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Damion Searls, Jon Fosse's English translator, obviously reads this spec forum. This from an Asymptote interview just posted: DS: I don’t know if you saw this, but on one of the message boards that often speculates about the Nobel Prize, they basically gathered together the entire top fifty...

I like how he's going to reply to all his emails. He'll be there awhile!

Septology is wonderful. I wasn't sure if I liked it to begin, but found it sticking in my head and coming back at different times away from the text.

Love it!

Of the 84 I've read, I've read at least a complete volume by each (which, admittedly, may be anything from 50 pages or so and up). Nitpicky details here: http://familjen-persson.se/read/nobel.pl Great list! Nothing by Yeats yet? You are in for a treat.

I Olga Tokarczuk signed The Lost Soul "with love through time" for my daughter's first birthday acouple of years ago. J M Coetzee is probably my favourite living writer, and he signed a first printing of Disgrace earlier this year at Adelaide Writers Week. 84 is great, I have read a little of...

Wow, yes, the Modiano seems quite scarce. I picked up a first of Le Clezio's The Interrogation a few years ago for a good price. I got a couple of signed Fosse bookplates this year too. I was blown away by Septology. What do you think is currently underpriced and in future quite collectible? I...

I use Bookfinder which can throw up a few more options. There's also some German antiquariat book stores that aren't scooped up by the search engines. It's fun searching. I notice within minutes of the prize announcement that all of the winners' cheap first editions are gone, never to return at...

Great idea, and a big saving if you snag it. I collect signatures for the Literature Nobel and do something similar, just picked up Nadas for about $30.

Love Randolph Stow, and think he's very underappreciated. Merry-Go-Round is wonderful. I collect signatures too, and his is very uncommon. I have a signed Tourmaline.

If song is literature, then no worries. I think Dylan is brilliant. His words were intended for melody. Poetically though, his lyrics often don't scan, and I remember thinking Tarantula pretty unachieved as poetry.

Yes, I agree. Malouf has written poetry more recently which is very good, but the Neustadt hasn't been too predictive for the Nobel recently. I like Murnane too, have read all his work, personally he's pretty approachable as well.

There are plenty of quality writers, but in terms of the Nobel, again, probably not quite there. Kate Grenville, Helen Garner, Alexis Wright.

We have some good writers - David Malouf, Tim Winton, Richard Flanagan - but none have the profile I don't think. Les Murray was the best hope for a long time. Carey has gone away from it a bit in his recent books, and Murnane is still a niche choice.

Hi from Australia to all. Thanks for having me on here. Looking forward to your thoughts on this year's prize.