Anything else so good that you can't stop reading...
ubuu7
the movies to come out and I was eager to know the rest of the story so
I just decided to read it.
I tore through Goblet of Fire in a little over 2 days. I realize that
may not be that fast, I'm not a fast reader, but I was steady, clocking
upwards of 12 hours of reading per day.
And that is what I want to recreate.
What is out there, in your experience, that has been so gotten you so
hooked that you literally could not stop reading.
I have had it happen with the harry potter books, certain video games
like final fantasy and balders gate II, and one three book series
called His Dark Materials.
Incidentally, His Dark Materials was a bit slower to start, but got
much more interesting toward the end of the first book, and it really
picked up in the second book.
But that series was different, I tore through it at a slower pace. I
am not sure why the potter series makes me want to swallow it whole
without chewing. Maybe it has to do with the fact there are more
visuals associated with the HP series as I saw the movies first and
came into the books already attached to characters and story.
It's not even the main characters of Harry Potter that I am pining for.
I like Neville as a character more than any of the trio (I found his
hard work in the DA classes very admirable). I liked Cedric alot (jack
of all trades, master of Some).... Dammit! Even Krum grew on me.
Luna is a great character that I like and the same goes with Lupin
(movie lupin, never read azkaban). And I Love Severus. I like (ed)
Dumbledoor too as the wise, aged and powerful wizard (though in the
movies I liked the 1st actors portrayal more, the current dumbledoor
seems too manic as compared with the first).
If I had to rank the trio I'd pick Hermoine first (jack of all trades,
master of Most), then Harry (good in wizard combat, excellent sectum
sempra blast), and last, Ron (a giant in heart but a knome in skill)
Fleur annoys the He$% out of me, but at least we don't see her too
often anymore.
Anyway, there is alot to like, and something about the combination has
made my interest in tearing through the books greater than in any other
literary work.
Anything match or surpass the interest in this series for you?
Impmon
>I tore through Goblet of Fire in a little over 2 days. I realize that
>may not be that fast, I'm not a fast reader, but I was steady, clocking
>upwards of 12 hours of reading per day.
Took me a little less than that to finish book 5 the first time.
>What is out there, in your experience, that has been so gotten you so
>hooked that you literally could not stop reading.
I remember spending so much time playing Ultima 5 that I lost track of
time. At one time, I was bothered by the ever increasing brightness
from the window and initially I thought it was someone with a bright
flashlight. Nope, it was the sunrise. 18 hours nonstop without even
a bathroom break... >_< Longest "pee" ever too after I quit Ultima 5
for the time...
When I had a weird insominia a year ago, I played Everquest 2 and 1/2
days (60 hours) straight with only "pee" breaks and some instant ramen
noodles to tide me. (One good thing: got my beastlord from mid 30's
to 52 during that period)
There have been a few games that held me so long at once but that
doesn't happen often. Books don't usually hold me as much though.
Aside from Harry Potter series, I haven't had anything that held my
attention since mid 90's with the Hardy Boys series.
Movie or video OTOH does still work for me. When I got a complete
Naruto set it was the only thing I watched from start until finish. I
had to get my set off eBay as I was on 56k dialup.
When I originally bought the video set, it was still averaging $15-$20
a set as Naruto show had just started in USA. Now they are selling up
to $50 a set >_<
--
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too late. - by anonymous Mother in Austin, TX
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Fish Eye no Miko
> What is out there, in your experience, that has been so gotten you
> so hooked that you literally could not stop reading.
I know this isn't exactly what you're talking about, but I found the manga
Death Note pretty engrossing (it's probably for more mature readers... it's
not very explicit, but it has pretty mature themes).
_The Historian_, by Elizabeth Kostova is also quite enthralling. It's
about a young lady who ends up exploring the legend of Dracula--both the
real and fictional one--after discovering a strange book in the dad's
study.
Catherine Johnson.
--
fenm at cox dot net
"I believe that if anything is worth doing, it would have been done
already."
Fish Eye no Miko
> Movie or video OTOH does still work for me. When I got
> a complete Naruto set
"Complete"? The show's still running. And I think the manga's still
going, too.
> it was the only thing I watched from start until finish. I had to
> get my set off eBay as I was on 56k dialup.
O_O
> When I originally bought the video set, it was still averaging
> $15-$20 a set as Naruto show had just started in USA.
> Now they are selling up to $50 a set >_<
And the annoying thing is they're not gonna release an unedited version
soon. Damn edited dubs...
Catherine Johnson. They're doing the same thing with _One Piece_...
--
fenm at cox dot net
"At least some oboe player got a paycheck out of all this horse hockey..."
-Mike Nelson, _Mystery Science Theater 3000_.
Meghan Noecker
>What is out there, in your experience, that has been so gotten you so
>hooked that you literally could not stop reading.
>
I did this with the Narnia series. I knew the first one vaguely from
childhood, and I listened to an unusualy audio version of the Nephew
book. (My mom's friend recorded it for my nephew to listen to, so we
got treated to some extra explanations, some train whistles, etc, even
an "excuse me, the page is stuck")
So, when I was sick in bed, my mom loaned me the series, and I read
them all straight through.
I have also really gotten into "The Deed of Paksenarrion" which is
actually a 3 book series. I read it the first time when I was on jury
duty. The guy at the bookstore recommended it, and I needed a good
book for all the boring waiting time. I was quite hooked. I have
reread it twice now. I usually pick some time when I have a couple
days off, and I just spend hours reading. Once I get started, I will
use any possible free time I have until I finish. And I will think
about the books while I am at work or doing something else.
It's the same way with Harry Potter. I'll be at work, yet still
thinking of the books and the different theories we discuss here.
--
Meghan & the Zoo Crew
Equine and Pet Photography
http://www.zoocrewphoto.com
Cindy Hamilton
ubuu7 wrote:
> Anything match or surpass the interest in this series for you?
Terry Pratchett. Start with _Guards,_Guards_ or _Witches_Abroad_ or
Mort. The more Pratchett writes, the more rich and complex the books
are.
Cindy Hamilton
Gerrit Vicin
ubuu7 wrote:
> I first started reading the series at GoF. I was tired of waiting for
> the movies to come out and I was eager to know the rest of the story so
> I just decided to read it.
GoF is my favourite from the series. I like the Triwizard Tournament.
