Gus Van Sant has achieved commercial and critical acclaim for his films, including ''My Own Private Idaho'', ''Drugstore Cowboy'', ''Good Will Hunting'' (which earned Van Sant a best director Oscar nomination) and ''Elephant'' (which won the Palme d'Or and a best director award at the Cannes Film Festival).[8]
★ Will Vinton Studios, a famous producer of animated films (especially clay animation); noted for the feature film Return to Oz, the California Raisins television commercials of the 1980s, Eddie Murphy's television show The PJs.[9]
Films
★ ''Mr. Brooks''(2007) - The title character, Mr. Brooks, is named the Portland Chamber of Commerce’s Man of the Year. ★ ''What the Bleep Do We Know?!''(2004) - Filmed in the Pearl District, Southeast Portland (including the Bagdad Theater), the MAX tunnel and various areas of Downtown Portland ★ ''Antitrust'' (2001) - Story takes place in Portland, with many shots done in downtown Portland ★ ''Bandits'' (2001) - Bruce Willis ★ ''Body of Evidence'' (1993) - Madonna ★ ''Bongwater'' ★ ''Closed Mondays'' (1974) - produced in Portland by Will Vinton and Bob Gardiner winner of the Academy Award for Animated Short Film ★ ''Drugstore Cowboy'' - Directed by Gus Van Sant ★ ''Elephant'' - Directed by Gus Van Sant ★ ''Feast of Love'' - Based on the novel by Charles Baxter, currently in post-production ★ ''First Love'' (1977) - filmed on the Reed College campus ★ ''Five Easy Pieces'' (1970) - Jack Nicholson ★ ''Foxfire'' (1996) - filmed in part at Lincoln High School ★ ''Free Willy'' ★ ''Goonies'', set on the Oregon Coast ★ ''Hear No Evil'' (1993) ★ ''The Hunted'' (2003) - recognizable city-shots filmed in Portland.[10] ★ ''Jackass'' (the film and much of the TV show) | ★ ''The Last Innocent Man'' (1987) - TV movie ★ ''The Lathe of Heaven'' - PBS TV movie based on the novel by Ursula K. Le Guin. Features the Portland Plaza Condominiums as a futuristic building. ★ ''Love at Large'' (1990) ★ ''Me and You and Everyone We Know'' - Set in Los Angeles, but with many references to Portland locations and institutions ★ ''Men of Honor'' ★ ''Mona Lisa Descending A Staircase'' (1992) - produced in Portland by Joan C. Gratz, winner of the Academy Award for Animated Short Film ★ ''Mr. Brooks'' (2007) ★ ''Mr. Holland's Opus'' - filmed around Grant High School ★ ''My Own Private Idaho'' - Directed by Gus Van Sant ★ ''Paranoid Park'' - Directed by Gus Van Sant, currently in pre-production. ★ ''Sacred Ground'' (1983) - filmed in Chiloquin and Klamath Falls ★ ''Say Uncle'' ★ ''Short Circuit'' (1986) - filmed in large part in Astoria, Oregon, with some scenes in West Portland ★ ''The Temp'' ★ ''Zero Effect'' |
Television
★ Matt Groening, who graduated from Portland's Lincoln High School, is responsible for creating two of the most popular animated television series of the last two decades, ''The Simpsons'' and ''Futurama''. Many of the character names in The Simpsons are taken from street names in Portland (Flanders, Rev. Lovejoy, etc.)[11]
★ ''Nowhere Man'' - filmed largely in and around Portland, Oregon
★ The animated series ''Mission Hill'' was set in a neighborhood located in Portland.
See also
★ Music of Oregon
★ List of lists about Oregon
References
1. Beverly Cleary, Age 90 (2006 Newsweek Interview)
2. article in Willamette Week
3. article from LiteraryArts.org
4. Palahniuk paints a lovingly twisted picture of the not-so-rosy Portland
5. Confessions of a dangerous mind Zach Dundas
6. Lathe of Heaven (Synopsis)
7. Dies the Fire (review) Paul Di Filippo
8. The camera man: how Gus Van Sant made Portland cool
9. Toon town
10. Theaters to nab ‘The Hunted’ in February Jennifer Anderson
11. Matt Groening's Portland Don Hamilton
External links
★ "Reading Portland: The City in Prose", ''The Portland Mercury''
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