Books you can't live without

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My two all time favorets -
Emergence, David R. Palmer
Sea of Glass, Barry Longyear

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The Belgariad, Mallorean, Elenium, and Tamuli series by David Eddings
Lord of the Rings
Pride and Prejudice
The Black Stallion
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
everything by Dave Barry

Packer fans welcome.
All others tolerated.

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1)The Friendly Persuasion by Jessamyn West
2) The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter
3) An Episode of Sparrows by Rumer Godden
4) Watership Down by Richard Addams


She understands, she doesn't comprehend

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Hmm, just from the top of my head:

The Dragon and the George - Gordon R. Dickson

Who goes here? - Bob Shaw

Spellsinger - Alan Dean Foster

The Doomfarers of Coramonde - Brian Daley

Janissaries - Jerry Pournelle


Well and the one or other Discworld Novel :)


Keep flying,

Gavida

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All the Asterix books.

Those things inspired me to become a cartoonist - I couldn't ever live without them.

Also as my niece and nephews grow up I can read the stories to them, which is wonderful because I was about their age when I first came across them.

and

100 Years of Solitude I read it every summer.

www.cirqus.com

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The Left Hand of Darkness
Pride and Prejudice
The Neverending Story
any of the M R James compilations as long as its got 'Oh whistle..', and 'Number 13' in it!


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the turtle and the wolf are natural enemies

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The Shining - Stephen King
The Dark Tower (books 1 through 7 ) - Stephen King
Desperaiton - Stephen King
And the rest of my massively large King collection.

Hmmm.... anyone would think I have an obsession.

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Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:
All the Asterix books.

Those things inspired me to become a cartoonist - I couldn't ever live without them.

Also as my niece and nephews grow up I can read the stories to them, which is wonderful because I was about their age when I first came across them.

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I love Asterix! It's difficult to find those books in America. I've been trying to find the vidoes I once saw in French class. Any idea where I can get either books or videos?



"Dear diary, today I was pompous and my sister was crazy."

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Well they sell them in all bookstores here in England, and often I go to Brussels to visit a friend - and over there they're everywhere.

I'm not aware of anything online just because I've never had to search to that extent.

However if you like I'd be happy to grab a selection for you and post them your way.

Would this be ok?

TheSomnambulist

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Mmmm....books. Yummy.
These are in no order - just as I see them on the shelf. :)

Lord of the Rings, like a bunch of others here

The His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman - I don't know them back to front, but they're just fabulous

Any anthology or stand-alone novel in the Bordertown series (edited by Terri Windling)

Oh, my Elfquest -- up to a point, then they kind of start to meander off to characters I'm not connected to.

Most anything by Roddy Doyle

Huckleberry Finn, and Tom Sawyer as well. But I've always preferred Huck.

Lonesome Dove

Preacher

Harry Potter. Can't help it; love em.

Neil Gaiman -- Neverwhere

Gone With the Wind

Little Women & Little Men

Peter Pan

"I know your name, jackass!"

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