And the resurrection of Voldemort ist really creepy. But it's really
worth reading the enire series from the start! There are so many
lookaheads to later books and references to earlier ones - it's great.
> I tore through Goblet of Fire in a little over 2 days. I realize that
> may not be that fast, I'm not a fast reader, but I was steady, clocking
> upwards of 12 hours of reading per day.
Last time when I re-read GoF I forced myself to make some reading breaks
not to finish the book to soon. The longer I read the longer I enjoy.
Yes, you may admire me for this piece of discipline ;-)
> And that is what I want to recreate.
>
> What is out there, in your experience, that has been so gotten you so
> hooked that you literally could not stop reading.
The Lord of the Rings! I read it in german and right afterwards in
english. Then I read The Silmarillion and LotR once again.
> I have had it happen with the harry potter books, certain video games
> like final fantasy and balders gate II, and one three book series
> called His Dark Materials.
Haven't ever heard about this one.
> Incidentally, His Dark Materials was a bit slower to start, but got
> much more interesting toward the end of the first book, and it really
> picked up in the second book.
>
> But that series was different, I tore through it at a slower pace. I
> am not sure why the potter series makes me want to swallow it whole
> without chewing. Maybe it has to do with the fact there are more
> visuals associated with the HP series as I saw the movies first and
> came into the books already attached to characters and story.
I'd read the books before I saw the movies. Therefore I don't think it's
the cross-media effect that enlarges the attractiveness of the books. I
just love to dive into this different world JKR created.
> It's not even the main characters of Harry Potter that I am pining for.
> I like Neville as a character more than any of the trio (I found his
> hard work in the DA classes very admirable).
Yes, I like him too.
> I liked Cedric alot (jack
> of all trades, master of Some).... Dammit! Even Krum grew on me.
> Luna is a great character that I like and the same goes with Lupin
> (movie lupin, never read azkaban). And I Love Severus. I like (ed)
> Dumbledoor too as the wise, aged and powerful wizard (though in the
> movies I liked the 1st actors portrayal more, the current dumbledoor
> seems too manic as compared with the first).
>
> If I had to rank the trio I'd pick Hermoine first (jack of all trades,
> master of Most), then Harry (good in wizard combat, excellent sectum
> sempra blast), and last, Ron (a giant in heart but a knome in skill)
I like Hermione most. Of course she is a know-it-all and a bit bossy at
times. But she is really bright. She absorbes knowledge, she is really
hungry for it. And she uses her knowledge to draw conclusions.
Furthermore she is a really good friend not only of Harry's but of
anyone she considers herself a friend of (like Hagrid, Buckbeak trial).
> Fleur annoys the He$% out of me, but at least we don't see her too
> often anymore.
Well, you will see a bit of her when you go on reading. And you won't be
the only one being slightly annoyed...
> Anyway, there is alot to like, and something about the combination has
> made my interest in tearing through the books greater than in any other
> literary work.
Yes, I absolutely agree! I think I'm fascinated because it's a phantasy
story that also includes our (Muggle)world and often in an ironic way
(like Rita Skeeter, Minister Fudge or the Gringotts Bank as an analogy
of swiss banks and so).
> Anything match or surpass the interest in this series for you?
The Lord of the Rings.
Though there are many other books which I'm really very fond of.
gerriT
Troels Forchhammer
<news:1130738196.8...@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>
"ubuu7" <mad...@ucla.edu> enriched us with:
>
<snip>
> What is out there, in your experience, that has been so gotten you
> so hooked that you literally could not stop reading.
<snip>
> Anything match or surpass the interest in this series for you?
Of fantasy:
Tolkien, Pratchett, Lindgren, Feist ...
Much lighter, and mainly for the humour, you might consider Eddings.
It all depends on individual tastes, really. I enjoy the long
descriptive passages in Tolkien's books -- adjectives rather than
adverbs -- and of course, as sub-creative world-builder he is without
peer.
Pratchett's Discworld series are almost the exact opposite. He makes a
virtue of inconsistency and writes with a clever humour that I find
hilarious
Lindgren's children's books, in particular the Brothers Lionheart,
Ronja the Robberer's Daughter and Mio, My Mio (isn't the English title
different, though? Anyway, Mio -- something ;-) are captivating, though
not very long.
Feists books are great as well, I particularly like 'Fairy Tale',
though it is much darker than any of the other books I list.
Eddings is mainly read for the light banter between his characters,
which is really amusing:
(The character Silk has just thrown the character Brill out from
a mile-high cliff):
"/Again?" Belgarath demanded with exasperation. "What
was he doing this time?"
"Trying to fly, last time I saw him." Silk smirked.
The old man looked puzzled.
"He wasn't doing it very well," Silk added.
Belgarath shrugged. "Maybe it'll come to him in time."
"He doesn't really have all that much time." Silk glanced
out over the edge.
From far below -- terribly far below -- there came a faint,
muffled crash; then, after several seconds, another. "Does
bouncing count?" Silk asked.
Belgarath made a wry face. "Not Really."
"Then I'd say he didn't learn in time," Silk said blithely.
He looked around with a broad smile. "What a beautiful night
this is," he remarked to no one in particular.
I'm sure we can find others. There's a long list of suggested readings
from this group, which will certainly include something which you will
find enjoyable (don't know when it has been posted last, though),
though isolating it on the list might be a bit difficult ;-)
--
Troels Forchhammer
Valid mail is <t.forch(a)email.dk>
It is useless to meet revenge with revenge: it will heal nothing.
- Frodo Baggins, 'LotR' (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Impmon
<fis...@deadmoon.circus> wrote:
>"Complete"? The show's still running. And I think the manga's still
>going, too.
Well... complete at that time. WIth just one episode a week I can
easily download over 56k and I'm up to 157. #158 should be released
in a few days though. As for manga, you can still get them for free
from http://www.narutofan.com/index.php/content-multimedia,manga all
you need is to register for free account (I'm not conencted with them
and I won't get anything for promoting them!) They have other
downloads but they are only available through premium membership, not
free membership.
>> When I originally bought the video set, it was still averaging
>> $15-$20 a set as Naruto show had just started in USA.
>> Now they are selling up to $50 a set >_<
>
>And the annoying thing is they're not gonna release an unedited version
>soon. Damn edited dubs...
Never will happen. By the time USA gets caught up with 3 seasons of
Naruto, Japan would (probably) be up to season 6.
