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« on: January 16, 2004, 09:00:10 AM » |
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Since I have a moment, I thought I'd share some of the less-popular but excellent books I've read over the past couple of years. Since the phorum crew is a fairly well-read crowd, I expect that many of you will have heard of or read several of these, but in case you haven't:
"Children's":
I think this counts as a children's book, but it's good enough that anyone can, and probably will, enjoy it: Gathering Blue, by Lois Lowry.
Sci-fi:
I wasn't sure to choose one by Clarke or Heinlen for this, since I like them both. I think I'll go with "Waldo," a short story by Robert Heinlen.
Fantasy:
I'm not a big fan of fantasy books, but this one kept me interested even though it's longer than most: The Book of Swords, by Saberhagen. It's not a big book of swords and pointy objects, if that's what you're worried about.
General Coolness:
Edgar Allen Poe wrote one (still short) novel-length work in his life, and though it remains more or less unfinished (I hear that Jules Verne wrote an ending to it after Poe's death, but I haven't read it), most of it is written and it's quite thrilling: The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket.
So what are you waiting for?
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« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2004, 02:38:42 PM » |
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"the plague" by albert camus.
"peace like a river" by leif enger.
and my favorite children's book of all time (i think)--"fritz and the beautiful horses" by jan brett.
i think these aren't too well known. as vlad said, though, everyone around here is pretty well read.
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« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2004, 11:30:42 PM » |
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i have read "Gathering Blue", as well as "Number the Stars" and "The Giver", also by Lowry. the latter of the two is one of my favorite books of all time. read it for the first time when i was 12. the former isn't so great, but then it's a children's war story (sounds like an oxymoron, eh?), not like the sci-fi-ish trend of the other 2.  |
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« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2004, 06:58:55 PM » |
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i have read "Gathering Blue", as well as "Number the Stars" and "The Giver", also by Lowry. the latter of the two is one of my favorite books of all time. read it for the first time when i was 12. the former isn't so great, but then it's a children's war story (sounds like an oxymoron, eh?), not like the sci-fi-ish trend of the other 2. The Giver is one of my favorite stories of all-time, but I assumed that most people here had already read it. And how could I have forgotten: I Heard the Owl Call My Name by Margaret Craven (I think...). I think every Christian should be required to read this book |
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« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2004, 08:52:19 PM » |
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I vaguely remember reading Lois Lowry books but none of the titles ring a bell. I was at Borders this morning and looked at The Giver and Gathering Blue and they didn't seem familiar. the library's copy of Gathering Blue was checked out or I would have gotten it.
I really liked The Witch of Blackbird Pond, by Elizabeth George Speare and Freckles and A Girl of the Limberlost, both by Gene Stratton-Porter. I hadn't read them in school but had borrowed them from a friend and hadn't heard of them before that, but apparently they aren't as obscure as I had thought.
I remember the Cheaper By the Dozen book as rather good and funny, and it looks like the movie is nothing like the book. I also remember reading tattered copies of Mrs. Mike and Bears in My Kitchen, both borrowed from a friend.
I remember reading some really good stories in old reading books that friends picked up at a thrift store. wish I could remember the titles now.
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« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2004, 09:25:13 PM » |
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Cheaper by the Dozen was quite a good book, and to hear Josh rant about the movie's badness, I'm guessing the movie is quite unlike the book.
We read Blackbird Pond in sixth grade. Well, that's not entirely true; we had a choice of reading White Fang or Blackbird Pond, and I was the only boy who chose the latter. I quite enjoyed it, and I read White Fang later and also enjoyed it, though not quite as much.
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« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2004, 04:19:11 PM » |
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And how could I have forgotten: I Heard the Owl Call My Name by Margaret Craven (I think...). I think every Christian should be required to read this book what's it about? |
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« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2004, 05:37:36 PM » |
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I really want to read 1984. I got it for christmas.
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« Reply #8 on: January 19, 2004, 06:02:42 PM » |
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what's it about? It's about a Catholic missionary who is ministering to a tribe of Native Americans (they're in Canada, but I use America in the continental sense). Through his process of growing to love them and live among them as one of them, he learns as much about God and his faith as the people he's ministering to. It's a powerful book, and one that really shows Christ in action rather than people (like myself) who merely sit back and talk about him. It's fiction, but an incredible story. I really want to read 1984. I got it for christmas. A good book, though I'm sure everyone here has already heard of it. If you like that sort of thing, you may not have heard of Beyond this Horizon, by Robert A. Heinlen, which is somewhat similar. |
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