Jane Grey
ubuu7 wrote:
> I first started reading the series at GoF. I was tired of waiting for
> the movies to come out and I was eager to know the rest of the story so
> I just decided to read it.
the next thing u should def do is read the first three books, the
movies are really no substitute as i'm sure everyone here will agree
and you will to once u've read them
> It's not even the main characters of Harry Potter that I am pining for.
> I like Neville as a character more than any of the trio (I found his
> hard work in the DA classes very admirable). I liked Cedric alot (jack
> of all trades, master of Some).... Dammit! Even Krum grew on me.
> Luna is a great character that I like and the same goes with Lupin
> (movie lupin, never read azkaban).
AzKaban esp. a lot of things go on that don't come across or aren't
shown in the movie.
--
Jane Grey
"His finest hour," said Fred, unable to keep a straight face. "Let the
scar on Goyle's finger stand as a lasting tribute to his memory..."
Fish Eye no Miko
> "Fish Eye no Miko" <fis...@deadmoon.circus> wrote:
>
>> "Complete"? The show's still running. And I think the manga's
>> still going, too.
>
> Well... complete at that time. WIth just one episode a week I can
> easily download over 56k and I'm up to 157.
Ah, ok.
> #158 should be released in a few days though.
Yay. ^_^
> As for manga, you can still get them for free
<snip>
Meh, I'd prefer to buy the commercial translations.
>>> When I originally bought the video set, it was still averaging
>>> $15-$20 a set as Naruto show had just started in USA.
>>> Now they are selling up to $50 a set >_<
>>
>> And the annoying thing is they're not gonna release an unedited
>> version soon. Damn edited dubs...
>
> Never will happen.
What, an unedited version? Why do you think that?
> By the time USA gets caught up with 3 seasons of Naruto, Japan
> would (probably) be up to season 6.
They've released longer series here in the US (DBZ at around 200 eps, Case
Closed/Detective Conan, which is up to 400+ episodes...). And I'm pretty
sure Nartuo is quite popular, so I don't see why they wouldn't do an uncut
hybrid release.
To drag this kicking and screaming back on topic--I wonder what a Harry
Potter anime would be like? They could do a faithful retelling of the
books... We'd get bishounen Harry, and genki Hermione, and dark and
mysterious Snape... ^_^
Catherine Johnson.
--
fenm at cox dot net
"When Catherine thinks you're too gay, you're too gay."
-Rob Fontenot, aka The Midnight Rambler, RATMM.
Richard Eney
Cindy Hamilton <angelica...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>ubuu7 wrote:
>
>> Anything match or surpass the interest in this series for you?
>
>Terry Pratchett. Start with _Guards,_Guards_ or _Witches_Abroad_ or
>are.
A third vote for Terry Pratchett.
But also a vote for Bujold's 'Miles Vorkosigan' series; start with
_Warrior's Apprentice_. You can read the earlier books later.
By the time you've finished Pratchett and Bujold, Book 7 should be out...
assuming you eat and sleep. :-)
=Tamar
J. Greer
They work for me. You should be able to find a fair collection of each
of their works at any half decent library.
Jeff
zgirnius
Richard Eney wrote:
>
> A third vote for Terry Pratchett.
It seems Pratchett needs to be tried...
> But also a vote for Bujold's 'Miles Vorkosigan' series; start with
> _Warrior's Apprentice_. You can read the earlier books later.
I wholeheartedly second this recommendation! The Vorkosigan series is
science fiction, and really excellent. If you prefer a fantasy setting,
I'd also very strongly recommend Bujold's "The Curse of Chalion".
Gerrit Vicin
zgirnius wrote:
> Richard Eney wrote:
>
>>A third vote for Terry Pratchett.
>
>
> It seems Pratchett needs to be tried...
Definitely! Just reading 'Carpe Jurgulum' - really most entertaining.
>>But also a vote for Bujold's 'Miles Vorkosigan' series; start with
>>_Warrior's Apprentice_. You can read the earlier books later.
>
>
> I wholeheartedly second this recommendation! The Vorkosigan series is
> science fiction, and really excellent. If you prefer a fantasy setting,
> I'd also very strongly recommend Bujold's "The Curse of Chalion".
>
gerriT
richard e white
Try the disc world books.
but start with mort or guards! guards!
--
Richard The Blind Typer
Lets Hear It For Talking Computers.
richard e white
> Impmon wrote:
>
> > "Fish Eye no Miko" <fis...@deadmoon.circus> wrote:
> >
> >> "Complete"? The show's still running. And I think the manga's
> >> still going, too.
> >
> > Well... complete at that time. WIth just one episode a week I can
> > easily download over 56k and I'm up to 157.
>
> Ah, ok.
>
> > #158 should be released in a few days though.
>
> Yay. ^_^
>
> > As for manga, you can still get them for free
> <snip>
>
> Meh, I'd prefer to buy the commercial translations.
>
> >>> When I originally bought the video set, it was still averaging
> >>> $15-$20 a set as Naruto show had just started in USA.
> >>> Now they are selling up to $50 a set >_<
> >>
> >> And the annoying thing is they're not gonna release an unedited
> >> version soon. Damn edited dubs...
> >
> > Never will happen.
>
> What, an unedited version? Why do you think that?
>
> > By the time USA gets caught up with 3 seasons of Naruto, Japan
> > would (probably) be up to season 6.
>
> They've released longer series here in the US (DBZ at around 200 eps, Case
> Closed/Detective Conan, which is up to 400+ episodes.
Really? Good, I liked that one. But I have only seen the one season on
cartoon network. I will have to find out if I can get them on disc.
And I have about five seasons of Ranma1/2
> ..). And I'm pretty
> sure Nartuo is quite popular, so I don't see why they wouldn't do an uncut
> hybrid release.
> To drag this kicking and screaming back on topic--I wonder what a Harry
> Potter anime would be like? They could do a faithful retelling of the
> books... We'd get bishounen Harry, and genki Hermione, and dark and
> mysterious Snape... ^_^
>
> Catherine Johnson.
> They most likely be a lot better then most at doing something like that.
> --
> fenm at cox dot net
> "When Catherine thinks you're too gay, you're too gay."
> -Rob Fontenot, aka The Midnight Rambler, RATMM.
richard e white
I agree with that.
or if you like young hearos you might try the circle of magic books. By
tamora piers
Not sure of the spelling.
Kish
> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
>
>>ubuu7 wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Anything match or surpass the interest in this series for you?
>>
>>Terry Pratchett. Start with _Guards,_Guards_ or _Witches_Abroad_ or
>>Mort. The more Pratchett writes, the more rich and complex the books
>>are.
>>
>>Cindy Hamilton
>
>
> I agree with that.
> or if you like young hearos you might try the circle of magic books. By
> tamora piers
> Not sure of the spelling.
Tamora Pierce.
Jean Lamb
In a world that works only by magic, our hero works for the Environmental
Perfection Agency, where they battle toxic magical residue (can you imagine
what the sewers of Hogwarts look like by now, especially draining from the
Potions labs?) and...lint. Hey, you have several million people commuting a
day by magic carpet in Los Angeles, you're gonna get lint. This is a place
where the phrase between a roc and a hard place has real meaning, and yes,
Harry Turtledove _does_ use the word 'spellchecker' the way it ought to be.
He _likes_ puns. Really, really bad puns. And if you live or are familiar
with the Los Angeles area, and can translate simple Spanish terms into
English, you'll be screaming in agony for days.
But it's well worth it.
--
Jean Lamb, tlamb...@charter.net
"Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for you are crunchy and good with
lemon drops."
Richard Eney
Jean Lamb <tlamb...@charter.net> wrote:
>I also strongly recommend CURSE OF THE TOXIC SPELLDUMP by Harry Turtledove.
_Case_ of the Toxic Spell Dump, I think. Otherwise I agree totally with
the recommendation.
>In a world that works only by magic, our hero works for the Environmental
>Perfection Agency, where they battle toxic magical residue (can you imagine
>what the sewers of Hogwarts look like by now, especially draining from the
>Potions labs?) and...lint. Hey, you have several million people commuting a
>day by magic carpet in Los Angeles, you're gonna get lint. This is a place
>where the phrase between a roc and a hard place has real meaning, and yes,
>Harry Turtledove _does_ use the word 'spellchecker' the way it ought to be.
>He _likes_ puns. Really, really bad puns. And if you live or are familiar
>with the Los Angeles area, and can translate simple Spanish terms into
>English, you'll be screaming in agony for days.
>
>But it's well worth it.
=Tamar
dvh
only problem with it is that it took only one person to recommend a book
to add it to the list, so there is certainly no universal support for
any given book. However, I agree with Tamar and Richard White that
Pratchett is one set of books that can really draw you in; and
definitely start with Guards! Guards!. Good luck.
LIST OF BOOKS RECOMMENDED BY POSTERS AT ALT.FAN.HARRY-POTTER
(A)
Abbott, Tony:
- /The Secrets of Droon Series/;
Adams, Douglas:
- /Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy/;
Adams, Richard:
- /Watership Down/;
- /The Iron Wok and Other Stories
Adams, Robert:
- /The Horseclans Series/;
Alexander, Lloyd:
- /The Prydain Chronicles/;
- /The Book of Three/;
- /The Black Cauldron/;
- /The Castly of Llyr/;
- /Taran Wanderer/;
- /The High King/;
Anderson, Hans Christian:
- /any fairy tale by/;
Anthony, Piers:
- /Blue Adept/ (part of a trilogy for teens); +OotP+
- /Split Infinity/ (first book of same trilogy);
- /Blue Adept/;
+ /Incarnations of Immortality Series/;
Asbjornsen, Peter Christen and Moe, Jorgen:
- /Collection of fairy tales, many editions/;
Asimov, Isaac:
- /anything but /End of Eternity/;
+ /The Robot stories (short stories and novels)/;
+ /The Galactic Empire series/;
+ /The Foundation Saga/;
+ /The Black Widower short stories/;
Asprin, Robert:
- /MYTH adventures/;
(Myth Adventures is a series, now being continued with a co-author)
Atwood, Margaret:
- /The Robber Bride/;
- /Cat’s Eye/;
Auel, Jean:
- /Earth’s Children Series/;
Augarde, Steve:
- /The Various/;
Austen, Jane:
- /Pride and Prejudice/;
- /Persuasion/;
- /Emma/;
- /Sense and Sensibility/;
(B)
Bang, Herman:
- /Tina/;
- /Katinka/;
Barron, T.A.:
- /the Lost Years of Merlin series/;
Bellairs, John:
- /Curse of the Blue Figurine/;
- /The Face in the Frost/;
Benchley, Robert:
- /anything by/;
Billington, Rachel:
- /Rosanna and the Wizard Robot/;
Bing, Jon:
+ /The Starship Alexandria/;
- /Azur - Planet of the Captains/;
- /Zalt - Planet of the Steam Masters/;
- /Mizt - Planet of the Ghosts/;
- /Tanz - Planet of the Riddles/;
Black, Holly:
- /The Spiderwick Chronicles/;
Blaylock, James:
- /Land of Dreams/;
- /The Elfin Ship/;
- /The Disappearing Dwarf/;
- /The Stone Giant/;
Bogen, K.:
- /Go Quest, Young Man/;
Borges, Jorge Luis:
- /short book on mythical animals/;
Boyer, Elizabeth:
- /The Sword and the Satchel/;
- /The Elves and the Otterskin/;
- /The Thrall and the Dragon's Heart/;
- /The Wizard and the Warlord/;
- /The Troll's Grindstone/;
- /The Curse of Slagfid/;
- /The Lord of Chaos/;
Brennan, Herbie:
- /"Faerie Wars" /;
Brin, David
- /Uplift trilogies/;
- /The Practice Effect/;
Bradley, Marion Zimmer:
- /Darkover series/;
Brust, Steven:
- /Issola /;
Bujold, Lois M.
- /Warrior's Apprentice/;
- /other books in the Miles Vorkosigan series/;
Burnette, Frances Hodgeson:
- /The Secret Garden/;
Burroughs, Edgar Rice:
- /The John Carter novels /;
(C)
Card, Orson Scott
- /Enders Game /;
- / Speaker For The Dead/;
Carroll, Lewis:
- /Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass/;
Cervantes
- /Don Quixote/;
Chalker, Jack:
- /The Well World Series/;
Chesterton, G.K.:
Christie, Agatha:
- /The Murder of Roger Ackroyd/
(ranks among the most surprising detective stories);
Claney, Tom:
- /Jack Ryan series/;
Clavelle, James:
- /Tai Pan/;
Cleary, Beverly:
- /Anything by /;
Colfer, Eoin:
- /Artemis Fowl/ (first book of a planned trilogy);
Cooper, Susan:
- /The Dark Is Rising" (five books)/;
Cross, Gillian:
- /The Demon Headmaster/;
(D)
Dahl, Roald:
- /Charlie and the Chocolate Factory /;
Decamp, L. Sprague:
- /anything/;
Dolgun, Alexander:
- /An American in the Gulag/;
Donaldson, Stephen
- /The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant/;
Doyle, Conan:
- /Sherlock Holmes books/;
Dunnett, Dorothy:
- /Lymond series /;
Duane, Diane:
- /Young Wizards series/;
- /So you want to be a wizard book 1 1983/;
- /Deep wizardry book 2 '85/;
- /High wizardry book 3 '90/;
- /A wizard abroad book 4 '93/;
- /The Wizard's Dilemma book 5 '01/;
- /The book night with moon book 1 '99/;
- /To Visit the Queen book 2 '00/;
- /A Wizard Alone (Book Six)/;
- / Wizard's Holiday (Book Seven)/;
Dumas, Alexandre:
- /The Three Musketeers/;
- /The Count of Monte Cristo/;
- /La Reine Margot/;
(E)
Eco, Umberto:
- /Foucault's Pendulum/;
- /The Name of the Rose/;
- /Baudolino/;
- /Six walks in the fictional woods/ (non-fiction);
Eddings, David and Leigh:
+ /The Belgariad (a series of books)/;
+ /Mallorean/(series sequel to Belgariad)/;
- /Polgara the Sorceress/ (prequel to the Belgariad);
- /Belgarath the Sorcerer/ (prequels to the Belgariad);
- /The Elenium/;
- /The Tamuli/;
- /The Redemption of Althalus/;
Egner, Thorbjorn:
- /When the Robbers Came to Cardamom Town/;
Ellroy, James:
- /American Tabloid /;
Ende, Michael:
- /The Neverending Story/;
+ /The Jim Button series/;
- /Night of Wishes/;
-
Eager, Edward:
- /Half Magic/;
- /Magic By The Lake/;
- /The Story of the Amulet/;
(F)
Faulkner, William:
- /The Sound and the Fury/;
Feist, Ray:
- /Fairy Tale/;
+ /RIFTWAR SAGA/ (series of);
+ /RIFTWAR SAGA/ (series of);
- /Magician: Apprentice/;
- /Magician: Master/;
- /Silverthorn/;
- /A Darkness At Sethanon/;
- /Prince of Blood/;
- /King's Buccaneer/;
+ /THE EMPIRE TRILOGY/ (series of);
- /Daughter of the Empire/;
- /Servant of the Empire/;
- /Mistress of the Empire/;
+ /SERPENTWAR SAGA (series of)/;
- /Shadow of A Dark Queen/;
- /Rise of the Merchant Prince/;
- /Rage of A Demon King/;
- /Shards of A Broken Crown/;
+ /RIFTWAR LEGACY (series of)/;
- /Krondor the Betrayal/;
- /Krondor the Assassins/;
- /Krondor: Tears of The Gods/;
- /Honoured Enemy/;
Forward, Robert L.:
- /Flight of the Dragon Fly/;
Foster, Allen Dean:
- /Spell singer Series/;
Friesner, Esther:
- /Mustafa and His Wise Dog/ (first book of planned trilogy);
- /Chicks In Chainmail/; (first book of planned trilogy);
- /Harpy High/; (first book of planned trilogy);
- /Gnome Man's Land/; (first book of planned trilogy);
Funke, Cornelia:
- /The Thief Lord/;
(G)
Gaarder, Jostein:
- /The Solitary Mystery/;
Gaiman, Neil:
- /Coraline/;
- /Stardust/;
- /Good Omens (co authored with Terry Pratchett)/;
- /American Gods/;
- /Neverwhere/;
Gallico, Paul:
- /Manx Mouse/;
- /The Man who was Magic /;
- /The Snow Goose and Other Tails/;
Garner, Alan:
- /The Weirdstone of Brisingamen/;
- /The Moon of Gomrath/;
- /The Owl Service/;
- /Elidor/;
- /Red Shift/;
- /The Stone Book Quartet/;
Garrett, Randall:
- /Lord Darcy/;
- /Too Many Magicians/;
Gibson, William:
- /Johnny Mnemonic/;
- /Neuromancer/;
Gliori, Debi:
- /Pure dead magic/;
- /pure dead wicked/;
Goodkind, Terry:
Grahame, Kenneth:
- /The Wind in the Willow/;
Gray, Martin:
- /For Those I loved/;
Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm:
- /Collection of fairy tales, many editions/;
Gripe, Maria:
- /Agnes Cecilia/;
Guanzhong, Lou:
- /Romance of the Three Kingdoms /;
(H)
Haddon, Mark:
- /The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night time/;
Hardy, Lyndon:
- /Master of the Five Magics/;
- /Secret of the Sixth Magic/;
- /Riddle of the Seven Realms/;
Haugen, Tormod
- /The Nightbirds/;
Hauger, Torill Thorstad:
- /Captured by the Vikings/;
Heller, Joseph:
- /Catch 22/;
Hemingway, Ernest:
- /The Sun Also Rises/;
Herbert, Frank:
- /Dune/;
Herodotus:
- /The Histories by Herodotus/;
Highsmith, Patricia:
- /The Animal Lover's Book of Beastly Murder/;
Holdstock, Robert:
- /The Mythago wood cycle/;
Hougan, James:
- /Spooks /;
Howard, Linda:
- /Shades of Twilight /;
Hugo, Victor:
- /Les Miserables/;
- /Notre Dame de Paris (AKA the Hunchback of Notre Dame)/;
Huxley, Aldous:
- /Brave New World /;
(I)
(J)
Jackson, Brenda:
- /Delaney's Desert Sheikh/;
Jansson, Tove:
- /Moomintrolls/;
- /Finn Family Moomintroll/;
- /The Exploits of Moominpappa /;
+ /The Moomintrolls series/;
- /Comet in Moominland/;
- /Moominsummer Madness/;
- /Moominland Midwinter/;
- /Moominpappa at Sea/;
- /Moominvalley in November/;
- /Who Will Comfort Toffle?/;
Jarvis, Robin:
- /The Alchymist's Cat /;
Jones, Diana Wynne Jones
+ /The Chrestomanci series/ (series of);
- /The Magicians of Caprona/;
- /Witch Week/;
- /Charmed Life/;
- /The Lives of Christopher Chant/;
- /Mixed Magics/
- /Deep Secret/;
- /The Magicians of Caprona/;
- /Archer's Goon /;
- /Howl's Moving Castle/;
- /Castle in the Air/
Jordan, Robert:
- /Wheel of Time/;
Joy, Dara:
- /High Energy/;
Juster, Norton:
- /The Phantom Tollbooth/;
(K)
Klause, Anette Curtis:
- /The Silver Kiss/;
King, Stephen:
- /The Stand/;
- /It/;
- /The Talisman" (by King and Peter Straub)/;
- /Black House (adult only; Straub, Peter, co author)/;
Kirk, Hans:
- /The Fishermen/ Probably not for children. +OotP;
Kirkegaard, Ole Lund:
- /Otto Is a Rhino/;
- /Rubber Tarzan/;
Krentz, Jayne Ann:
-/Jayne Castle/;
- /Amanda Quick/;
(L)
Lagerlöf, Selma:
- /The Wonderful Adventures of Nils/ Semi-magic: Nils is made small
and travels Sweden with a flock of geese -- OotP level;
Larsson, Bjorn:
- /Long John Silver: The True and Eventful History of My Life
of Liberty and Adventure As a Gentleman of Fortune & Enemy to
Mankind/;
(not really for children, teens maybe)
Lee, Harper:
- /To kill a mockingbird/;
LeGuin, Ursula:
- /A Wizard of Earthsea/;
- /The Tombs of Atuan/;
- /The Farthest Shore/;
- /Tehanu/;
L’Engle, Madeleine:
- /A Wrinkle in Time/;
- /A Wind at the Door/;
- /A Swiftly Tilting Planet/;
- /Many Waters/;
Lernet-Holenia, Alexander
- /The Baron Bagge/;
Lewis, C.S.:
- /Anything by/;
- /Chronicles of Narnia/;
Lewis, Roy:
- /Evolution Man/;
Lindgren, Astrid:
- /Mio, My Son/;
- /The Brothers Lionheart/;
+ /The Pippi Longstocking series/;
+ /Karlsson-on-the-Roof/;
+ /The Emil series/;
+ /The Bill Bergson series/;
+ /Madicken/;
- /Mardie's Adventures, aka Mischievous Meg/;
- /Mardie to the Rescue/;
- /Ronia the Robber's Daughter/;
+ /The Six Bullerby Children/;
- /My Nighingale Is Singing/;
+ /The Troublemaker Street series/;
- /Rasmus and the Vagabond/;
- /Seacrow Island/;
- /Simon Small Moves in/;
Lichtenberg, Jacqueline and Lorrah, Jean:
- /Sime Gen" series /;
Lovecraft, H.P.:
- /The Lurking Fear and Other Stories/;
- /Anything by /;
Lowry, Lois:
- /The Giver /;
(M)
MacAvoy, RA:
- /Tea with the black dragon /;
- /Twisting the rope/;
- / Damiano series (also published as "Trio for Lute" in 1985):/;
- / Damiano/;
- /Damiano's Lute/;
- /Raphael/;
- /The Book of Kells/;
- /Lens of the World and its 2 sequels/;
MacDonald, George:
-/The Princess and the Goblin/;
-/The Princess and Curdie/;
-/The Light Princess/;
-/At the Back of the North Wind/;
-/The Wise Woman/;
-/The Golden Key/;
Mailer, Norman:
- /Naked and the Dead /;
McCaffrey, Anne:
- /the Pern books, such as/;
- /Dragonflight/;
- /Dragonquest/;
- /Dragonflight/Quest/;
- /The White Dragon/;
- /The Dragonriders of Pern/;
- /Dragonsong/;
- /Dragonsinger/;
- /Dragondrums/;
- /A Time When/;
- /Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern/;
- /Nerilka's Story: A Pern Adventure/;
- /Dragonsdawn/;
- /The Renegades of Pern/;
- /All the Weyrs of Pern/;
- /Rescue Run/;
- /The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall/;
- /The Dolphins' Bell/;
- /The Dolphins of Pern/;
- /Red Star Rising/;
- /Dragonseye/;
- /The Masterharper of Pern/;
- /The Skies of Pern/;
- /Dragon's Kin/;
- /Get Off the Unicorn (short stories)/;
- /Nerilka's Story & The Coelura (short stories)/;
- /The Girl Who Heard Dragons (short stories)/;
- /A Gift of Dragons (short stories)/;
McKiernan, Dennis:
- /the Mithgar books /;
McKinley, Robin:
- /Beauty/Rose Daughter/;
McMurty, Larry:
- /Lonesome Dove/;
Martel, Yann:
- /Life of Pi/;
Martin, George RR:
- /A Song of Ice and Fire/;
Martin, J.P.:
- /Tales of Uncle the Elephant/;
May, Julian:
- /Pliocene Exile, Intervention and Galactic Milieu series/;
Michener, James:
- /Chesapeake/;
Molnar, Ferenc:
- /The boys of pal street/;
Moorcock, Michael:
- /any earlier works/;
- /Champion at the End of Time books/;
- /Corum, Count Brass, and Elric)./;
Murphy, Jill:
+ /Worst Witch/ (series of);
Michael Kurland:
- /Ten Little Wizards/;
(N)
Nesbit E.:
- /Five Children And It/;
- /The Railway Children/;
- /The Treasure Seekers/;
- /Five Children and It/;
- /The Phoenix and the Carpet/;
- /The Story of the Amulet/
- /The Phoenix and the Carpet/
Nexø, Martin Andersen:
- /Pelle The Conqueror/ Not very light, but very good writing.
Probably not good for younger children -- OotP level;
Nicholson, William:
- /The Wind Singer/;
- /Fire song/;
Nimmo, Jenny:
- /Charlie Bone books/; (Red Series)
Norton, Mary:
- /Bed knobs and Broomsticks/;
(O)
O'Brien Flann:
- /The Third Policeman/;
- /The Dalkey Archive/;
- /At Swim-Two-Birds/;
(None of them is for teens, actually, but the Third Policeman
certainly is a must-read!)
O’Brien, Robert:
- /Mrs. Frisby & the Rats of Nimh/;
Orwell, George:
- /Animal Farm/;
- /Nineteen Eighty Four/;
(P)
Paterson, Katherine:
- /Bridge to Terabithia/;
Payson, Albert:
- /Terhune's dog books such as/;
- /Lad: A dog, Lad of Sunnybank/;
- /The Heart of a dog/;
- /Treve/;
- /The critter/;
- /Further Adventures of Lad/;
Perutz, Leo
- /The Master of the Day of Judgment/;
- /St Peter's Snow/;
- /By night under the Stone Bridge/;
Pinkwater, D.M.:
- /Lizard Music/;
Pratchett, Terry:
- /Discworld Series:/;
- /1. The Colour of Magic, the rest are (in order)/;
- /2. Light Fantastic/;
- /3. Equal Rites/;
- /4. Mort/;
- /5. Sourcery/;
- /6. Wyrd Sisters/;
- /7. Pyramids/;
- /8. Guards! Guards!/;
- /9. Eric/;
- /10. Moving Pictures/;
- /11. Reaper Man/;
- /12. Witches Abroad/;
- /13. Small Gods/;
- /14. Lords and Ladies/;
- /15. Men at Arms/;
- /16. Soul Music/;
- /17. Interesting Times/;
- /18. Maskerade/;
- /19. Feet of Clay/;
- /20. Hogfather/;
- /21. Jingo/;
- /22. Last Continent/;
- /23. Carpe Jugulum/;
- /24. The Fifth Elephant/;
- /25. The Truth/;
- /26. The last hero/;
- /Monstrous Regiment,/;
- / related books about Discworld./;
- /The Discworld Companion/;
- /Science of the Discworld II:/;
- /the Globe/;
- /Science of Discworld III (coming soon)/;
- /Thief of Time/;
- /Carpe Jugulum/;
- /The Wee Free Men/;
- /The Last Continent/;
- /The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents/;
- /TAMAHER/;
- /We Free Men/;
- /The Bromeliad (The Nomes Trilogy):/;
- /TRUCKERS/;
- /DIGGERS/;
- /WINGS/;
- /Johnny Maxwell series:/;
- /Only You Can Save Mankind/;
- /Johnny and the Dead/;
- /Johnny and the Bomb/;
- /Other sci fi/;
- /Strata/;
- /The Dark Side of The Sun/;
- /The Unadulterated Cat/;
- /Good Omens (with Neil Gaiman)/;
- /The Carpet People/;
Pratt, Fletcher Pratt and decamp, L. Sprague:
- /The Complete Compleat Enchanter/;
Proysen, Alf:
+ /The Mrs. Pepperpot series/;
Pryce, Malcolm:
- /Aberystwyth Mon Amour/;
- /Last Tango in Aberystwyth/;
Pullman, Phillip:
- /His Dark Materials Triology/;
- /The Ruby in the Smoke/;
- /The Shadow in the North/;
- /The Tiger in the Well/;
- /The Tin Princess/;
(Q)
(R)
Rand, Ayn:
- /Atlas Shrugged*/;
Reeve, Philip:
- /Mortal Engines/;
- /Predator's Gold/;
Reichs, Kathy:
- /The Temperance Brennan set/;
Reuter, Bjarne B.:
Those I've listed here are children's books, but readable also by
adults.
- /The Boys from St. Petri/ GoF level;
- /Buster's World/ -- PS level;
- /Buster the Sheikh of Hope Street/ PS level;
- /Ring of the Slave Prince/ PoA level;
Rodda, Emily:
- /the Deltora Quest series/;
Rohan, Michael Scott
+ /The Winter of the World/ (series of);
- /The Anvil of Ice/;
- /The Forge in the Forest/;
- /The Hammer of the Sun/;
+ /Chase the Morning/ and sequels (series of);
"Remarkable off-beat fantasy novel about a world 'just around the
corner' from ours, where sailing ships still ply their trade, although
not always with human crews."
- /Chase the Morning/;
- /The Gates of Noon/;
- /Cloud Castles/;
Roth, Henry:
- /Call It Sleep/;
Rowling, J.K.:
- /Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone/;
- /Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets/;
- /Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban/;
- /Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire/;
- /Order of the Phoenix/;
- /Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them/;
- /Quidditch Through the Ages/;
(S)
Sachar, Louis:
- /Holes/;
Sala, Sharon:
- /Sweet Baby/;
Salvator, R.A.:
- /The Dark Elf books/;
Sayers, Dorothy:
- /Peter Wimsey and short stories/;
- /The Nine Taylors/;
Scherfig, Hans:
- /Stolen Spring/;
- /Idealists/;
- /The Missing Bureaucrat/;
- /The Dead Man/;
Sendak, Maurice:
- /Where the Wild Things Are/;
Shute, Nevil:
- /What Ever Happened to the Corbett's/;
- /Trustee from the Toolroom/;
Sibley, Jane:
- /Norse Mythology According to Uncle Einar/;
Smith, E.E.:
- /The Lensman series/;
Smith, Thorne:
- /Night life of the gods/;
Snicket, Lemony:
- /A series of unfortunate events/;
- /The Spiderwick Chronicles/;
Sommer-Bodenberg, Angela:
+ /The Little Vampire series/;
Sterling, Bruce:
- /Schismatrix/;
- /Islands In The Net/;
Stevenson, Robert Louis:
- /Treasure Island/;
Sturluson, Snorri:
- /The Prose Edda/ (Norse mythology);
Swanwick, Michael:
- /Iron Dragon's Daughter /;
(T)
Takahashi, Rumiko:
- /Inu Yasha/;
Tan, Amy:
- /Joy Luck Club/;
- /Kitchen God’s Wife/;
Tolkien, J.R.R.:
- /Lord of the Rings/;
- /The Hobbit/;
- /The Silmarillion/;
- /Unfinished Tales/;
Trillin, Calvin:
- /One of the "tummy trilogy" (from Kansas City, now New York)/;
Tyler, Anne:
- /The Accidential Tourist /;
Twain, Mark:
- /The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn./;
(U)
(V)
Vance, Jack:
- /anything Vance./;
Verne, Jules:
- /anything/;
Voltaire, Candide
Vonnegut, Kurt:
- /Breakfast of Champions/;
(W)
Weis, Margaret and Hickman, Tracy:
- /Dragon lance Chronicles and Legends/;
Wilder, Laura Ingalls:
- /Farmer Boy/;
William, Margery:
- /The Velveteen Rabbit/;
Williams, Tad:
- /The Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series/ (a.k.a. The Dragonbone Chair);
- /Otherland/;
White, T.H.:
- /The sword in the stone (the once and future king)/;
- /Mistress Masham's Repose/;
- /Uncharted Territory/;
- /Bellwether/;
Willis, Connie:
- /To Say Nothing Of The Dog/;
Windling, Terry:
- /Borderlands series/;
Wolfe, Gene:
- /Soldier of the Mist and Soldier of Arete/;
+ /Soldier Series/;
- /Soldier of the Mists/;
- /Solder of Arete/;
- /Solder of Sidon/;
+ /Book of the New Sun/ (series -- also as one-volume omnibus);
+ /Book of the Long Sun/ (series -- also as one-volume omnibus);
+ /Book of the Short Sun/ (series -- also as one-volume omnibus);
Wooding, Chris:
- /The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray/;
Wrede, Patricia:
- /Mairelon the Magician/;
- /4 books in the Dragons series/;
Wren, MK:
- /The Phoenix Legacy:/;
- /(Sword of the Lamb, Shadow of the Swan, House of
the Wolf)/;
Wu Cheng’en:
- /Journey to the West/;
(X)
Xueqin, Cao:
- /Dream of the Red Mansion/;
(Y)
(Z)
Zelazny, Roger:
- /The ten Chronicles of Amber books/;
- /Dilvish the Damned/;
- /The Changing Land/;
- /Roadmarks/;
- /Jack of Shadows/;
- /Lord of Light/;
- /Isle of the Dead/;
unknown authors:
- /The Bible/;
- /The Icelandic Sagas/;
- /The Poetic Edda/ (Norse mythology);
- /The Kalevala: Or the Land of Heroes/ (Finnish mythology);
Non fictional books about Potterworld:
Colbert, David:
- /The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter
(good and thorough investigation not at all like his LotR book,
which got a bad reception in the Tolkien newsgroups)/;
Kern, Edmund M.:
- /The Wisdom of Harry Potter
(I haven't read it yet, but someone somewhere recommended it and
it maintains a waiting list at my local library so it must be good. It
purports to explain "What Our Favorite Here Teaches Us about
Moral Choices")/;
Highfield, Roger:
- /The Science of Harry Potter
(though probably best if you have at least some interest in science
issues from the start)/;
Waters, Galadriel:
- /The Ultimate Unofficial Guide to to the Mysteries of Harry
Potter(on the plus side, this book gives an excellent walk through of
the books, pointing out anything that is a plot related hint or clue or
something. On the negative side the style is quite 'cutesy' and it
suffers from a conviction that nearly everything is a clue, though
obviously that ensures that they do catch everything <G>. This is
the source for the theory Rowling has recently debunked in her FAQ
in the "Did James and Lupin switch bodies before James was killed?"
entry.)/;
Waters, Galadriel
- /New Clues to Harry Potter: Book 5/;
Upcoming:
Zimmermann, W. Frederick:
- /Unofficial "Half-Blood Prince" Update/ (many quotes from
AFH-P);
Various Authors (Wizarding World Press)
- Title unsure: a collection of essays about Potterverse,
(including one by yours truly) currently being debated as /The
Fan Book/ . . .
Jean Lamb
>>I also strongly recommend CURSE OF THE TOXIC SPELLDUMP by Harry
>>Turtledove.
>
> _Case_ of the Toxic Spell Dump, I think. Otherwise I agree totally with
> the recommendation.
--You're quite right. But I loaned my copy to my Darling Daughter in Los
Angeles, and have yet to see it back. Probably better just pick up a new
copy, sigh.
Stephen Stein
mad...@ucla.edu wrote on 10/31/05 12:56 AM:
> What is out there, in your experience, that has been so gotten you so
> hooked that you literally could not stop reading.
>
> Anything match or surpass the interest in this series for you?
I have long believed that any adult-level reader who likes HP would also
like many of the works by CJ Cherryh, especially her "Fortress" series
(_Fortress in the Eye of Time_, with the trilogy sequel _Fortress of
Eagles_, _Fortress of Owls_, _Fortress of Dragons_).
This series is set in a feudal world where Wizardry operates, although the
Magic behind it has grown thin. The Magic in this series is quite different
than in the Potter universe - subtler and more difficult to perform. But in
some aspects the stories are similar - very strong, well-drawn and
sympathetic characters, coming of age, a good vs evil struggle, politics and
inrigue, all masterfully told.
The beginning section of the first book is somewhat difficult to get
through, but once you're hooked, you're REALLY hooked.
And one of the good things about Cherryh is that she's been writing fantasy
and sci-fi for almost 30 years, and she's been extraordinarily prolific.
There are LOTS of books - 40 or so. And almost all of them are excellent.
Downbelow Station and the Cyteen trilogy have won Nebula awards; and then
there's 5 Chanur books, 4 Morgaine books, 6 Foreigner books, 3 Mri Wars
books, and lots of singletons.
- Steve Stein
cranberry man
fiction.
That's why I would recommend books by Robert Ludlum and Michael
Connelly...
I prefer Michael Connelly, but that's just because he doesn't develop
his characters as much, and so the story is quite easy to follow.. But
adults will probably like Ludlum better.
In fact one of the best Connelly books which I have read is Angels
Flight, which I really liked, as it had a godo twist at the end as
well.....
Tell me your thoughts..
tuxgeo
> here is the reading list this group compiled over a year or so. the
> only problem with it is that it took only one person to recommend a book
> to add it to the list, so there is certainly no universal support for
> any given book. However, I agree with Tamar and Richard White that
> Pratchett is one set of books that can really draw you in; and
> definitely start with Guards! Guards!. Good luck.
>
> LIST OF BOOKS RECOMMENDED BY POSTERS AT ALT.FAN.HARRY-POTTER
>
>
> (A)
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> (B)
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> (C)
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> (D)
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> (E)
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> (F)
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> (G)
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> (H)
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> (I)
> (J)
> Jackson, Brenda:
> - /Delaney's Desert Sheikh/;
>
> Jansson, Tove:
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Yes, I noticed that you had *once* included
Jackson, Shirley
in this list at my own suggestion; but she has
been dropped from your list in this version.
Are you having trouble keeping the different
dates and updates in chronological order?
(Or did you *try* Shirley Jackson and decide
that she did not belong on the list?)